Need any ideas on how to make nightgowns for the hospital I'm having a hysterectomy. think I need a fashionable front wrap gown? Or do you think I will have to add snaps to the shoulders for the Breakaway gown? I only have 9 days to get this job done, so any ideas for what I need would be a help.
Also it was recommended on a support group to bring a sleep mask. is there one available online? Pattern I mean. thanks, Kitty
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I don't have any recent personal expericne, but when DH had surgery the hospital provided a front-back-top-opening gown for the first 24 hours. He had a small heart attack so he stayed in ICU for several days. However, since he slept in the alltoghther here at home, he had no PJs, so he continued in the hospital gown until he was ready to come home. I did make sure he had some easy on-off fleece sweats for the trip home.
I have a couple of sleep masks, my favorite one has a small soft roll over the nose, which keeps light from creeping under the mask in that area. You can probably come pretty close to a mask pattern if you place a sheet of paper or muslin over your eye area, and draw about 1.5" away from your eyes all around dipping up a little over the nose (maybe a friend could help with this). You can see the basic shape here:
Good luck I hope all goes well for you.
Beverly
The hospital should supply a gown for the actual surgery. Afterwards, surely it's up to you what you wear, and any nightgown will do? I've never had to have anything special for a hospital stay.
A mask should only be necessary if you have trouble sleeping in a dimly lit room. Noise will be more of a problem. I'm lucky: after 4 years at boarding school and 3 at college, I can sleep in any amount of (continuous moderate) noise and any light levels! Day or night...
Nowadays, when you no longer need the hospital gown, you usually get sent home. The days of lingering in bed are over. You can expect to get up to walk shortly after waking from the anaesthetic, since this prevents pneumonia and speeds your recovery.
If you've never had "abominal" surgery, remember to stand erect, even though it feels like everything will fall out. It won't. It's actually easier on you to stand up straight, though it seems impossible the first time.
Best of luck with everything, and a speedy and complete recovery!!!
Kitty,
While the HotPatterns.com site had free patterns, I downloaded one for a sleep mask. Apparently it isn't available at HP anymore, so I put it on my web space. It's just a one-page printout for the pattern and directions.
Wild Ginger ICare is a FREE software program that has several different types of gown patterns that you can make in the size you want, and they look like they are REALLY easy to make. NAYY just a happy Wild Ginger products owner. I would do Velcro, not snaps.
Wow, I have the wild Things software, and it is fun, but didn't know about this. thanks, I'm d/l it right now. going to take a while though. I like their free stuff. wish I could afford their regular pattern groups, but wow, if I bought even all the ones My family would use can you imagine? LOL
Thank you very much Mel>
They told me to expect to be there for 5-7 days. Some of the ladies in the gyn-Onc support group said to expect to be on a morphine drip for the first two days. then walking till all the plumbing is working again. they won't excuse me til it's all working. I'm not looking forward to this, except for hopefully getting my strength back quicker after I don't have to worry about excessive blood loss, which is what started all this. I think I'll take your suggestion though and use the Hospital gown pattern to make a robe to wear over the see through gowns they give you in the hospital.
Thanks Doreen, I really appreciate it. I got curious cause I get the hotpatterns newsletter. so I went and explored and found the free patterns under "Click here to download our special Offers" on their opening page. They buried them deep though three or four clicks, I think. They are NOT easy to find. Thanks for your help. Kitty
thanks Beverly for all the great tips. I'm saving your post with the pattern so I can make a good one. I intend to get ear plugs as well. I've had more trouble sleeping lately, and I've heard that sleeping in absolute darkness can help prevent breast cancer. So I was planning to look for something for this purpose even before I learned of my surprise birthday present (cancer).
Now, y'all pray my hubby will actually >
Hi Joanne,
They told me to expect to be there around 5-7 days. Some>
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Sounds like what I went through after my cesareans.
You may be surprised. Don't "hunt" for the discomfort, but just take what is there -- so much of our pain is in our heads, and not our bodies. The less of the drugs you can take, the better off you'll be and the quicker you'll recover. Not that you should deny yourself real pain relief. The more active you can be, the more quickly everything will get back to working order, too.
My mother loved to go to the hospital and have nurses waiting on her. I can't stand it - it's uncomfortable and noisy and people wake you up to ask you if you are asleep. So I always go home as soon as I can get the IV out. You do what suits you.
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You, know, I didn't think of it that way, but I know when the doctors sent me home from the ER with Darvocet for my arm when I fell on the sun tea jar (and nearly severed my pinkie) I never needed it except for at night the first 4 or 5 days. I seem to have a high threshold for some kinds of pain, so I'll just have to wait and see how this pain affects me.
. So I always go home as soon as I can get the
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Sounds like you are going in for the Full Frontal Zip rather than the Up & Under method! A much more major op, really...
You make it as Kitty Friendly as you can, love! I think making easy access/easy egress garments for after, and a couple of front opening nightgowns would be good. From my experience here in the UK, hospitals are hot, and the protective covers on the mattresses make for a sweaty night, so take plenty of nightgowns! And perhaps a very light silk kimono style dressing gown with a hook or button fastening rather than a tie belt. I found security in neck to floor covering of a light and airy nature. The wide sleeves on my light dressing gown were perfect for a combination of decency and breeziness!
If you are making trousers, rather than elasticating the waists, think of using cuffing: stretch and cling without the grip or pinch of elastic.
Having been in hospital twice in the recent past, I can tell you I just wore the hospital gowns (no problem if the techs get blood on them) and, when I needed a robe, I just wore a second hospital gown, but fastening at the front.
Back when I had major abdominal surgery some years ago, I made myself a few muu-muus, which I notice are now advertised in the papers as "patio dresses". These, hanging from a yoke, were very wearable for weeks afterwards until my incisions healed up enough to be able to wear regular clothes.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
From my experience here in the UK, hospitals
Full frontal zip, I like that.
You described just what I was thinking of. I'm off to buy a pattern for my silk. It is a very light peach jacquard with roses woven into it. I bought it years ago for my MOB dress but then realized it was to pale for that. Now I get to use it. how about a sleep mask to match? I'll be fashionable whether I am asleep or awake. LOL I'll be sure to make it very Airy.
anyone ever made a bog coat? my last robe was made on that design. I like it very much, but I'm trying to imagine how to make it user friendly if they keep a line running into me for a few days.
perhaps I should make the underarm seams velcro. LOL
Kitty
If you can find them in your area, Howard Leight makes *great* earplugs -- noise-blocking *and* comfortable (too many manufacturers don't bother to give their earplugs a smooth finish -- ouch!). I wear earplugs every night -- the husband snores like a bandsaw and even though he uses a CPAP machine now for sleep apnea, he can still make a great deal of noise, just now on *exhale*, rather than inhale!
Anyway, I've used the "Laser Lite" earplugs for years and recently switched to the "Max Lite," which I'm pleased to find are even more comfortable (they're a bit shorter, so don't poke into the ear canal quite as far as the Laser Lites do).
-j (mostly lurking)
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