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Packing for the Hospital
Since you won't recover in the same room you labor and deliver in, you should plan to bring two small bags to the hospital or birth center:
one containing your labor supplies, and one that someone can retrieve from your car after the delivery.
Make sure you pack the following items and ask your family, friends and doctor for other suggestions.
Make sure that any clothes you bring you won't be sad to see go. Labor is messy! And remember to leave all valuables at home.
- Insurance Information
- Contact lens case and solution/eyeglasses
- Makeup
- Hairbrush, hair clips, scrunchies
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
- Deodorant
- Lip moisturizer
- Lotion or powder for massage
- Warm socks
- Slippers or comfortable shoes
- Music to labor to
- CD player with batteries (most hospitals will not let you use electrical outlets in the Labor and Delivery Rooms)
- Magazines
- Pictures of loved ones
- Birth ball and/or other labor aids
- Pillows with non-white pillowcases
- Bathing Suit
- Charged Camera/Video Camera
- Baby book for footprints
- Dry Snacks
- Pajamas
- Shoes or slippers to wear around the hospital
- Nursing bra
- Nursing pads
- Toiletries (most hospitals will provide sanitary pads)
- Cell Phone or Pre-Paid Calling Card and Address Book
- Maternity outfit for your trip home
- Dry Snacks
- Magazines
- Pajamas or loose-fitting clothes for sleeping
- Shoes or slippers to wear around the hospital
- Toiletries
- Bathing Suit
- Clothes for the two- or three-day stay
- Cell Phone or Pre-Paid Calling Card and Address Book
- One laundered outfit
- Several baby blankets for the trip home
- Car seat
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