CD in Hospital?

BbyCarter13

Did you CD in the hospital? Were the nurses on board with it or did they think you were crazy? How many CD's did you pack for the hospital? I have a few NB AIO's and come NB prefold/covers. We will be in the hospital about 48 hours after delivery.

ForeverEverAfter

Everyone thought they were adorable. I brought lil joeys and kissas fitteds, as well as some prefolds and covers. I was there 46 hours, and I brought 18 because that's all I had that would fit under the cord. I had some eco sposies as back up, and I left some on the top of the bassinet with a onesie in case a nurse needed to change her for any reason (I think they did after her heel stick/discharge assessment, but that was it). I fed every 3h or when she needed it, and changed then. I didnt need covers over the fitteds. She really didn't go through a ton of diapers until we got home. 

We live 5 min from the hospital so it was NBD to have to run home for something, so I didn't worry about having too much stuff to pack. I had an uncomplicated delivery so I had no trouble doing laundry my first day home. As a FTM some of my family thought I was crazy, but I couldn't wait to use the tiny little diapers, and she was soo cute in them!

ForeverEverAfter

Forgot to add, our hospital provides sleepers, so I had to put a sign on my bassinet saying that LO was wearing her own clothes and diapers. I didn't lose any though, with rooming in they only changed her once and they put the dirty stuff in the cupboard underneath the bassinet.

lewilhelm

Follow up question! What did you do about getting the meconium out of the diaper?  Did you use a liner or did it come out?

ForeverEverAfter

I did use flushable liners, but when she pooped they got bunched up and I ended up with meconium on the fitteds. It washed out with no stain with just the normal wash routine. If you want to try liners I suggest cutting them to fit. Once we got home we stopped with liners. They don't do much until starting solids.

Angela814

I did not. I was in the hospital 3 full days after my csection, and I didn't want to have to worry about diaper laundry when I got home.

cdzcapok

We did!  We packed our whole stash b/c we were 1hr from home (that was about 30 diapers).  We brought about 5 in the diaper bag and left the rest in the car if needed.  I'd say we went through about 10-12 in the 50 hours we were there.  The nurses had to be shown how to use them (by DH) right after he was born, and after he came back from his circumcision they only put the diaper on loosely (didn't snap) so we had to fix it.  The nurse also forgot to use the liner we gave her for the vaseline.  However, the vaseline, blood and meconium all came out!  I did have to use some blue dawn on the vaseline one, but the other meconium diapers came out with a normal wash.  Good luck!! 

starlightstef

Nope, that was one thing I didn't want to worry about as a ftm.

tokenhoser

I didn't. I just don't feel THAT strongly about what my baby poops on. We used the hospital provided disposables while in, then switched to cloth when we got home.

I managed to accidentally throw my sleep bra into the black hole of the hospital laundry. It's not a good time for me to be responsible for cloth diapers. 

sschwege

No, we just started when we got home.  There's just so much to think about and bring I didn't want to deal with that too.

Into+the+Kitty

I plan on doing it next time, or at least being prepared to in east case scenario, but am glad that as a FTM I didn't. It was really high stress for me. I had a very long unmedicated labor so I was totally exhausted, and then was kind of shell shocked at having an actual baby afterwards. Plus, A had a lot happen during her first day of life, including an unexpected echocardiogram for two previously undetected holes in her heart.  I just am glad we didn't have to deal with the added stress of diapers.

brittas

Nah. Like pp said, I didn't want to worry about it at the hospital. I had no problem using the disposables they provided. I used cloth as soon as we got home.