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Q&A with SPB: What do I bring to the hospital?
| Posted on June 22, 2016 at 9:38 AM |
 What do I need to bring with me to the hospital? This is one of the topics we cover briefly in our
classes. The short answer is: Anything
you would regret leaving behind… As one dad in our last class said, “I was picturing a small
duffle bag, now it seems like we are going to be packing suitcases!!” Whatever size your bag ends up being really depends on what
it’s going to take for the mother to feel safe and secure in her birth space.
One of the many benefits of homebirth is that “all the comforts of home” are
built in! The degree to which the mother wants to re-create the home
environment in her birth space will determine how much you are bringing with
you to a birth space outside of the home. The bare minimum of what you will be packing: Mom:
Partner:
Baby:
It was our experience that the hospital will provide diapers, blankets to swaddle and
to be used as burp cloths, and other miscellaneous baby items (shampoo, lotion,
etc.). If you want to go organic from the start, plan to bring your own. The bags get bigger when the mother wants to bring flameless
candles, music player and speakers, her own blankets, her own pillows,
pictures, affirmation cards and/or signs, camera and camera bag, her own birth
ball, a yoga mat…I won’t confess to taking all of these with me to our hospital
births…about 80% of this list did get carried in to the hospital by my amazing
husband. He really is an angel when it comes to supporting me in labor!! The last idea I mention in reference to making the birth
space “like home” are family heirlooms. If there is anything special from your
family history that you want in your birth space, I encourage you to take a
picture of it, print it at a minimum of 5”x7” format, and bring the picture
with you. You do not want to bring
anything that you could not stand to lose.
While you will probably be left alone for most of your
labor, save for hourly check-ins by your nurse, once it’s baby-time, the whole
room is going to fill up with people and activity: your nurse, your care
provider, an assistant nurse, the baby nurse, maybe a student or two…it gets
crazy. And since it is still standard
practice for you to be moved to a recovery room within 2-3 hours of the birth,
there is a lot of opportunity for things to get left behind or lost in the
shuffle. Other possibilities for misplacement happen with things accidently get
swept into the garbage or laundry bin as soiled items are replaced with clean
items; or in what I hope are rare instances, they fall victim to sticky
fingers. The fact remains that even when I packed everything that I
thought I wanted, we used maybe 30% of what I packed. I wouldn’t change how or
what I would suggest people pack, because having those things available gave me
peace of mind that I was prepared for the “just in case” scenarios that were
playing out in my head. I would love to hear from you: did I forget anything in the
essentials list? What else did you bring from the “extras” list? Disclaimer: The material included in this video and blog is for informational
purposes only. It is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for
professional medical advice. The viewer and/or reader should always consult her or his
healthcare provider to determine the appropriateness of the information for
their own situation. Krystyna and Bruss
Bowman and Bowman House, LLC accept no liability for the content of this site,
or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. This blog and video contain information about
our classes available in Chandler, AZ and Payson, AZ and is not the official
website of The Bradley Method®. The views contained in this video and on our
blog do not necessarily reflect those of The Bradley Method® or the American
Academy of Husband-Coached Childbirth®.  |
Categories: Baby, Birth, Hospital Birth
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