When I booked into my hospital they gave me a list of things to bring. Check with them. I had to supply my own nappies, clothes for bubs, pads.

I was tired and exhausted so no makeup or novels for me, I did flick through a couple of magazines though.

Baby suits - take a few for each day - different sizes as well... I found that we went through clothes as he tended to wee on them when we changed them.

Matthew was wrapped from day one, we used the hosptial blankets, they were thin cotton ones and then an outer layer of the wool type.

Champagne - eek, I could think of nothing worse, it does go through your breastmilk so I layed off the bubbly until after feeds and things settled down and I knew when to drink. There is some stuff in the breastfeeding forum about alcohol and breastmilk.

Notebook is great also as you can jot your questions down for the midwives as you think of them... and write down people that come visit. I took our digital camera and made sure that each person that came got a hold and a photo taken so I had a visual record as well.