Labour Bag

just wanted to say i dont think i used anything in labour that i packed... everything i used was the hospitals. the only thing this time round i packed that i used for labour was my sarong. the rest of the time i was in hospital gowns cause they open where they need to and you dont have to do any washing after... i even wore one in the pool for tobys birth.

and i think afterwards too i mainly used the hospital clothes for eden and even the hosptial nappies - both the disposables and flats.

but knickers are one think i made sure i had heaps of. and for afterwards the thing i found helpful was my husbands i pod...

Flissty wrote: Are arnica pills or cream better?

I'm not too sure if arnica cream can be used on open wounds/cuts... so I would go with the pills. I think I am too used to just asking mum what to use for what. Will have to figure it out for myself some day.

Rescue remedy and arnica drops are what I used. Take plenty of powerade/lucoade. And yes lots of Nanna knickers. Jellybeans or barley sugars.The pads at NSH werent too bad and saved using mine and I had packed heaps of other stuff that I didnt really use. Did take my own nappies and nappy liners (to use as wipes much gentler on a newborn bum) and plenty of jumpsuits/onesies as they do poop alot.

As for clothing I did use my sarong and a t-shirt but I loved the shower and the birthing pool that when I was in there i was in my birthday suit. I only got dressed cause my contractions stopped so had to have syntocin & epi....food was crap at NSH some was ok but the food at the birthcentre was sooooo devine i so cant wait to go back there again in dec LOL

I found that after baby was born I was really hot and as it was the middle of winter I hadn't packed much light stuff so had to send mum home to get me some shorts and singlet tops. Also after my c/s it was liquid diet only and so didn't eat ant of the goodies I had taken in.