Delivering at St. Barnabas - packing hospital bag

Re: Delivering at St. Barnabas - packing hospital bag

• sylviagirl0927 member

  May 2015

  Here goes: non slip socks, toiletries (shampoo, conditioner, baby powder, bath gel, lotion), you can take everything from crib except for linen. They do not give formula to you.

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• thatxogirl member

  June 2015

  Is there anything specific that you aren't sure about? For the most part, I found there were a lot of things they would give you if you asked. It all gets charged to your insurance under the miscellaneous hospital fees.
  
  In addition to everything mentioned above, they also provide mesh underwear/pads,diapers (I don't think they had wipes though), a shirt, hats & swaddle blankets.
  
  They also provide a breast pump for use during your stay, plus all of the pump parts. If you are having issues with breastfeeding (and that's your plan) they will give you pretty much anything you need to help with that - nipple guards, nipple shields, latch assist, lanolin etc.
  
  If you have a c-section, they will give you an abdominal binder if you ask.
  
  They will give you formula. I'm not sure if you have to ask or not, I think they offered it to me right before we left.
  
  

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• tmsb827 member

  September 2015

  I vaguely remember the nurses giving us some formula to take home, maybe a day or two's worth. Also diapers.
  
  I wish I knew that you could get an abdominal binder there. I didn't get one until over a week later and it helped so much.

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