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It's just dawn on me that I will have to prepare my self for after I give birth in a first time mom and don't know what to expect after labor. I've been reading it's good to have a postpartum basket of all the impo things you will need. I just thought you needed pads and that was it. Did know I needed a whole care basket of things. What things will you use after birth to help you heal

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I just used what the hospital provided plus pads. A nurse showed me a neat trick for comfort after a vaginal delivery. You take a newborn sized diaper and open the top front side open like a bag of chips and clear a hole to fill with ice. Then you place it in your underwear like a pad. Sounds crazy but worked much better than the twist and shake cooling pads they provided.

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I went online to my hospital's labor and delivery website. They had a lot of information about what they recommend you bring and what they provide to you. Perhaps that would be an easy place to start

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After my first, All I had to buy myself were pads. The hospital I went to supplied me with everything else. Including disposable undies, a squirt bottle, medicines for pain and irritation, and ice packs. They did supply me with pads, but they were bulky and a little uncomfortable.. So I just bought ones I knew were comfy. If you plan on going to a hospital, You can talk to your doctor to see if they will supply anything, so you will know ahead of time. If not, I advise at least getting a squirt bottle (The ones with the nozzle fashioned kind of like the ones on some water bottles. They help a lot in keeping that area down there clean.) and stretchy disposable undies along with the pads.

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All I have is pads and Colace. Everything i used after my first I got from the hospital:: chucks pads (kinda like a puppy pad) and put them under me in the bed for the first two nights home or so in case the pad leaked, little witch hazel pads to put on the actual pad (they were my FAVE and were so relieving, if you don't get them from the hospital you can get a bottle of witch hazel and like the large cotton cosmetic rounds and it does the same job), the mesh underwear, the little squirt bottle, the large dry wipes (they feel muchhh better than toilet paper), etc. I never used dermoplast, but a lot of women swear by it. Some say they got it at the hospital but I wouldn't know. Depends are also widely recommended. I bought them with my first but never used them though because my bleeding wasn't too terrible. Keeping some ibuprofen on hand is probably a good idea as well!

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I recommend the disposable maternity knickers (glam I know by saves your nice ones!), having medicine on hand for possible constipation(I couldn't bring myself to go to the loo after birth and it was painful!) and pain relief

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