I laboured (and gave birth) at home, so I never used anything out of my bag, but the things I used in hospital was two packs of maternity pads (and I used almost all of them) juice boxes, SOFT TOILET PAPER (I thought I'd be alright, and didn't pack any, but sent DPs sister out for some the first day!) button up shirts. That's really all I used. Of course, you'll need baby clothes, and nappies if your hospital doesn''t supply them.

For all those prosepctive mothers out the who are planning on using cloth nappies, Target sell a cloth nappy cover made from polar fleece-like material that closes with velcro. Buy three. They are better than plastic pilchers, and you don't need to pin the nappy. We had two of the cotton/pvc sort but the leg elastic kept getting wet after a few changes. We went to buy more, but all they had were the polar fleece ones. Now we only go through one a day (unless he poos in it) and it doesn't get overly wet, not even after 3 hours. Brandon has recently moved in size 000, and is getting too big for that even, but the 0000 nappy covers still fit, and have a little more room left to grow even. So if you are going cloth, get some of them!


Sorry to hijack your thread, as you probably won't need these in hospital (ours gave us plastic things to use) but you'll want to buy them before you get home, as you won''t want to go anywhere in the first few days!

Oh, I had lots of lollies and chocolate in my labour bag, but saved them for once I got to hospital and Brandon was born before I got there, so that was that.