Do I seriously need to pack nappies?

[ladybird11]

DD was in NICU and SCBU for the first 6 wks of her life - so I never needed to bring her nappies as the hospital supplied them...

I'm going in for a c/s tomorrow morning, and just triple checking the list the hospital has suggested I pack - included I should bring my own tissues and nappies.

I'm more than happy too BYO nappies - but was just wondering - did you pack nappies for your newborn or did your hospital supply them....

[briggsy's girl]

really depends on hospital policy - ours supplied cloth terry flats for the time we were in hospital - but some don't and you have to supply your own. i would take them and have them there - it's better to have and not need, than to need and not have kwim?

[mzcatieboo]

i took nappys but the hospital supplied some and once i ran out we had to use our own which i wasnt to worried about

good luck tomo

[Jellyfish]

Yep, had to bring ours. I think there was 2-3 in the sample bags they gave us but that didn't last long at all

[This was at a Private Hospital]

[misty]

always had to supply my own - and this is the third hospital for the third kid.

[Winter]

My hossy have us one pack of Huggies and once that ran out we were on our own, but they lasted until we got home and I was in for 6 days. We had to take our own wipes though.

[butterfly_warrior]

Hospital supplied all the wipes and nappies we used. But we were in a private hospital and in SCN. They also supplied the formula we used while we were in there, too. From what I've heard, my hospital is quite unusual.

BW

[STARRYSKY]

I was told to bring them, then they put out a huuuge lot of huhhies nbs in my room for us to use and told us where they were (in the parents/lounge/bathing room) and to help ourselves! then they tried to send me home with some as well!

[Olive]

ours supplied flanny flats and cotton wool balls if you wanted to bring disposibles you had to take them home to dispose of them!

[ladybird11]

OMG - you had to dispose of your own nappies AJP??? What the!

[STARRYSKY]

I was at flinders public leesa, where are you going?

[Olive]

didnt bother me as i happily used cloth! i wasnt washing them! i think taking sposies home is fair enough, saves them paying to dispose of them!

[AnnaChas]

Yep, had to bring ours. I think there was 2-3 in the sample bags they gave us but that didn't last long at all

[This was at a Private Hospital]

We didn't bring any at all. There was a full pack of newborn ones provided for us (we ended up taking the rest of the pack home as we didn't get through then!). JB - am surprised because I know we went to the same hospital!

[~Trish~]

I had to bring my own nappies with both my boys and will have to this time too

Good luck tomorrow!!

[Rach75]

was just discussing this with my DH going to ring hops to see what I need to bring I know the hosp I was supposed to have Jack in and where I will have this one 3 yrs ago all we needed to bring was a dummy if we wanted to use one and a going home outfit... we were flown out 9 hrs north and we needed our own clothes etc, which of course we only had a couple of outfits SCN supplied the clothes in there but once on ward we were on our own, also they supplied nappies in SCN but not on ward, formula in SCN but not on ward get the picture

[ladybird11]

Star - we'll be at the Womens and Childrens...

Alrighty, I'll be packing nappies (its DF who is telling me not to bother ).

Rather have them, than not!

[Khaleesi]

DD1 the hospital supplied terry flats
DD2 the hospital supplied one pack of huggies & if we ran out we had to supply our own.
Both were private hospitals

[Jellyfish]

We didn't bring any at all. There was a full pack of newborn ones provided for us (we ended up taking the rest of the pack home as we didn't get through then!). JB - am surprised because I know we went to the same hospital!

I'm going there and demanding a packet of nappies! That is weird... maybe we did have a packet of nappies although I do remember DP having to rush off to the chemist the next day to buy some... maybe we were just REALLY bad at nappies and got through a packet at record speed

We didn't see a midwife until the morning after birth (late night bubba) so maybe they thought we had already had someone come and sort all of that out. I do know I didn't pack any so that makes me think the booklet didn't say too? Although, she was two weeks early so we weren't exactly super prepared!