Preparing for a Home Birth.... Birth Box List
With only around 40 days to go until my due date of baby number 4 arriving and yes that’s also only 44 days to go for those of you counting down to Christmas. I have started preparing my HOMEBIRTH BOX
The list of not only for me, but is their as a checklist for hubby and eldest children.
The community widwives come to visit me at home in a couple of weeks, to go through everything and bring a box of essentials that they will need for the delivery.
Below is my list that I will have ready for the home delivery and also an emergency hospital bag should I need it, but fingers crossed I won’t.
HOME BIRTH BOX
✅ Labour Prep:
- Phone Community midwives to inform start of labour.
- Siblings on standby to go to friends house (bag packed for youngest)
- Prep birth area with quilt on floor, waterproof sheet, inconti pads and towels.
- Energy food & drinks (dates to soften cervix, coconut water as Isotonic drink)
- Nightie or old t-shirt
- Socks to keep feet warm
- Birthing Ball
- Hot Water Bottle
- Clary Sage essential oil
- Homeopathic Child Birth Remedy Kit
- Bin bags for rubbish disposal
- Container for placenta
- Drinks/food for hubby and midwives
- Phone charger and remote control nearby
✅ Immediately After Birth;
Which is packed into two small clear zip lock bags, that can be taken from homebirth box and placed straight into emergency Hospital Bag (if needed)
- Umbilical cord tie (after Delayed cord clamping)
- Maternity sanitary pad!
- Big knickers
- Clean nightie/pyjamas
- Nappy, vest & babygrow for baby (after lots of skin to skin, baby has breastfed )
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL BAG CHECKLIST
✅ FOR MUM
- 2 sets washable breast pads
- 20 x maternity pads
- 5 x Big Knickers
- Lip balm
- Toothpaste
- Toothbrush
- Shower gel
- Body lotion
- Travel shampoo
- Travel conditioner
- Hair band x 2
- Hair Brush
- Tissues
- Facial wipes
- Sponge
- Flannel
- 1 x Pair of Socks
- Deodorant
- Coconut Oil (nipple cream)
- Birth Plan
- Spare toothbrush for hubby
- Bath Towel
- Slippers
- Clary Sage Essential Oil
- Homeopathic Child Birth Remedy Kit
- Nightie or pyjamas
- Change of clothes for going home
- Phone charger
- Straw (to sip drink from)
- 2 x Bottled water / Isotonic coconut water
- Energising snacks and dates to soften cervix
- door keys
- money for car park
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✅ FOR BABY - Umbilical cord tie
- 10 x Nappies
- 1 x pack of Baby Wipes
- 20 x Nappy Sacks
- Cotton wool pleats
- 3 x Babygrows (newborn size)
- 3 x Baby vests (newborn size)
- 1 x Hat (for travelling home)
- 1 x Soft blanket
- 1 x Jacket or cardigan for travelling home
Remember to take the car seat to the hospital.
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Please let me know if there is anything that I have missed off!
I will also be sharing my birth plan soon
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