Ok I have whipped out my Hospital Journal and this is what the Hospital I am going to says to pack!...

Labour Bag
-Extras to assist you during labour, e.g. Johnsons baby oil, sorbolene cream for gentle massage
- Relaxation tapes
- jelly beans/and or barley sugar to suck during labour
- Camera
- Mobile or coins to call people
- An up to date address book with telephone numbers of family and friends

Postnatal Bag
- Nightgowns that open at the front
- 2 breastfeeding bras
- nursing pads
- underpants for a week
- 2-3 packs maternity pads
- Slippers or comfortable slip on shoes
- your own toiletries
- Hairbrush and Shampoo
- Your antenatal record card
- your birth plan
- health insurance details
- comfortable clothes to go home in
- nappies
- baby toiletries
- baby blankets (about 6)
- baby jumpsuits (about 6)
- baby singlets (About 6)
- THIS BOOK
- anything else midwife or doctor may advise

That is the Checklist out of my Hospital Journal...

Obviously every Hospital is different though and we add our own little things to the list.
my hospital provide a similar list, but they expressly say NOT to use barley sugar or any hard lolly - if you happen to get a contraction and inhale sharply, it becomes a choking hazard for you!

my hospital doens't give numbers for things like blankets and it was reiterated to us on Monday night to bring TOO MANY blankets - baby's pee, poop and puke and you don't want them in icky stuff! you can never truly have too many blankets to keep baby warm as they are only learning to keep track of their temperature

other things that were suggested - nighties instead of sleep suits - easy access for nappy changing! put socks with these and then wrap bubba - they should be plenty warm enough

snibs (waterproof covers for cloth nappies) - some hospitals don't supply them.

i am taking three smaller bags with me rather than one large one. baby's bag has her first nightie on top, socks easily accessible and snibs for over hospy nighty easy to get to. under that, is both muslin wraps (the stretchy ones) and flanelette and heavier bunny rugs - which ones i use will depend on how warm the room is that we're in. the muslin will be used as a wrap and the other as a blanket as advised by a midwife friend.

i have also put in mittens (baby's are really good at scratching themselve cos they're used to being able to touch their faces with amniotic fluid around them) and also bootees and a few beanies - given the time of year we're going into, warmth is important but i also think layers are a good idea seeing we just don't know how hot the hospital will be...

in the other two bags - one has all my general "stuff" for me - the other has clothes for both me and DH for during labour, pads, spare underwear etc - the stuff i'll need to put my hands on in a hurry. i'm not going overboard with having a seperate labour and post natal bag - just making sure that toiletries and essentials are easy to put my hands on!