Some of our moms just turn the gown around and use the ties as a belt. The slits dont show anything in the back and they can open them to nurse or kangaroo the baby. Depending on their size they may need some pajama pants or a gown tied around their lower half for modesty. Hope it helps, Theresa EDG <[log in to unmask]> wrote: I came back from vacation to find that we now have new hospital gowns.......the kind with the slits where the breasts are. Now, this might be wonderful when you are wearing street clothes, but for hospital gowns, it is awful. I find myself and the moms fighting all the cloth there. worse than that, after hearing Nils Bergman's talks on kangaroo mother care, and coming back with plans to strip all moms and put all babies in kMC position, it is nearly impossible with these gowns. I have been able to slip very small babies through the slits, but then you cannot see the baby at all. Could any of you e-mail me privately and give me a picture of a gown the you found to be wonderful for breastfeeding in hospital? Now that I complained, I have to bring them an alternative. the gown has to be able to withstand institutional laundry!! TIA Esther Grunis, IBCLC Lis Maternity Hospital Tel Aviv, Israel *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html