The Hubbers Guide to Packing the Perfect Hospital Bag & Labour Bag - the Ultimate Hospital Packing Bag & Labour Bag Checklist

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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120420194342/http://www.bubhub.com.au/info/articles/pregnancy/hospital_bag_packing_labour_bag_packing_checklist_printer.shtml" class="print" target="blank">Printer friendly page</a> </div><br style="clear: both;"/>  <div class="content"> With the help of our valuable Bub Hub members we've have created this suggested hospital packing list for labour, mum and baby.<br/> <br/> Different hospitals provide different equipment, so it's always a good idea to ask your hospital what they have available for you during labour and once the baby is born.<br/> <br/> You can also consider keeping some additional supplies in a handy bag at home for your partner or family to bring in the day after the birth rather than trying to lug a really heavy bag in with you while you are in labour!<br/> <br/> Print out our Hospital Bag Checklist and 'customise' it to suit your needs.<br/> <br/> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 204); font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt;">For Labour</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/> </span><br/> <ul> <li> Hospital paperwork - registration card/health record or similar</li> <li>Medicare card and/or private health insurance company card</li> <li>Lip Balm/paw paw ointment</li> <li>Hair bands</li> <li>Iceblocks</li> <li>Water bottle</li> <li>Phone</li> <li>Phone charger</li> <li>Phone credit</li> <li>Camera</li> <li>Camera battery charger</li> <li>Video camera</li> <li>Facewashers</li> <li>Gatorade/Powerade/Lemonade</li> <li>Snacks, drinks and spare clothes/swimmers/towel for your birthing partner - in case they want to get in the shower with you.</li> <li>Snack food</li> <li>Thongs</li> <li>CD or ipod etc if you want (or think you will want) music!</li> <li>Heat pack</li> <li>Socks</li> <li>Baggy shirts/singlets</li> <li>Mints</li> <li>Birth plan</li> <li>Stress balls</li> <li>List of phone numbers</li> <li>Massage oil</li> <li>Spare change<br/> </li> </ul> <br/> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(153, 153, 204);">For Mum</span><br/> <br/> <ul> <li>Shampoo/conditioner/shower gel</li> <li>Shower puff</li> <li>Towels</li> <li>Clothes</li> <li>A book to read (maybe a breastfeeding book)</li> <li>A pen/notebook</li> <li>Your own pillow</li> <li>Nice clothes to wear home/wear in photos</li> <li>Moisturiser</li> <li>Posh toilet paper/flushable wipes (hospital toilet paper can be rough, post-birth)</li> <li>Maternity pads</li> <li>Cheap pack of black undies/mens undies</li> <li>Pyjamas/nighties - ones with easy access for breastfeeding</li> <li>Paw paw ointment</li> <li>Ural - will help take the sting out of your pee</li> <li>Ear plugs</li> <li>Hairbrush</li> <li>Maternity bra</li> <li>Snacks/lollies/chocolate/fruit drink (poppers), muesli bars</li> <li>Dressing gown</li> <li>Slippers</li> <li>Nursing pads</li> <li>Spare change</li> <li>Nice clothes that make you feel good, don't dig around your waist and are easy to breastfeed in</li> <li>Toothbrush</li> <li>Toothpaste</li> <li>Makeup</li> <li>Deodorant</li> <li>Plastic bags for dirty clothes (for you and bub)</li> <li>Maternity shirts (you wont shrink back down to your old size overnight!)<br/> </li> </ul> <br/> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 204); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">For baby</span><br/> <br/> Check what your hospital provides before you pack for baby ...<br/> <ul> <li>Nappies</li> <li>Singlets x 3</li> <li>Grosuits x 3 (at least) - in at least two sizes!! take some 0000 clothes and some 000 even a 00000 if you like, that way whatever size bub is they will have something to wear</li> <li>Beanies</li> <li>Mittens</li> <li>Blankets/bunny rugs</li> <li>Nice going-home outfit for bub</li> <li>Muslin wrap</li> <li>Socks</li> <li>A dummy (just in case, washed and sterilised)</li> <li>Big tub of wipes<br/> </li> </ul> <br/> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 153, 204); font-size: 10pt;">Hubbers tips:</span><br/> <br/> The best thing I had, which I thought was stupid but my Mum insisted on<br/> getting me, was <span style="font-weight: bold;">mens undies</span>. They were so much more comfy than ladies when you have those horrible pads to wear and if you get stiches there is enough room in them for the icepack to sooth your privates.<br/> <br/> Take a <span style="font-weight: bold;">spray bottle</span> - good for spraying your bits when you wee as it diluted the urine and makes it sting less!<br/> <br/> I found<span style="font-weight: bold;"> ear plugs </span>were great! The nurses took bub during the night for me(after five days of labour i was exhausted!) and the ear plugs allowed me to sleep.<br/> <br/> My best ever investment was the <span style="font-weight: bold;">WOMAMA wrap</span>. Even though I was induced this hospital still let me wear my wrap (3rd labour) it was the best thing ever! I wouldn't never birth without it again.<br/> <br/> <span style="font-weight: bold;">My own pillow</span> ... I hate the plasticy types of pillows in the hospital! My own pillow made me feel like I was more at home.<br/> <br/> My mum bought me in my <span style="font-weight: bold;">nail kit</span> so I could repaint and file my toe and fingernails ... and also my<span style="font-weight: bold;"> facial mask</span>. I felt a million bucks after doing this!<br/> <br/> I took <span style="font-weight: bold;">my own towel </span>too, their towels are white and when bleeding so much I felt "odd" using a white towel after a shower. Mum would take my towel home Every second day and wash and bring me a new one.<br/> <br/> A <span style="font-weight: bold;">tennis ball</span>. Best advice I got was to take one for my husband to roll<br/> around my back during labour, saved his hand getting sore!<br/> <br/> I took <span style="font-weight: bold;">lovely smelling bathroom products </span>purchased JUST for this occasion to make you feel special afterwards. Like shampoo, conditioner, moisturiser, perfume, lip balm, soap. 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