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
  .
  ✅ 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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