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hospital Bag
Hi Ladies,
I'm gatecrashing from pregnancy but wanted to ask you all about your hospital bags. i'm 34 weeks pregnant and have begun putting my bag together but sure I've forgotten things. What I wanted to know was did you take anything which you didn't use? Likewise did you not take something that you wished you had?
Thanks in advance,
Cas. X
I'm gatecrashing from pregnancy but wanted to ask you all about your hospital bags. i'm 34 weeks pregnant and have begun putting my bag together but sure I've forgotten things. What I wanted to know was did you take anything which you didn't use? Likewise did you not take something that you wished you had?
Thanks in advance,
Cas. X
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I took a hand held fan and even though it was the hottest day of 2008 (28th July) and in the 30's, never used it! I took pretty much everything and so don't think I missed anything, I definitely took too many clothes for Ruby, even though we were in for 3 days! I didn't use the magazines and books, too exciting during labour and just staring at lo afterwards was enough to keep me occupied!
Oh, I did wish I'd taken some coins for the television. I only thought that briefly though as then I realised I had far too much else to do!
A good tip - some antibacterial wipes for the toilet seats. They were not always as clean as you would like and I got that tip from someone on here and it was a godsend!
Good luck!. xxx
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dark coloured pj's for obvious reasons
long nights if your wearing them, its quite difficult getting in and out of bed so long nights cover your modesty
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plenty of pairs of pj's - hospital beds are horrid and sweaty and i wished i had enough for clean every night.
travel sized shampoo etc was handy as its enough for a few days stay but doesnt take too much space
lipsalve for labour (tip from on here )
antibacterial wipes definately good for the toilets (although my hosp provided them)
wish i'd taken flip flops for the shower
my own pillow - hospital ones rustle horribly
I found it nice to take our own blankets for lo so he was under a nice blanket rather than hospital ones