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Birth Room
  • clean sheets on bed
  • warm clean blanket for bed
  • plastic mattress cover
  • clean old blanket (in case of floor delivery)
  • large black garbage bags
  • 10 large bath towels
  • 10 small bath towels
  • 5 wash cloths
  • plastic picnic table tablecloth
  • olive oil
  • large plastic bowl for placenta
  • birth ball (if you don't have one, we can supply one)
  • crock pot for warm compresses
  • small bowl for ice water/wash cloths
  • rice sock
  • aromatherapy oils (if desired)
  • lip balm/chapstick

 

 

For Baby

  • diapers
  • baby wipes
  • hats
  • receiving blankets
  • undershirts
  • digital thermometer
  • Isopropyl alcohol for cord care
  • heating pad- to warm baby blankets
  • herbs for cord care (WishGarden Herbal Cord Care Powder)
  • Q-tips

 

 

For Bathroom

  • toilet paper
  • overnight maxi pads
  • regular sanitary pads
  • depends diapers (work great for postpartum bleeding)
  • peri bottles
  • witch hazel (tucks pads)
  • plastic sitz bowl for toilet
  • liquid hand-washing soap
  • paper towels to dry hands
  • breast pads (to absorb leaking breastmilk)
  • iodine/betadine to spray your bottom

 

 

For Kitchen 

  • large pot for boiling water
  • protein dinner for mother (after baby is born)
  • large stainless steel pot for steeping herbs
  • Mother's Milk Tea (for breastfeeding)
  • tea kettle
  • liquid hand-soap for hand washing
  • paper towels to dry hands
  • flexible straws
  • gatorade
     
  • coca-cola (for nausea)
  • acidophilus yogurt
  • crackers
  • peanut butter crackers
  • bread for toast
  • chicken soup
  • vanilla ice cream
  • grapes
  • strawberries
  • canned peaches
  • frozen fruits for smoothie
  • bananas
  • blender
  • Chlorophyll capsules
  • alfalfa tablets
  • chelated iron tablets
  • maxi pads soaked with witch hazel (frozen ready to use)
  • microwave dinners for the midwives!
  • placenta encapsulation kit www.placentabenefits.info  (optional)