Since there's quite a few of us who have delivered, and even more of us poor souls who are still KTFU, let's hear from the BTDT chicks.
What did you actually use in your bag? What did you wish you had brought?
I'm having amnesia or something when I'm trying to think back to my kids birth....
Re: Hospital bags
robe, house shoes, your own pillow and snacks. Those are the things I would say are must haves. Especially the pillow and snacks. Hospital food sucks.
- toiletries (face wash, tooth brush, soap, lotion, chap stick, basic makeup for pictures.)
- my own night gown
- nursing bra and nursing pads
- comfy outfit to go home (yoga pants and a maternity tee)
- Snuggie
- fuzzy socks
- snacks (bc they are watching my blood sugar)
- a real camera
- my tablet, phone and charger
Things I brought and didn't use
- underwear -- mesh panties FTW.
- diapers for baby
- an extra of everything -- I didn't need 2 nightgowns, 4 bras, 2 pairs of yoga pants, 2 tees, 4 pairs of underwear, extra baby clothes...)
I left my boppy at home bc ew, hospital germs.
Everyone else gave great ideas! Don't know if someone mentioned it already, but I managed to throw flip flops in my makeshift bag for the shower because germs.
2 oversized tshirts
2 sports bras
Socks with the grippers on the bottom
Pillow
Toiletries
Flip flops for the shower
Chapstick
I wish I had brought my own oversized underwear. The mesh ones at the hospital made my ass itch.
Me: 37 - H: 39
TTC#1: 01/2016
BFP: 06/18/2016 - EDD: 02/20/2017 - Born: 01/27/2017
Tooth brush and paste
Shampoo, soap, deodorant and conditioner (I didn't like the stuff the hospital had)
Oversized tee and pj pants
2 nursing bras
Nursing pillow
Pillow for me
Slippers
Going home outfit for baby (and coat because it 20 degrees here in MN)
A book
Phone charger
Money for the vending machine
Snacks
I packed alot more the first time around and this was all I ended up using. I just put on the same clothes I can in with, so all I packed was one comfy outfit to lounge around in while waiting to go home.
Used: clothes for DH, a going home outfit for me and baby, phone chargers.
bring and extra bag to take stuff home in. The hospital lets you keep so much stuff.
I'm glad I had layers because my body temp was all over the place. Maternity short sleeves plus a cardigan, yoga pants, comfy socks but also sandals.
I wouldve loved to have had a nursing nightgown for the night we spent there, even loose PJ pants were uncomfy. I'm glad I brought my own pillow and blanket too
@Gretchypoo I'm loving that you brought a Snuggie.
-Going home outfit for me (yoga pants, t-shirt, nursing bra, socks)
-Change of clothes and jammies for H
-phone/charger
-hair tie (I always keep one on my wrist though)
-going home outfit for baby
-it's cold here so we needed extra blankets for tucking Austin into his carrier to leave
-change for vending machines if needed
We packed my slippers but I didn't wear them
I wish I brought nursing pads with me, but they had samples in the gift bags.
I thought the hospital would have had extra toiletries in the room but they didn't.
I wish out of everything I had my own toilet paper. The cheap thin junk in the hospital kept sticking to me despite folding it over a million times to get it thicker. Even though you "Pat dry" the t.p. was sticking and caused more grief than if I had some nicer stuff with me.
Its now affectionately known known as the Shit Ticket Fight, and I went into labor a few days later lol so I guess my hormones were just really ramping up
The only thing that I wish I would've brought was stuff to wash my pump parts. I gave up with BFing in the MOTN our first night and decided to go the EPing route (I went to a yr EPing DD1, so it's more comfortable to me even if it is a PITA). I brought my pump and all the parts, but nothing to wash it and H had to run home and grab that stuff.
Don't forget to take home your Peri bottle both to use it for you but it also makes a great cloth wipe wetter if you're looking for that kind of thing.
Don't be afraid to ask for help for anything you need with the nurses, they will make sure you know what to do and get what you need.
Ben and Maggie - 4/10/09
Mia - 6/16/11
Surprise! due 2/23/17