Hospital Bag!

What to pack?

What not to pack?




Here is a simple guideline, feel free to add to it if you have experience with this!  

Your hospital bag:
A going-home outfit for you.
Several pairs of comfy socks.
Several pairs of underwear.
A nursing bra, if applicable.
A couple of comfy cotton nightgowns—made for nursing if you're planning to breast-feed.
A going-home outfit for your baby.
Your focal-point item, if you're planning to use Lamaze breathing during labor.
Toiletries.
Super-jumbo maxi pads.
Lip balm.
A stretchy headband.
A tennis ball.
A phone card or cell phone and a list of friends and family to call with the joyous news.
A camera and 2 rolls of film.
A video camera, 2 charged batteries (in case one fails), and 2 videotapes.
A small cooler packed with a sandwich and other snacks.
A comfortable pillow in an old pillowcase.

Don't be like my sister and forget the car seat!

u need a receiving blanket for the baby diapers,wipes,most likely the whole baby bag...

I didn't need much for my daughter the hospital provides, diapers, wipes, onsie shirt, and blankets while you are there. Of course I brought pacifier, clothes and blankets from home.

i would bring a boppy pillow if you're going to be breastfeeding!

i never packed diapers, or wipes because the hospital provides that stuff!

oh!! dont forget the baby book either, so they can put her foot/hand prints in it.

Im confused why a tennis ball?

y a tennis ball

The tennis ball helps with back labor. You use it to massage your back. In our prenatal classes they told us to put 3 tennis balls in a tube sock.

The only thing that I needed was an outfit for the baby, and the car seat. The hospital provides everything else. Maybe your own personal items.

do i really need to bring my own gowns? someone told me they just used the hospital gowns and brought a robe to wear over them while they had guests visiting.

You don't need your own gown. A robe, maybe. And you really don't use most of the stuff on that list. Just stuff like shampoo and toothpaste, the baby's homecoming outfit and of course the car seat. If you are being induced you'll want a magazine or book or a gameboy and some good company!

i would take your own wipes. well i don't know about a hospital where you are, but all they provide at the hospital where i delivered my first two were these dry dryer type sheet things that you were to run warm water over. i can do that with a sturdy diaper wipe. so will be taking those for sure this time! and i would take a comfy gown, one you don't mind getting a little blood on though possibly. the hospital gowns suck!