OMG, no one ever told me about URAL and i was stinging like nuts the entire time in hospital to the point i was too sacred to wee ... what a relief that stuff is ... it would be number #1 on my list for anyone

... A bag of boiled lollies like barley-sugar, i was surprised how sore my throat was & also from dehydration (you get bored with drinking water all the time).

I wore P'J's the entire time & so was every other Mum in hosp. Find out if the rooms are hot as i roasted in my P'J's ... and thankfully had one nice thin fabric nightie that poor DP kept having to wash for me.

I suggest a large loose T.Shirt for labour & birth that just covers your bottom than a choice of a T.Shirt nightie. I wore an old T.Shirt nightie and it was that bit too long and i just didn't have the energy to keep lifting it, especially when i was sitting on the loo in the hosp during labour. Can you wear one of your partners old big T.Shirts ??

A bag of gold coins if you want to buy from a vending machine.

A wrist watch ... you may not feeling like wearing it but pop it in on a bedside table in the hosp, you will be needing to know the time for the breast-feeding chart, etc ...

I wish you all the very best & don't worry as your partner can always go home to get things for you