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To all the moms what’s the best thing you bought for your hospital bag and postpartum delivery. It’s not my first rodeo but my previous labor trips I pretty much winged it. And now they have all these new gadgets and delivery outfits. What did you ladies use and take with you to the hospital for birth? Do and don’t buys please.

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The only must I always swear by is a peri bottle that you can kind of tip to a more natural position to spray while you pee. The ones the hospital give you suck. Otherwise, I don’t really bring anything postpartum wise, and stay in my comfy clothes until I need to be in a gown.

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you don’t need anything for PP care unless you want specific diapers for yourself. 
I brought clothes for me, baby and husband. you’ll really only need a going home outfit and maybe an extra for baby. snacks, drinks, earphones, phone charger, toiletries (i just bought mini bottles) and I brought my book to read while labor was going. my husband brought his own pillow and blanket then bring an empty bag for all the stuff you’ll come home with. you really don’t need much at all.

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Some. Good advice here re: food, diapers, phone charger, etc. I’ll choose ones that don’t get picked much — Stool softener! Or at a minimum make sure you get some from the hospital to take every day for your first week after delivery. And nipple covers - if you choose to nurse those first two weeks are really hard and the nipple covers help relieve some of the pain as you work through it. Some might say it’ll mess up the baby’s latch if you use them, but I found if it’s not every time the. It’s fine. Oh and lanolin cream - you will absolutely need that, too.

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Upside down peri bottle for sure. Beats the one they give you for free  by a mile!

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I’m just bringing clothes for the baby and nightgowns for myself. Maybe bottles and the formula we have as back up just in case. I’m not worried about food because there’s a grocery store within a 10 minute walk from our hospital. I’ll just send my husband to grab food whenever I want it 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I just had twins in March. I was in the hospital from Tuesday to Saturday and I truthfully didn’t need to bring anything I would have survived with just my charger. But I do like having my own pillow, a nice towel, and comfy clothes. I only showered once, the pressure was so bad babies sneeze harder. I couldn’t wash out the shampoo if I wanted to. I was unconscious and stuck in bed with a catheter so I didn’t really get up much. I would bring food. If there’s a fridge and a microwave available I’d bring full meals the food where I gave birth was disgusting and I was living on water and graham crackers my husband would bring me food everyday.

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Not much except the typical clothes toiletries charger etc.... but 2nd+ time around we we did bring food with us. Not just granola bars but actual food like cold cuts and buns, oatmeal packets, water bottles etc. It was nice to not have to count on the hospital food only.

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