is this thing on I am nine months pregnant and let's build my hospital bag together
hey everyone welcome back to my channel today I'm sharing what is going in my hospital bag uh
I've never done this before I'm a new mom to be first trip to the hospital here to have a baby
if you are also trying to figure out what's put in your bag read the comments because I'm gonna have
other people who have had kids comment below with what they put in their hospital bags what they
wish they had what they wish they didn't bring and hopefully we can make this a conversation
today's video is sponsored by Mossery which is the planner company that I made my hospital bag
list inside of I've been using mastery planners for a couple of years now this is my new 2022
planner it's the pink clay cover and it has my name written on it in gold in the serif font
they really help you with you know figuring out your priorities for the year figuring out how to
live a purposeful life achieve all the goals you want to achieve there are built-in habit trackers
yearly spreads monthly spreads and weekly spreads it's kind of just my dream planner set up I'm
going to be taking maternity leave at the start of 2022 so I'm not going to be using this for
work the way I typically use my planners my goal is to use this planner as kind of like a daily
tracker as I enter into motherhood so I'm going to use it to track things like feeding and I don't
know everyone tells me that I have to write down like when the baby eats and what side of my boob
he eats on and how many times he pees in poops at least for the first couple weeks that I can
report to the pediatrician so this is going to be like my little baby book so I got you guys a great
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but it will get you a great discount on your own 2022 Mossery planner and I believe the code is
valid all the way through January 31st of 2022. so I created this list and I've sort of split it up
into a few categories so when it comes to going to the hospital I need items for myself Michael needs
some items the baby needs some items and then there's kind of like miscellaneous other stuff
that I sort of forgot about when I was making the lists and I just threw into the other category
I'm planning on packing everything in this hard shelled away suitcase I'm using the smallest size
here it's also sitting on my bed right now on a towel for sanitation reasons because Michael would
be upset if he knew I was putting the rolly suitcase on the bed on his side of the bed
and my plan is to pack most of the stuff in this hard-shelled suitcase and then I'm also
probably going to take a backpack or some sort of a shoulder small duffle type bag as a secondary
bag but I haven't picked which other bag I'm using yet I'm probably going to take something that
I own from Dagne Dover I have a bunch of stuff from there so i'll pop up a few options of what
those bags might look like but right now I'm just showing you what's going inside starting with the
four Lucie lists so the first thing on my list is two pairs of comfortable pajamas first things
first is this little amazon basics really soft nightgown pajama thing I didn't want anything
that would have like a waistline or that would not let me you know easy access and then the
second one is kind of similar but it is a t-shirt version and this was actually from freedom mom I
think this is kind of a birthing gown in that it has these buttons that can kind of just go
down on both sides and also the entire back and I do plan on getting an epidural so I know this
will be useful I could just kind of like peel this down to let them do the epidural and then someone
can snap me back up i'll probably be living in these two outfits the whole time two pjs next are
slippers here they are these are my little smiley face slippers I wear these all over the house so
i'll be bringing these to the hospital some people tell me I need like nursing and or pumping bras
I don't know but I brought them this is a standard nursing bra just a very soft black cotton one this
is the kind that you know unhooks and will strap down so I can breastfeed from it and then this
is more of like a bustier I don't know how to say that word but it's like a bustier with the holes
so I can like pump through here I'm not bringing my own actual electric breast pump to the hospital
because I know they have stuff like that and I also know that in those first few days I'm not
even gonna have a full milk supply but I'm just bringing these two bras next I am bringing these
two extra long charging iPhone cables I got two one for me one for Michael these are the 10 foot
long cords I've heard from almost everyone that's gone to the hospital that if you want to have your
phone charged and nearby that the plugs in the hospital rooms are not in convenient locations
and if you want to be able to be on your phone while it's charging you need the long cords this
I'm not packing yet but I'm ultimately gonna bring my pillow and a pillowcase I can't go anywhere
without my pillow so this little girl is coming with us up next is this little bluetooth speaker
this is from tech candy I don't even remember where I got this but we currently leave this
in our shower a lot of people say they want to play relaxing music I probably will have
Taylor swift on repeat just you know all of Taylor's versions of everything so we're bringing
our own little portable speaker next tech item is this little battery operated fan you can kind
of like mold the edges and hook it onto things I figure I can hook this on to the side of the
hospital bed also I was planning on getting this fan anyway for the baby stroller we're getting
double usage out of this and I'm gonna unpack it eventually and put the batteries in but for now
we'll just put this in the bag this bag is getting hefty already I know hospital rooms can be cold
and sterile so I've heard that we should bring blankets this is one blanket that I'm pretty
