I too had visions of "niagra falls"! Tee hee. I took 10 pairs of undies with the notion that if I leaked on them I would have spares and not have to bother DH with bringing in spares. Also had the notion I could just chuck them out if they were too mucky.

I took 2 packs of Kotex and 1 of libra ultra thins and had more Kotex at home if I needed DH to bring them in (he had to bring that third pack for me). I used the thin ones when I was expecting visitors (all my visitors called first with the exception of two work friends - pitful of birthing in the hospital adjacent to work ) My hospital also provided a pack of about 10 pads for initial use (but they were like surf boards so prefered my own).

HTH

MG