Hospital pajamas

The very first time I was in the hospital as a little boy I had to wear a gown and nothing else. When I have gone in for surgery it's been the same. But once when I was 11 or 12 and then just recently I was told to bring pajamas which I did. The only time I had to take them off was for x-rays and in the most recent case for an MRI. Is it more or less common to wear pajamas in the hospital?

I think it depends on why you're in the hospital. Someone with abdominal surgery, for example, will be kept in a gown. But if you're just sick or there for tests, it's more likely they'll let you wear your own pjs while there.

When in the hospital I've often been given both a gown and pj bottoms.

When I've been admitted, usually gone through a&e and been high as a kite on medication, woken up in a gown and had t-shirts or light night dresses brought in. I'm usually admitted for gyne stuff or horse riding accidents so access is needed.

Totally depends on your ability to move as well

I think it depends on why you're in the hospital. Someone with abdominal surgery, for example, will be kept in a gown. But if you're just sick or there for tests, it's more likely they'll let you wear your own pjs while there.

When I worked in hospitals, only the surgical patients wore gowns -- men wore pajamas and women either nightgowns or pajamas. They usually brought their own. In those days, patients were kept much longer in the hospital and often would be changed from a gown to a nightgown or pajamas after a couple of days post-op unless there was drainage, or a central line.

When in the hospital I've often been given both a gown and pj bottoms.

Like @liquidsky, many men would wear pajama bottoms on under their gowns and many women would bring a housecoat or robe that they would put on as the roamed the halls.

I had my very first surgery when I was 7yrs old for strabismus on both eyes at the same time. I was given a gown. I have had many orthopaedic surgeries since, tests that have been inpatient and outpatient, along with being inpatient for serious illnesses. I have always been given a gown to wear. I have always used an additional gown that I wear as a robe. Both are untied and give excellent coverage for modesty and comfort with or without me wearing a bra and or panties while wearing hospital gowns.This is my own personal experience as a patient.

I think from personal experience, its more the medical patients that tend to wear PJ's, most surgical patients tend to wear hospital gowns as in patients. Gowns are commonly used in the UK at A&E and out patient clinics, our GP's never use them.

As Andie satated

I have always been given a gown to wear. I have always used an additional gown that I wear as a robe.

Its quite a simple an effective technique that provides modesty and access when needed. For those not aware wear the first gown with the opening to the back and the other gown with the opening to the front, very simple and effective.

I Am currently Wearing a ROBE. A Dark Blue coloured Robe. No Pajamas or Underwear . My Robe is Covering most of my thigh. They have blue robes for Pediatric ward . But You know Even They know M a cute kid 😜 So I have that cute robe. After my bowel perforation surgery I Woke up in a "hello kity gown " . Wanna know the reason?With my third surgery (Kidney Internally bleeding) Me coming out of anesthesia I was Blabbing How Much I Love pokemon And How much I want To become a CAT -_-(they have all the cute printed stuff in pediatric ward in all sizes)

Anyways! Robes are Better Then Gown. They are more comfortable and Boobies Don;t Look Weird when not wearing Bra 😁

And Also those who can wear pajamas ( i couldnt became i Had CAST on my LEg) They can wear their own And in pediatric Ward they have printed"shawn the sheep" pajamas in every size 😄

~Cookie

I think about the only times I've worn pajamas in the last 50 years was the few times I was in the hospital. Normally just sleep in briefs and t shirt at home.

I was once in hospital they let me wear my own pjs.

I mostly wear my own pyjamas. If you are going to surgery or for a procedure , ladies are generally given a gown and males orange coloured pyjamas.

In A & E depending if it's minors or majors decides whether or not you get a gown. All major patients have a gown in the cubicle on arrival to put on.

I never put the gown on until I am asked .

When I stayed at hospital as a teenaged boy in the late 1980s several times, I got always only these hospital gown and nothing else. A nurse told me why I should not wear my own pyjama: she said it would be easier for taling off, because I had to take them off very often at many exam (I was mostly completely naked during them) and it should be better because I was vomiting and so nausea so often. I was not happy about that, but I had to admit, that she was right...:-(

The last time i was in the hospital I had on sweatpants, briefs, a hospital gown and those socks with the rubber grips on them

Mostly hospital PJs or gown, never my own. But I think this varies from hospital to hospital

I really think it depends on what one is in the hospital for. If it is not too serious then they usually let you wear what you want or your own things. However, if one has to be in traction, for example, one would have to be in a hospital gown for the most obvious reasons.

All my hospitalizations as a kid had been for surgeries and they pretty much followed the same pattern: own pajamas or hospital pajamas except in the actual OR when I would be wearing a gown.

The only time that it was hospitalized to undergo surgery emfermira took me to the locker room gave me an open weave dress back with two ties and a pair of rubber shoes

In my limited experience, I've never seen a patient wear pajamas from home in the hospital.

When I was in the hospital as a little boy l had to wear hospital issued drop seat pajamas. Looking back I now understand why the drop seat made it easy for nurse to take a rectal temperature. The nurse would just say roll over on to your tummy she just had to unsnap the top seat to exposed my bottom for insertion of the thermometer into my rectum.

In all my time in the hospital i was never able to where my own pajamas. My wife was allowed to after the birth of our second child

I have not spent much time in hospitals but I never heard of patients in anything other than gowns. Having to get undressed completely and wear the gown only is important to hygiene and access to patients. A gown that ties in the back is easy for a nurse to take off and replace. I was in a hospital for three days years ago and I got a new gown after the first day. I was told to clean myself up since I was not stuck in bed and put on a new gown but if I had been stuck in bed, I assume that the nurse would have taken my old gown off and cleaned me up and put me in a new gown. Can't see how that works with a patient in pajamas.

I spend a lot of time in hospitals. Some of them let you wear your own clothes others still prefer a gown. I guess it just depends on where you are.

Gown consent better management in an hospital bed in particular after a surgical intervention or for intensive care. In less acute situations pijamas could be a confortable solution for an hospital stay (better with front opening that makes easier to be opened or removed for physical exam). When I was at the hospital as a Child I wore pijama, that was removed every morning for the usual daily doctor visit (which was a complete exam every time). For female patients the best could be wearing pijama with no underwear (no Bra and panties): when doctor comes for daily visit she removes pijama trousers and open front-bottoned top so she's completely exposed for the physical exam...

More times than not they wouldn't let me wear my own pajamas but I'd have to say about a third of the time I did

I have not been inpatient since 1992, but I did see a recent pic of a teenage girl sitting in her hospital bed wearing footed pajamas and a Disney mask. I guess it depends on the facility, but I have never worn my own.

When I was 18 I went into hospital for plastic surgery and we had to arrive at 2PM they showed me my room and I was told I could wear pajamas. A doctor came along and talked to my parents and said he usually examines patients when being admitted. He said when I got into my pajamas he would come around. My parents left and I put on my pajamas. The doctor came around and pulled the curtain closed. He listened to my chest and lungs then took pillow and moved to where my lower back was and had me lay down. He opened up my pajamas and pulled them down with my underwear. He examined my penis and testicles looking at side to side. Then asked me to roll on my side and move my legs to chest. He then spread my cheeks and looked at my hole it felt open as he spread my cheeks. He said I could get dressed and when I went to get off bed my pajamas were down by my ankles, he stood in front of me as I pulled my underwear up and then my pajamas. It wS sort of creepy but I would love that to happen again.