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katie1 
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 Posted: 07 November 2007 at 8:01pm |
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Thats funny lizzle. I looked horrible in my photos too. Next time I will wear nicer clothes! : )
SNACKS SNACKS and SNACKS. I was STARVING afterwards. I also loved my power aid drink. It was awesome and just what I felt like. Next time I'd take three or four. I loved having my ipod and also some evian face spray.
I didn't use much of the other stuff I had taken.
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Posted: 07 November 2007 at 8:16pm |
Once I'm in the hospital things don't last long, so I have given up on packing food for DH cause we either get distracted or he eats it in front of me and I don't feel like it lol
For my first baby I packed 4 whole bags of stuff haha. For baby #3 I had only one  My absolutes:
-pen
-paper/journal (cause that's how I process things when I'm alone)
-undies. I packed 6-8 and still had to send DH back for more. And that was for a 48 hour stay 
-comb for my hair
-change of clothes to leave the hospital
-cardigan in winter, especially for leaving
-one change of clothes for baby (until leaving I used the hospital stuff for baby and me)
-snacks (muesli bars for me). I was surprised that I didn't actually have any after Kryssi was born. And with Briona I didn't stay in the hospital. But after Hannah I was starved. It might have been a c/s or epidural thing.
I don't pack pads cause the hospital has plenty and they work fine for the first few days. Same for nappies. (Once I get home I usually change to supers.)
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Posted: 08 November 2007 at 1:33pm |
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the best thing i took was LUCOZADE, thirst quenching, cold and fizzy, and just put a little bit of life back into my body afterwards...
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Posted: 11 November 2007 at 7:09pm |
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I had my birth notice wrote out prior to the having tayla, we put in the paper while still in hospital.
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 2:52pm |
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I took my iPod with two personalised playlists loaded up: Labour Downbeat (for when the epidural went in and I was allowed a little rest) and Push Push! (lots of disco, funk and soul - Stevie Wonder and Amy Winehouse!) that got me going when it came time to deliver. My two midwives loved it just as much as I did - they were grooving along when I delivered my son to a disco tune!
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Posted: 13 November 2007 at 7:59pm |
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Thought of another great one today - nice soft toilet paper (as many layers as possible). much nicer on sore bits for a few days, than the rough 1-ply hospital stuff!
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miss
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Posted: 14 November 2007 at 9:52am |
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Far too much in the end - we sent most of it home. The best thing i took was a cd player with a couple of mp3 cd's. Not a portable one, but one we could all enjoy - we played it all day long and it started Lily off to a good start at sleeping through noise.
If you have a vaginal birth, then those sorbent toilet wipes would be great - you don't need them for a c section!
Big underwear was the only other thing I needed that I took. Everything else could have been brought after the birth the next day, I stayed in gowns till the tubes were removed, as did Lily.
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Posted: 14 November 2007 at 10:01am |
Oh, reading back, I would say definitely hair ties and if you have a fringe you might want something to hold that back too like a headband as I found anything touching me really annoying during my 3 contractions 
We didn't need snacks as they fed me really well for the 2 days I was there waiting for labour to start, and there are a couple of cfe's downstirs that we visited for top ups during the day so I wasn't hungry. If you were going to labour though you probably would want to have something in case you birth in the mmiddle of the night and can't get food.
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Posted: 14 November 2007 at 7:42pm |
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Disposable breast pads for when your milk comes in. I had cloth ones but had to ring my friend and get her to bring some disposable ones as cloth ones only lasted 10mins.
I had my laptop and some dvds to watch.
Button up pjs, as makes it easier to b/f, and I found I felt a little more chirpy and happy wearing my own clothes instead of the hosp gown.
Cotton undies, esp if you have a c/section as they allow the wound to breath better and decrease the risk of infection (mine still got infected though).
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Posted: 17 November 2007 at 3:56pm |
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I totally overpacked as usual! But things I did use included:
Lip balm
nice loo paper
shampoo & conditioner (I bought a 2-in-1 kind, which was great as by the time I'd done that and had a wash I was ready to lie down again)
some "normal" clothes for afterwards
a big drink bottle so you don't have to refill too often
hairties
phone charger
camera (and won't let hubby take it home with him next time!!)
Next time I think I'd take some cartons of juice to have on hand. I had a few snacks in the bag, but didn't need them - was pretty well fed by the hosp.
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mummy_becks
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Posted: 17 November 2007 at 8:06pm |
Hair ties and water were the 2 things that I really needed during labour.
Afterwards food was a big things for me, even thou the hospital had toast, toast can get very boring very fast.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Katherine
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Posted: 04 December 2007 at 10:43am |
Thanks for all your input, ladies! The Ultimate Hospital Bag Checklist is ready and will be featured in the December newsletter, which will hit your inboxes later today. Meantime, here's a sneak peek! :)
http://www.ohbaby.co.nz/article.aspx?ContentID=231
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busymum
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Posted: 04 December 2007 at 8:11pm |
That's a pretty extensive list in the end! My 2cw is that it's too much to carry in 
Who (if?) got the prize in the end, Katherine?
I know.... it's a boring night!
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Katherine
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Posted: 15 December 2007 at 1:25pm |
You know, I actually haven't drawn the proze yet, which is why I haven't removed this thread... I'm still deciding what prize to give out! I'll draw it in time for the January newsletter and announce the name in there, as well as PMing the winner. 
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Katherine
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Posted: 07 January 2008 at 11:34pm |
Drum roll please... And the winner is... Littoejo! Littlejo has won a copy of the Cool Kids Cookbook, plus the coool new book Eco Chic: The Savvy Shopper's Guide to Ethical Fashion. Congrats, littlejo! :)
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Posted: 08 January 2008 at 12:16am |
woohoo congrats littlejo!!! 
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Posted: 08 January 2008 at 7:34am |
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I took heaps of stuff that I totally didn't use, I was induced, so having a book and music was awesome. I used my MP3 player rather than a cd player, and found it awesome. As for food, I didn't eat any of it!!
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Posted: 08 January 2008 at 5:36pm |
I guess the whole point of a labour checklist is to know what you *might* need. I think we all tend to overpack, because you don't actually know what you *will* need until you are in labour, and then it helps you to plan for next time. But we developed this list to give you a guide to what yuo *might* want to have with you, and to help you remember certain items that you might otherwise forget (like the phone charger and spare camera batteries). As for food, it comes in handy afterwards, especially if you have the baby late at night and there's no meal for 12 hours and you can't wait for DH to run out to Burger King! I was RAVENOUS after my labour! LOL Ate the whole box of chocolate-covered macadamias my MIL brought in about five minutes without sharing! Hee hee...
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What was on your hospital bag checklist?
