female only Can I wear a bra during surgery?

[niassy151 60]

My surgery isn't until March and I haven't done my pre-op meeting yet (it's February 19th). Can I wear a bra during surgery? I just don't know if you can only just wear a gown.

[taylokat 180]

No bra, no panties, fir many reasons. First if all, germs. You wore those underclothes at home and they have micro-organisms on them. They need to put on EKG leads and the bra gets in the way. They use electrical stuff during the surgery so if there's any metal on the bra it can burn you. Also, they scrub your entire abdomen to just under your boobs and just above your pelvic area so underclothes get in the way.

[niassy151 60]

Will I be able to put one on afterward? As in, will I be able to move enough to stretch and put one on or will I be in too much pain? I feel really uncomfortable without a bra in public. Thanks for giving me a heads up!

[Fluffnomore 1,235]

My surgeon put an abdominal binder on after surgery and I woke up with it. That said, it was relatively easy to slip a bra on over it, and I am pretty well-endowed.

But you'll probably need to keep it off after the surgery while you're in the hospital. It's not exactly public...

[Susysleever 265]

No. The girls get neatly tucked in our under arms (joke)

[FitnFabfor2014 358]

They will give you hospital undies if you are on it period. I put on a sports bra after surgery. The girls hanging, and the drain etc was just too much for me to take! I wear a sports bra everyday since surgery. The girls are just easier to keep under control!

[finally on my way 67]

Sorry to say I don't think so. I was not able to. I think it would be in the way of the tools and the bacteria germ issue.

They even had me do a series of special soap washes (pretty orange stuff) the day before surgey and the morning of on my belly. It killed all skin bacteria. I was also instructed to only put on clothing that had just been washed. The hospital gowns were actually really big so for once the goods were all covered, front and back lol.

[taylokat 180]

I was allowed to post op but I felt so crappy and had a problem even raising my arms over my head so I didn't bother wearing one. I didn't care!!

[Jerzygurl 372]

Nope. Just your birthday suit underneath the gown.

My girls were happy to be free for a minute..lol..they're usually bolted down.

But as soon as I woke up in my room and was able, I put my bra on... so I could walk around the hospital floor.

[Bronco0605 135]

One of my incisions was right under the center part of my bra so i could not have had it on during surgery or after for a few days.

[Mama Spike 144]

I put a snug tank top on after. I have an incision that would have been irritated with a sports bra.

[finally on my way 67]

Hi, just a thought.

My surgeon

(a female) specifically told me in a pre-op appointment that she we would not put an incision in my bra line or in my waist line. I had not thought of this myself, BUT so extremely helpful post-op. I was able to put my bra on as quickly as I wanted & it never rubbed the incision. This allowed for very quick healing.

So grateful for her thoughtfulness in that regard.

Mention to your surgeon how important it is to you to be able to wear your bra pronto post-op so hopefully your upper incision can be placed below your bra line. We all tend to have a bit a mark on our skin from the years of wearing our bras so it is not hard for the surgeon to see that.

I even tightened mine up a notch the morning of surgery so she would have a very clear line to go off of lol.

I was able to wear mine no problem from the get go post op.

[erp 2,016]

I couldn't contort myself enough to try and put one on. Plus I was constantly hooked to an IV the first day.

[Busymomof3 181]

I couldn't have worn one if I wanted to but I brought a full length fuzzy robe with me to wear when walking around the hospital floor and warm socks because it's always cold in the hospital.

[niassy151 60]

So it sounds like the first day I'll be so drugged up and/or in pain that I won't care about my floppy waffle boobs flapping in the wind. I guess that's what the rest of the hospital expects to see anyway. And probably no one really cares anyway. Braless in "public" just feels so unnatural. I hope my boobs are the first thing to go with weight loss!