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A press release recently landed in our inbox for a bring-your-own hospital gown called the "DIgNI-tee." (A mouthful of a pun trying to combine tee, nightie and dignity ... we think.)

According to the email, the snap-up number -- which comes in black, pink, brown, and green -- is meant for women to "feel just as cute and beautiful as their newborn babies" because "new moms feel far from glamorous when giving birth."

Well, we understand, we guess: You should be worried whether or not you look hot when you're around all those doctors. And hot pink scrubs will definitely distract other people from the fact that your anus is on display.

The kindest thing we can say about this is that it's nice that somebody wants you to feel good when you're giving birth. But when you put forth this idea that women need to feel pretty all the time, aren't you also reinforcing the idea that women need to BE pretty all the time? And where are the camo scrubs for dudes, so they can feel manly while getting a prostate exam?

Oh, and then there's the small fact that you're having a motherf**king baby. If you can't take 10 minutes to stop obsessing about what you're wearing, you're probably going to be a real prize mom. In which case, don't breed.

Besides, from a safety first perspective, we don't know how kosher it is to bring your own gear to the hospital. If we all got to decide what to wear, we think it's highly unlikely that all those patients would opt for an assless smock. But what do you think?