Hospital Snacks

Mango517 · July 2017

On our tour this week we found out that we get two $5 vouchers to the cafe and one meal a day when at the hospital. The maternity ward also has a panty where they alluded to having snacks during the day. The hospital is within 5-10 minutes of a ton of take-out food options so we plan on mostly grubbing on take out or my MIL's amazing cooking (she's only 5 minutes away and is a killer cook) when we're there. It's only two or three nights and we plan on my H heading home at times.

I plan to pack

For labor:
Red Bull/ Iced Coffee (husband) Coconut water, Gatorade (worried about a blood sugar spike, but I'm also concerned about loosing electrolytes...) RRL tea
Cut up watermelon, greek yogurt, honey sticks, string cheese, peanut butter single serve packets

For general stay:
Bolthouse Farms drinks
Oatmeal bowls
Beef jerky, Goldfish, Cookies, Protein bars

kvh22 · July 2017

@Mango517 I think a lot of people have mentioned Gatorade. My childbirth instructor who is a doula at my hospital suggested Smart Water for electrolytes instead to avoid the sugar and the sodium content and still get electrolytes so I bought a 6 pack to have on hand. I love Gatorade but she actually mentioned they wouldn't allow it but it doesn't sound like that's common. Just a thought if you're worried about sugar.

Love the idea of iced coffee for DH. We usually make our own but they sell a ton of packaged cold brews so I'll run that by him.

DeansGirl14 · July 2017

We have every intention of bringing or procuring champagne ("sparkling wine" excuse me). Those Sofia mini bottles/cans aren't half bad ;-)

caity024 · July 2017

@Mango517 @DeansGirl14 my aunt made up cute mini champagne bottles at my shower for everyone to supposedly open and toast to once LO is here. There were a few left and they're in my fridge....judgy nurses can judge away when we pop some bottles!

smallbutmighty77 · July 2017

I love all the fridge/cold snack options everyone has, but I have heard and seen nothing indicating we can keep cold snacks anywhere so we are keeping those away.

Trail mix, granola bars, popcorn-boom chikka, jerky-for DH, pretzels, I have some powerade in the fridge at home. I would love to bring cold stuff, but the idea of bringing a cooler just seems a little too much.

tova24 · July 2017

We have this thing called the celebration dinner. The night before you leave, you get a steak dinner. Other than that, ice chips during labor

PinkPrincessPiper · July 2017

tova24 said:

We have this thing called the celebration dinner. The night before you leave, you get a steak dinner. Other than that, ice chips during labor

I delivered at a different hospital with DS1 than I have with any other LO. While that first hospital experience as a whole was sub-par to our new facility, they did provide a gift certificate for the new parents to a nice local steakhouse (that's now closed). It was a nice bonus!

MetsGirl18 · July 2017

Unless things have changed in 5 years, my hospital doesn't give you anything besides broth after a c-section until they make sure your digestive system is working properly (fart for food). Once you can eat, someone comes by with the menus for the rest of your hospital stay and you order all of your meals then. The food isn't too bad and I've never brought additional snacks with me.

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