sure I'm gonna give to Michael he's gonna be like sleeping on the couch I have his list coming up
that I will share soon I kind of want to bring two blankets like this these are just like very
lightweight very soft and fuzzy blankets that I can fold up and roll into very small sizes
it's gonna be nNovember or December I don't know when but I anticipate will be cold next is my eye
mask I sleep with this every single night so I'm going to need it in the hospital and I know that
the hospital environment can be very bright and also very loud earplugs are something that are
kind of on my like maybe list but this this is a definite I will not be able to sleep without this
actually I have to keep this in my bedside drawer because I'm still using this now so this is like
a last minute item next I'm bringing these Adidas slides for my shower shoes I know you don't need
to bring shower shoes and I'm sure the hospital gives you like flip-flop type things but I just
wanted to bring my own comfy shoes comfy socks I've got a few pairs here these are like grippy
socks from Frida I feel like grippy socks are a really good idea because if I have to go to
the bathroom for some reason I just envisioned slipping but then I felt like it's winter maybe
I'm gonna want some bigger taller fuzzier socks so I have this taller fuzzy pair and then I was like
well maybe I'm gonna want some color so I have these rainbow kind of medium length calf socks
and I just feel like with this trio of socks my feet will be covered no pun intended up
next undies I brought a couple of these like period undies so this is thanks underwear
the bigger and the heftier the better I also have this other pair of underwear that also has like
padding in the bottom section while we're here I can show you the depends underwear that I got so
I actually got a packet of I think like 12 of these for at home for the postpartum period and
I'm just bringing two of them to the hospital I have heard of a lot of people that put these
on in the hospital and then actually just wear them home they feel really comfortable and I'm
pretty excited about these I know a lot of people don't bring these because the hospital gives you
pads and I know that they also kind of give you like a makeshift version of this with like you
know some sort of stretchy gauze underwear with like a pad in the base but this seems
just a lot more comfortable and a lot more like you're actually wearing a pair of underwear so
I'm gonna bring at least two of these I might actually add in a couple of more just to have
them but I have more once I get home I don't have it here because I'm still using them every day but
I'm also gonna bring my air pods same thing with my haakaa which is the manual breast pump a lot
of people said that when you're in the hospital if you do have a heavy flow of colostrum early
on which I've already been licking colostrum at night so I maybe anticipate that I might have
that they say that it's a good idea to just like have your haakaa to be able to collect
anything that's coming out because in those early days colostrum is like liquid gold more booby
things I have these disposable nipple pads a lot of people told me that using the disposable ones
helps to avoid things like infections like yeast infections or I don't know
two sets of these are coming for now cups with straws so I got this and another one that looks
just like this but is a tan color off of amazon and I'm gonna bring both of these one for me one
for Michael a lot of people say in the hospital you're gonna want to have a cup that has a straw
so you don't have to open anything and you can just like easily drink I also felt like I needed
something like this anyway for nursing people say when you're nursing you don't have two
hands to open a cup so I got these and they're working really well and the last thing for me
is this little sonogram it's really hard to tell what you're looking at here we tried to get this
5d scan I don't know what it was the umbilical cord was blocking his face but I'm convinced
that I can see his little nose and his little lips and a lot of people said if you bring a sonogram
it will give you something to look at when you're pushing or if you have to go get a c-section you
can look at the sonogram and just know what is about to come out so he's coming to the hospital
too now for toiletries I have this hidaki that folds up but then I can unroll it and I can hang
it up right in the bathroom of the hospital and just to kind of talk you through some stuff that's
in here I don't need to like take everything out but I'm going to be bringing a toothbrush and
toothpaste shampoo conditioner and body wash which I already put together inside of this little carry
case so these are labeled conditioner shampoo body wash I honestly don't even know if I'm going to be
washing my hair at all but I figure if I do it'll be nice to have my own stuff also contact lenses I
have like replacements for at least five days in the hospital although I don't anticipate we will
be in there that long but contacts and my glasses I'm bringing my own deodorant this is the plastic
free deodorant I'm gonna be bringing lip balm which is currently in my purse but i'll transfer
into here also a hairbrush and some scrunchies that will be tied around the base of the brush all
my face creams I have yet to pack but whatever I put on my face like my moisturizers and my serums
I think it'll be nice to have my own face creams with me so that's kind of like a last minute throw
that in the bag situation also this nipple butter this is like a nursing balm that I started using
on my nipples kind of early on but then I stopped because I didn't want to do too much stimulating
but I'm going to be using this probably once I start nursing and this particular brand is safe
for me to put on and then nurse right after using I don't have to wash it off before nursing so i'll
be bringing this it's from herb aviva the only other things I haven't shown you are my prenatals
