Hospital & Postpartum Essentials Checklist for Missouri Moms

Hey all! I wanted to be more practical this week and give you a list of hospital and postpartum essentials that I would recommend having on hand. Check it out!

Hospital bag:

  • A few pairs of comfy clothes and socks to wear during labor or afterwards

  • Compression socks

  • A robe (if you like wearing robes)

  • Slippers or easy to put on shoes

  • Flip flops for the shower (if you don't want to go barefoot)

  • Hair ties and a hairbrush

  • Chapstick

  • Water bottle

  • Nutritious snacks

  • Phone, wallet (with ID and insurance card), and phone charger

  • Extra blanket and pillow

  • Extra towel (the towels at the hospital are sometimes small)

  • Basic toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, soap, etc.)

  • Headphones or a Bluetooth speaker

  • A labor gown (if you prefer to wear your own and not the hospital's)

  • Coconut oil w/ essential oils for massage

  • TENS unit for pain relief

  • Handheld fan

  • Heating pad

For breastfeeding or bottle feeding (at home):

  • Lansinoh Soothies Cooling Gel Pads (can buy from Walmart or Target)

  • Lansinoh Stay Dry Nursing Pads (can buy from Walmart or Target) or reusable nursing pads

  • Lansinoh Lanolin Nipple Cream (can buy from Walmart or Target)

  • Breast pump and supplies (can usually get for free through your insurance – check out aeroflowbreastpumps.com)

  • Legendairy Milk Sunflower Lecithin (can get from Walmart, Target, or Amazon)

  • Nursing bras

  • Flange inserts for pumping (depending on your nipple size)

  • Nursing pillow (My Breast Friend nursing pillow has a bit more structure to it or there is the Frida Mom Adjustable nursing pillow that you can adjust to have more structure or less - can buy on Amazon or Target)

  • Preferred brand of formula (largely depends on your baby)

  • Preferred brand of glass bottles and nipples (largely depends on your baby)

  • OXO TOT Space Saving Drying Rack for bottles (can buy from Target)

  • Munchkin Sponge Bottle Brush (can buy from Walmart or Target)

  • Muslin burp cloths (can buy from Amazon or Target)

For postpartum (at home):

  • Nutritious snacks and pre-made meals

  • Frida Mom Postpartum Disposable Underwear (can buy from Target or Amazon)

  • TUCKS Medicated Cooling Hemorrhoids Pads (can buy from Walmart)

  • Dermoplast Postpartum Spray (can buy from Walmart)

  • Earth Mama Organics Perineal Balm (can buy from Target)

  • Sitz bath w/ Epsom Salts

  • Frida Mom 2-in-1 Postpartum Absorbent Perineal Ice Maxi Pads (can buy from Target or Amazon)

  • Frida Mom Upside Down Peri Bottle (can buy from Target or Amazon)

  • Belly bandit wrap or Frida Mom C-Section Belly Binder (can buy from Amazon or Target if you had a cesarean birth)

  • Heating pad

  • High waisted leggings or loose pants that won't put pressure on the incision site (if you had a cesarean birth)

  • Upspring c-panty (can buy from Target) or another high-waisted postpartum underwear to wear over the incision site or a low-waisted postpartum underwear to wear under the incision site (if you had a cesarean birth)

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