TOILET PAPER!

honestly, that was one of my most favourite things i took. while in labour... i had monitors on down there, and having beautiful soft toilet paper was wonderful. and after the birth, i had an episiotomy so it was lovely to have something that was absorbant (why is hospital toilet paper always so ineffective?)

also, with the day clothes, i think its because these days not many women like to be seen without being 'made up'. take a set of day clothes, so if you want to, you can. but honestly... no one cares i dont think. not in the hospital i was in. if you have a c-sec you wont really be getting out of bed much anyways, so i wouldnt worry

here is a list of advice from the site... :)

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Hope they help...

congrats jo all the best

i went to the hospital with new bub now 10 weeks old today (nichola) over prepared as i knew that there was the chance of a rather lenghty stay due to her complications i took the following

• things i needed (ie) underwear, socks, changes of clothes, pj's, mp3&ipod,puzzle books, magazines, reading books, i took my daughters ds, breast pads ( altough i didnt breast feed), normal pads, i even took some of my own snacks as the hospital food was really crap this time around and all of your toiletries
• things for bubs (ie) if you dont wish for bub to spend all of the time in hospital clothes than you may wish to pack some for him/her, nappies (as some hospitals dont supply them/if your does than none is needed, depending on how you plan to feed bub (ie) formula feeding you may need to take formula and bottles (some hospitals do supply formula and bottle depending where you are, you will need baby wipes

although you may not need as much as your stay will be alot shorter than mine was its always best to have something to do while bubs is asleep

i mainly wore day clothes as i was always coming and going alot as she spent the first 4 days of her life in an incubator but after that we were there for almost 2 weeks all up

 

I gave my fiance' lots of washing to do LOL I changed clothes everyday and wore pj's at night time. Here's some things that I took:

• Shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, hair brush, body wash
• Breast pads
• Maternity pads
• Crossword puzzles
• Fully charged  ipod (then got fiance' to recharge it when he visited lol)
• Clothes for baby
• Organize capsule

You will need clothes for you and bub, but you can stay in pj's if that's what you want,  you need to take your own nappies and nappy wipes, as these are no longer supplied (apparently they stopped supplying them in 2003).

Taking a good book or something to do is a must, there is only so much staring at a wall you can do, and you aren't supposed to leave the maternity ward for long periods of time.

You need all your toiletries, including sanitary pads and nursing pads.  Again, none of this is supplied.

If you are bottle feeding, you need to take your own bottles and formula because again, they don't supply it.

To tell you the truth, next time I have a baby, all I'll be packing is what bub and I will be wearing home because I can't stand being in hospital! LOL.  If I'm not sick, then why should I be there?  It is much better to get back home to the ferals and get on with getting back to normal, besides, rest is a word that I do not associate with hospitals, especially maternity wards!

the reason for day clothes is for your mental state. sitting around in PJ's all day isnt good for mental health. having a shower and getting into normal clothes is a great start to the day even if you are sluming around doing not much and resting heaps. part of my counciloring ( I have huge mental health issues) is that I have to have a shower in the morning and get dressed, even if it is trackies. Also I dont know about the hospitals in your area but they dont like you sitting in bed all day over in Perth and also have a common room/mothers room that they like you to go in.

basicly you need clothes, extra pants and undies incase of leakage or a great hubby that will get more stuff for you. LOL I kept forgetting things and my hubby was always bringing me more things. camera, sanitry pads and lots of, nursing pads adn a few bras. extra pillow if you like the different ones, i took my triangle one. coins for the food trolley. phone and charger.

have a look in the advice section here as there are some great advice adn what to take there

HI,

Congrats and hope it all goes well.  I did stay in my p.j's for the whole time, though my p.j's are normal p.j pants and a t-shirt or singlet.  Anyway I took in 2 pairs of p.j's and 3 or 4 t-shirts.  A couple of bras and numerous undies.  I also packed something to wear home. My slippers.  If I needed more I just got hubby to bring it in, he also took home my dirty stuff.  I was in for 5 days.

For Bubs I just took in I think 4 singlets, growsuits, and a couple of little beanies.  Also some bunny rugs, and blanket to put under those hospital cots are not soft.  I also took in his dummies, and some nipple cream.  If you're planning on bottle feeding you'll need your bottles and fornula obviously.

I also had my toiletires, obviously lol.

Like I said  i just sent my husband a message if I needed anything before I went to sleep and he'd bring it in, in the morning.

Not sure how much help this has been it's been a couple of years since I was there.

Good luck