I've never needed breastpads either. I've never leaked.
I've only ever used maternity pads for about 24 hours, then normal pads for about 3 days after that until the bleeding stopped.
You've been given some great suggestions already. It reminds me that I need to buy some lanisol cream.
dont be scare........just go with it as much as you can and trust that your body knows what to do......when its the stinging which doesnt last long you know your at the very end.
spew cloths, spew cloths and more spew cloths. I had the idea that i was going to use terry flats as nappies and had like 24 of them and within the first few days we used all of them as spew cloths lol. DD was a bi chucker but they r so good to have even for just the little spit ups.
ural was good. i only had a tiny graze but it was still good for the first few days.
and dont listen to people tellin ya it is gonna hurt lots. i had people freakin me out and i honestly think i had like 30min of pain i coudlnt handle b4 i got a epi. i only ended up having a epi cause i got stuck at 5cm for ages. everytime i tell people that they say i am just tryin to make out it wasnt bad to sound good.
Why does everyone only ever tell the horror stories There are lots of beautiful inspirational women on BB with brilliant birth stories, I know every birth is different but try not to be freaked out by the horror stories hun! FWIW, I had a natural vaginal birth with my DS and LOVED it! Really, I would do it 100 times over but not have 100 babies if that makes sense hahaha - The most amazing, empowering thing I have ever done and omg I can not wait to give birth again! I had a very nasty graze inside and out to my labia from DS being born with his fist clenched on his face, it took 7 weeks to heal and for 3 of those weeks Ural was my Best Friend!! I used to have to pee leaning right forward holding toilet paper in my cupped hand putting pressure on my hoo haa and even then there was much wincing - THAT was worse than birth but bearable and I'd still do it all over again! Oh and Lucas Paw Paw Ointment helped too!!
My baby necessities in the early days were my Baby Hammock, DS slept soooo well from day dot in there! Lansinoh of course, soft cloth breast pads, a great breastfeeding pillow, lots of wraps & facewashers and I loved my big fat Libra Maternity Pads, even when my bleeding slowed, while I was still healing that graze, they made it oh so soft and comfy to sit!! Prob other things but nothing else is really jumping out at me, just the basics for the beginning really!
Oh and Lavender Oil for the Birthing Suite! It was like a relaxation spa in our room! We were ALL soooo chillaxed! Also I believe what helped me extensively in labour was my TENS machine, I had horrendous back labour and that thing killed it!
You're going to be amazing babe! Your body knows exactly what it is doing, it was made for this! As you know already being a Mama, all baby REALLY needs to begin with is YOU!
Google freezer meals as well hun, there are so many delicious meals than can be frozen and there are websites dedicated to it
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There are lots of beautiful inspirational women on BB with brilliant birth stories, I know every birth is different but try not to be freaked out by the horror stories hun! FWIW, I had a natural vaginal birth with my DS and LOVED it! Really, I would do it 100 times over but not have 100 babies if that makes sense hahaha - The most amazing, empowering thing I have ever done and omg I can not wait to give birth again! I had a very nasty graze inside and out to my labia from DS being born with his fist clenched on his face, it took 7 weeks to heal and for 3 of those weeks Ural was my Best Friend!! I used to have to pee leaning right forward holding toilet paper in my cupped hand putting pressure on my hoo haa and even then there was much wincing - THAT was worse than birth but bearable and I'd still do it all over again! Oh and Lucas Paw Paw Ointment helped too!!
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