Right i had an extended stay i hossie i was not expencting it but i am so glad i packed as much a stuff as i did
Ok my bag
* MY WONDERFUL TENS MACHINE 8)
*We forgot to bring my body pillow the firs night i found i needed it and james brought it the next day
He also brought in my gym ball as the hospital one where a bit knackered
*A comfy change of clothes
* 2 maternity nighties (with buttons done the middle to get the breast out easily) i could have done with another one as i leaked so much it went through the pads
so if this happend mabye go for the plastic backed ones to save your clothes
My comfy fluffy house coat and my moo cow slippers (hossie floors are cold)
*Both old knickers x 5 to throw after and pack of disposables the dispsables where a god send as i got sick of the knickers geting solied
*All 3 of my maternity bras (please get a few breast feeding bra i never got round to it and it would have been so handy!!! agian a few is needed as i milked throught the pads and the bras got covered)
*Re- usable pack of breast pads
*Pack of maternity pads (james needed to bring in the other pack as i bled quite a lot.
*Hair bobbles to keep my hair out the way and a hair band and a few hair slides
*Cooling gel pad for head and a mini hot water botttle well worth it for the pain and the sweating
*Flannel x 2 for face washing
*Mini shampoo
*mini hair conditioner
*mini deodrant
*mini shower gel
*mini body lotion
*mini hair brush
*mini toothpaste and brush
*Magicol face/ body cooling spray (GET IT ITS FAB)
*Coco butter massage cream lovely to ditract me from the pain and james give some lovely massages is smells yummy and lifted my spirits.
*A mini batteried fan LOVE THIS is helped a hell of a lot to cool me down
*A portable cd walkman
I download a load of my fave songs from the 80's and 90's and i also took all my fave albums in a cd bag to play on my walkman and to play on a cd player during birth
* IMPORTANT FOR SANITY MOBLIE PHONE 8)
*Phone charger and my lord did i need it
texting you lot wore my battery down
*Battery recharger
*Digital camera
* Snack
crisps, chocolate, fruit bars ect
Collier's bag
*2 hats
*2 set of scarch mits
*2 pairs of botties
*1 pair of socks
*shawl
baby bath towel(never used it)
*3 Muslin cloths
*2 newborn, 0-3 long sleeved sleepsuits
*2 newborn, 1 0-3 short sleeved body grows
*Oudoor suit so go home in
*2 sleep grows i prefered them to the Hossi blankets easy in easy out
*Take both long and short i put Collier in a sleepsuit with a body grow underneath and took the sleepsuit of if collier was warm and put it back on if he was cold
*In the end James needed to bring more clothes in for collier as we had an unexpected longer stay was in hospital with Collier for 2 and half days and he had a few milky sicks down a few so bascialy james brought in each day what was needed
*10 nappies
i didnt get through them all as newborns i found dont go through as much as stated and the mid wifes used the hospitals own supply when they changed collier in the night when i was a sleep and they took him of to have his regular checks.
*Pack of wipes
*2 flannels
*Cotton wool balls to wipe Colliers eyes face, feets and hands
*small travel sized Sudocream
*you dont need lotions and postions at this stage so dont bother taling them i never needed them
*im sure there is more to add i may come back and do them later
hope its helpful
