Homebirth Ladies!What do you need to supply

fraservalleybride

For your Home Birth!

Im not sure what i need yet... but seeing what other midwives provide and what they dont ( what you need to provide & buy)

Thanks!:D

flowerchild77

Mine had me purchase a kit (gloves, cord clamps, lube, etc) and pick up a few other things small bottle olive oil, flashlight, etc. I also bought a birth pool and a new hose to fill it with.

Your midwives will give you a list when it gets closer. I got mine around 32 weeks I think...

CTri17

my m/w gave me a list of things as well, I talked to my friend who had had one the year before and got the low down on what I really needed.

washcloths

paint tarp (or something similar) 

flannel backed table cloth

have a crock pot

sheets you don't care about

extra chux pads

a hose for the birth pool

She provided most of the other things 

wifeofadam

My MWs also gave me a list.  I purchased a birth kit that contained the gloves, gauze, pads, clamps, etc.  I alse needed to provide towels, sheets, washcloths, receiving blankets, flashlight, medium-sized bowl, two large trash bags, plastic tarp for under the tub, a new hose to fill the tub, an adapter for the hose to hook-up to the kitchen sink, a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, a bottle of alcohol, and mattress protectors.

rae_dylanzmom

The pp's pretty much covered what we needed... in my mind, it fit into three categories, 1) birth kit (one stop shopping to buy it and it came with everything my MW specified), 2) towels, sheets, baby clothes (which my MW had me sterilize, I don't think that's been mentioned yet and it may not be the same for everyone), and 3) household products to have handy, like crock pot, hydrogen peroxide, etc.

mairanellis

Can anyone tell me what the crockpot is for?  Thanks.

Mrs_Liberto

mairanellis:

Can anyone tell me what the crockpot is for?  Thanks.

I could be way off, but I seem to remember reading that the even temperature of a crockpot is ideal for keeping damp washcloths warm to use for perineal compresses. 

christina627

My MW had us purchase a kit that she had designed at In His Hands.  Then she gave us a list of other things that were optional.  She also showed us what she brings with her when we had child birth classes.  I would talk to YOUR MW.

CTri17

Mrs_Liberto:

mairanellis:

Can anyone tell me what the crockpot is for?  Thanks.

I could be way off, but I seem to remember reading that the even temperature of a crockpot is ideal for keeping damp washcloths warm to use for perineal compresses.