Cloth Nappies In Hospital?

[briggsy's girl]

we had cloth supplied at the hospital (flannel flats) so i didn't have to worry about that aspect - if you wanted to use sposies you had to supply them yourself!

is there there anyone local-ish to the hospital that can wash some flannel flats for you?

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

we had cloth supplied at the hospital (flannel flats) so i didn't have to worry about that aspect - if you wanted to use sposies you had to supply them yourself!

:yeahthat: - our hospital supplied the flannel flats and i wasn't "allowed" to use the sposies i'd packed until the day i was discharged. My hospital likes to use the flannels as they can then check and record how wet the bubs nappies were...

[sas85]

We were in the SCN so the sposies were provided - I think if you were just on the ward and didn't bring your own nappies there may have been cloth ones you could use don't know about washing, in any case I plan on using a pack of sposies at first before moving to my newborn cloth ones. Especially until the meconium is gone and we are home as I know how sticky and revolting DD's first few days poos were. Also, it was bad enough sending DH home with MY washing (ie- even three maternity pads couldn't contain the lochia when they're wedged around a catheter!) so don't think he'd appreciate more 'unfortunate' washing to deal with

[~Hestia~]

We also weren't allowed to use sposies, given flannel flats for stay. I hated these as I had to call for help with every nappy change as I had NO idea how to get them on DS!!
I didn't start using our MCNs until DS was about 6 weeks old. All those explosive newborn poos...

[~breeze~]

When I had DD in 2005 the hospital supplied the terry flats. When I had DS in 2008 in the very same hospital they supplied a small pack of huggies newborn nappies & wipes. I dont know why it changed in those 3 years, I quite liked using the terry flats in the hospital

In response to your question, I would probably just use disposables whilst in hospital & have a few of my own nappies packed for the day I took him home? But thats just me...

[krisp]

When I had my son in Newcastle Private Hosp they provided Huggies sposies. When my DD was born in Monash (Jessie Mac P.H) they provided flannel flats and I had no idea what to do with them. The midwives told me they were better for a new born as you could see more clearly their urine output in the early days, and they were right as its can be difficult to tell if the Huggies are wet. They were OK after I got the hang of the folding bit but I did go back to sposies when we got home.

[~Kim~]

lol Holly, my MWs were horrified that some city hossy actually supplied sposies!

The hossy I was at used terry flats but DH and I were soooo bad at nappy pins that he (all by himself no less) brought me my entire stash of nappies on day 2. I had a csec so I found my nappies much easier to manage as there was none of that hideous pin pushing.

As for the washing scenario....hmmm have to think about that - we only live 6 minutes from hossy and my DH was already clued up on cloth as it's our second bub in them....