when should you start getting your hospital bag ready?

[MrsB26]

Maybe i should get started?? lol
i have thought about it but probably wont get done for atleast another 2 weeks i would think

[Indadhanu]

PMSL well Shel started packing mine at 36 weeks (she was freaking out that it wasnt packed lol so i told her to do it!). There was still stuff missing when my waters broke...

[Cassius2]

Oh and i just remembered that like someone else mentioned I left a list of labour bag stuff on the fridge...just in case DH had to do the packing...

[Shanti]

I have lost my list of what i need to pack in my bag pg brain.... its somewhere....

I have bought breast pads, maternity pads, PJ's for hossy, few toiletries, singlets, and few other bits and pieces and I'm going to start packing my bag within the next 2 weeks.... hope to have it done by 32 weeks.

[Brunette01]

I am going to wait to pack mine until I have finished ante natal classes - that way the midwife will probably have reminded me of anything I've forgotten. For people who have already done the whole labour thing before - what kind of clothes did u take with you? Like pyjamas and stuff? I've been looking at buying some as I just wear old stuff at the moment but don't know what would be okay. Also how many maternity and breast pads would you recommend having with you? I get a bit freaked out thinking that I'm going to take all the wrong stuff! If only my mum was here I'd get her to do it!

[Misskylie]

I started packing my Hospital bag at around 30 weeks and have been adding stuff since then.


Brunette01-This is just a list of what I packed

2 pairs of comfy PJ pants
2 large comfy tops
2 open front nighties
Summer dressing gown
Slippers
Thongs (for shower I get paranoid about catching tinea and I have a shared bathroom at my hospital)
2 day out fits (they are both breast feeding tops)
lots of cheap soft black undies (about 15 )
2 maternity singlets.
Socks
Camera
Burnt Cd of my favorite songs
Back massager
A book (what to expect the first year lol) and some mags to read



Toiletries-
A pack of breast pads I think there is about 50 (my hospital only supplies a small pack)
Maternity pads- 2 packs (my Hospital also supplies 1 pack)
Toothpaste/toothbrush
Soap
Shampoo and conditioner
Hair brush
Hair bands
lip balm
Some make up for photo ops
Extra soft toilet paper (just incase the hospital toilet paper is like sand paper)

I may have gone over board but Im not a huge fan of hospitals and I wanted to feel as comfortable as possible.

[Cassius2]

i'd recommend loads of breast pads and maternity pads. also, i found that i preferred in the early days to have the big fat squishy pads over the libra thin ones that i bought as the extra cushioning can be a bit more forgiving on the tender post-birth regions IYKWIM

another tip i have is to get a bra that is one cup size bigger than what you are as sometimes when the milk comes in the engorged boobies can be rather large (i had to send DH off with MIL to get a 12e - i was a 12d at that stage). i used the bigger bra until they settled down...

hair brush and some lip gloss never goes astray in case of photography emergencies! LOL!

and a nice 'visiting hours' nightie...