I'm gonna throw in like a little thing kind of similar to what I have here but of my face
wash this is one of those magic erasers that takes makeup off not that I'm gonna be wearing
makeup but I love this cloth so I will be putting this in the toiletries bag now on to Michael so
I don't have any of Michael's stuff here except for one thing but Michael's gonna throw in extra
clothes for himself he'll obviously be sleeping at the hospital too so he'll have you know his
blanket and he's going to bring a pillow of his own as well he's also going to have to pack his
own toiletries and snacks one thing we're bringing is I got this bag one of those freezer bag type
things our plan is that we're going to fill one of these with like a ziploc bag of a lot of ice and
then we're going to toss a lot of things in there that we want to take for ourselves things that
need to stay cold like drinks or I might bring some bone broth or something like that and we're
going to keep it in this freezer bag and we figure it's a good idea to put like bags of ice next to
it because the hospital will definitely have ice for us to keep refilling those bags of ice with
and then we're also probably going to put not in the freezer bag but just like in Michael's section
a whole lot of snacks and we haven't really figured out our snacks yet but we'll probably do
like simple meals crackers and some protein bars and some trail mix I know once I go into actually
get the epidural I can't eat anymore but before I get to that point I want to make sure that I'm
eating stuff so definitely just like healthy snacks fruits and things that are like protein
packed and then Michael has this little skin to skin shirt which he's so excited about and it's
basically the shirt that he's gonna wear when the baby's born so that when they put the baby
on his chest he can unvelcro it and put the baby right on his skin and then close it up so here's
his skin to skin shirt and I'm gonna set this aside for him to pack in his bag now we are on to
for baby so I've tried to put all the baby stuff in this little bag I don't know if everything is
in here yet I'm definitely gonna have to add some more stuff two to three little outfits and hats
so here's just like one that I brought it's this little knotted gown the bottom just like ties up
and I also have this matching hat to go with it then I have a couple of swaddle cloths so this
is a little giraffe swaddle I also have this little burp cloth I don't know it's just a
gray burp cloth from burt's bees as well as this little security blanket has some surfers and palm
trees and stuff and then it's tie-dye on the back then we have a pair of socks and a pair of these
mittens that are connected and then we're also bringing weenie also formula I actually
need to confirm that my hospital will let me bring my own formula and this is just in the case that
something about his weight is off or his blood sugar levels are low and they recommend giving him
formula I'm hoping that they will approve this one because it's FDA approved and the only other thing
for baby that I have not shown you here is his car seat we're gonna basically bring
the car seat with us and then he's gonna leave in that little carrier that we will strap into the
car so that's the baby stuff and then I just made this little section of other stuff some things
that some people recommended that I wasn't sure if we needed one being a nightlight some people said
that the hospital room can either be really bright or really dark so having some sort of light is a
good idea and then I also put my camera there I do not plan on vlogging the birth or really
like capturing it too much because our hospital actually doesn't allow me to take video in the
room a doula will be there who will have her phone and she'll be able to take some photos for us
my only reason for bringing a camera would be if I wanted to take some photos of him after he's born
but I kind of feel like I can wait until I get home to take like high resolution photos so I'm
not sure if I have room i'll throw the camera in but I'm not going to be bringing like a tripod and
my batteries and chargers and you know microphone and all that the very last thing that I just put
on the other list because I know hospitals give this stuff out but it is kind of a nice to have I
got this incredible kit from freedom mom that has a lot of really great things in it this perineal
healing foam these peroneal cooling pad liners a few disposable pairs of underwear like boy short
briefs it has this little carry bottle which apparently is really great for like squirting
and cleaning yourself off after a vaginal birth because I don't think you can wipe right away
and it also came with four packs of these like instant cold pads so you snap it and then you
shake it and then you kind of peel something off and you can stick it in your underwear and
this is like a cooling pad I know that maybe not all of these will be necessary in the hospital
a lot of this stuff is probably just useful for postpartum at home but they put together this
nice little kit of stuff and it's pretty small to just travel with this so I might just throw
this whole thing in that is what I plan to put in my hospital bag please remember this is my
first time doing this and I kind of just scraped together this list from other people's lists and
from friends and family but I would love it if you could comment below and let me know if I'm missing
anything major or if there's anything here that I just do not need I know that my hospital will have
pretty much all the resources like I definitely know that if I just went into labor in the middle
of the street and didn't have any of this that I would be beyond fine giving birth in my hospital
without any of this so I'm well aware of that but I just figured you know why not make the
situation more comfortable and bring whatever I can and be prepared ahead of time let me know
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