# sock on or off at the natural birth? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279 "2013-08-03T22:15:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/41 "2013-08-04T14:22:58Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Piven would probably be having sushi for lunch Well, I know it’d be before birth ( 'cause it certainly wouldn’t be after birth). > [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Nobody should have to be born naked, it’s undignified. > > Please, won’t somebody think of the children? _I’ll kick in a buck towards a propeller beanie:_ “Dr, what’s that sound?” “Sounds like a weed-whacker. She must be in labor!” “Here it comes… the head is through…” “Oh, I Know! Isn’t that breeze lovely?” **Father, looking over in a panic** “Doc, is it a boy or a girl?” “One moment; the zipper on these Carters pants is sticky. Nurse?” “Don’t look at me…” > [@Eliahna](#): > > It’s not selfish to be preoccupied with other things immediately after giving birth. I mean, it’s not like my hair was going to do itself. May as well multi-task: “Say, Doctor Fine, while we’re all here and the room’s paid for and everything, why don’t you go ahead and give camcorder-Dad over there a vasectomy? I want him to experience the ‘miracle’ too…” 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/42 "2013-08-04T14:31:32Z")
Am I the only one who assumed that this was a poorly machine-translated question about circumcision? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/43 "2013-08-04T14:44:59Z")
All jokes aside, I really wanted my socks on during both my deliveries. I like socks and it made me feel good. No one had an issue with it. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/44 "2013-08-04T17:29:31Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Am I the only one who assumed that this was a poorly machine-translated question about circumcision? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/45 "2013-08-04T18:08:19Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > they have a foot fetish. I’m pretty sure you’re right, considering the follow up request for personal experiences. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/46 "2013-08-04T19:05:16Z")
If it’s birthing time it’s a little late to be worried about wearing a sock. Should have thought about that 9 months before. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/47 "2013-08-04T19:53:35Z")
Who cares about the damned socks! Was it a boy or a girl, dammit?! ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_From\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Girl\_From\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_From_Mars)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/48 "2013-08-04T22:16:24Z")
I bought a pair of dark pink socks to labour in - but it was 31 degrees at the time so don’t think I wore them much at home, and don’t have them on in photos from the birth. I was allowed to wear my own birthing dress both times, in a private hospital, so if I’d wanted socks I would have been allowed to I think. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/49 "2013-08-05T00:41:11Z")
I voted “sock on” just for fun. But if you have only one sock on, you also have only one sock _off_. So either answer is correct, maybe? There. I just blew everyone’s mind. OP, need answer fast? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/50 "2013-08-05T01:50:15Z")
Do hand sock puppets count? You could have it do a little running commentary on the birth. Leave the medical staff in stitches. ---
**Author:** ![Tikkimouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@Tikkimouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikkimouse)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/51 "2013-08-05T01:52:37Z")
Following Emily’s logic, I voted sock off. Now I can’t get that stupid Clapper jingle out of my head, only it’s– Sock on! Sock off! Sock on, sock off, the socker! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/52 "2013-08-05T02:00:20Z")
> [@fiorano](#): > > plz vote Not until you tell me what in the world does the question MEAN. What sock? Left, right, tube, argyle? Wind sock, winsock, sockpuppet? Having to do _ **what** _ with a natural childbirth? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/53 "2013-08-05T03:04:29Z")
If the Sock was on 9 months ago, we would not have to worry about this predicament now! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/54 "2013-08-05T03:21:14Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > If the Sock was on 9 months ago, we would not have to worry about this predicament now! But some socks have holes in them. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/55 "2013-08-05T15:43:00Z")
I vote on. Because if off then the mom will get a cold and then the baby will get a cold and then the baby will have a cold and not be warm. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/56 "2013-08-05T15:51:27Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I vote on. Because if off then the mom will get a cold and then the baby will get a cold and then the baby will have a cold and not be warm. I vote no! If on, then maybe hotfoot. Baby scream if then. ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/57 "2013-08-05T15:52:40Z")
Insufficient data. Are “we” having this baby in August or January? In Alabama or North Dakota? I don’t see what foot attire has to do with whether the birth itself is considered “natural” or not. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/58 "2013-08-05T16:24:56Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > She had her fucking socks on when I impregnated her, she can damn well wear socks when the brat is born! The answer is ‘you’re eating the goddamn sock, this is all your fault’. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279/59 "2013-08-05T16:33:20Z")
I vote socks AND shoes on. Unless you’re giving birth in a TSA line. Then the shoes have to go. > [@Siam Sam](#): > > But some socks have holes in them. Darn it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sock-on-or-off-at-the-natural-birth/665279.md?page=2)