How Many??? (Hospital bag Q)

[Janie]

Oooh, good Q, I'm just packing my bags tonight (with a quick break ) and I was wondering if more was better. Glad to see I was right!

[little sprocket]

Yes. Unfortunately you do bleed a lot in the first couple of days (that was a little shocking for me). I had a shower the day after I had my little girl, had a maternity pad on, sat down on the corner of the bed as my husband got dressed and as I stood up to walk off I was already leaking blood onto my pjs and the bed so the first pad lasted about 10mins. Dont be shocked though its completely normal. I took 2 packets of maternity pads and the hospital supplied one packet and I had to stop at the shops on the way home to buy another pack.