How much stuff have you packed for hospital?

[Mum2Romone]

I took toooo much

I needed and used

hair brush
maternity pads ( although the hopital ones were bigger/better straight after birth
clean undies x 2
pjs
dressing gown
thongs/ to walk around the hospital in
loose clothes to go home in

and a breastfeeding bra/top in one that I wore most the time

and baby clothes ( singlets onesie and blanket)

thats all I needed but I only stayed one night, and didnt get to use anything that we had planned in labour because:

1. there was no cd player available when we got there so my birth cds didnt get used
2. I was that distracted by the pain, dh sleeping in the chair opposite me despite my noisy labour that I didnt use anything in my labour bag

[Cherished]

Well I had a bit more of an anxiety attack after posting and dh said that we are paying heaps of money to have bubs at the private hospital so we will take in whatever we want! lol he doesn't mind carrying it in and when we get there we will only have the labour bag and the food bag, he can get me settled into the birth suit and then go back to the car for the other bags and put them in our room

[deletedit]

Good lord you people pack a lot LOL

As to labour stuff, I was in the labour ward half an hour with Theo so there wasn't enough time to do ANYTHING. Afterwards the midwife brought bikkies, milo, water, more blankets and I got to sit around snuggling the baby for an hour while they got bored waiting for the placenta

Which admittedly means I was in the labour ward about 2 hours all up but not in labour per se ... hmmmm

[onthefly]

he's right Cherished, you take whatever you want.

[meow]

I packed a bag with my clothes, a million potential labour snacks (lollies,nuts, dried fruit... heaps of stuff in case I wanted something specific), camera, toiletries and somethings for labour (music CDs, little squishy balls, photos).

Also packed the nappy bag with outfits, nappies and wraps for baby.

Then on the night I made my H pack 5 pillows which I had been using in labour and he carried them in for me to continue using... it was nice afterwards to sleep with our own pillows too!

[Cherished]

Thanks marcellus

Meow yes the pillows are on the list too, they are a given, we have even carted our pillows overseas in the past! last thing I want is a sore neck from a dodgy hospital pillow to add to the sleep deprivation.

Rumple if only we all had 2 hr labours maybe we would all only need a change of clothes

Anyway I'm feeling better about it all today, and for those who suggested the really soft loo paper I've finally added that to one of the bags. The hospital loo paper is pretty soft but dh said I may as well take a roll of our really soft stuff too