Stuff to bring to the hospital during Labor
During her pregnancy my wife was unfortunate enough to have to experience pre-term labor during her 6th month. The result being: she had to spend a week in the hospital. Some of that time was spent in the delivery room, surrounded by women in labor from whom she’d learned a lot from. What she got out of that experience helped prepare her for her labor with regards to what we had to bring to the hospital.
- Infant Formula - mothers usually don’t have any milk yet during the first few days.
- Feeding bottles - don’t forget to bring the sterilizer that goes with that.
- New Born baby diapers - the emphasis on this, is that it has to be specifically for New Borns.
- Baby Clothes - shirts, bib, mittens and socks. Bring the whole shebang as your child will be changing alot. Based from our experience we had to have about a dozen pieces.
- Baby’s Blankets and Towels - this was helpful too when we brought our baby home as the sun was very high and we needed something to shield him from the dust and heat.
- Adult diapers - after being sutured the mother won’t feel anything or it will be physically impossible for her to go to the toilet.
- Crackers - you won’t be allowed to eat any solid food when you’re already in the Delivery Room, only light snacks is what they will allow you.
- Bottled water - if you’re not too keen on your baby drinking from the tap as well as for the mother to drink when she’s in the Delivery Room.
- A copy of your marriage certificate - in the Philippines you’ll need this for the application of your child’s birth certificate.
- Eating Utensils - Plates, Forks, Spoons, Knives - Dependent on the amount of guests you will be expecting to visit you.
- Cleaning Utensils - You will need to wash your eating utensils.
- Spare clothes - for both the mother and the watcher. My wife wore a maternity dress when she checked out, easier to put on and less painful for somebody who was just recently sutured.
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i’ll take note of this coz i’ll be needing these stuff in 3 months time. thanks for the tip. hope everything’s doin fine for you and your family, especially the baby. God bless!
Thanks Jaypee! I hope it’s the same though, the States might have different requirements
Goodluck and Hope that it is a safe and quick labor 