четверг, 13 сентября 2012 г.

Home Birth Checklist – 33 Must-haves for Your Home Birth Kit

Home Birth Checklist – 33 Must-haves for Your Home Birth Kit

If you’re planning a home birth, you’ll probably be asked to put together a home birth kit. Here’s a home birth checklist of everything you’ll need.


I t’s hard to believe our 37 week home visit is right around the corner! I’ve been busily putting together our home birth kit. Since some of you have asked, I thought I’d share just what I’m putting in the kit.


33 Must-have Supplies for Your Home Birth Kit - As you’re preparing, make sure you have the products on this home birth checklist, and you’ll have all the necessities for a fantastic natural childbirth. Includes essentials for water homebirth, too!

Most of these items you’ll probably be able to find by going on a little scavenger hunt around the house or by asking friends and family. I even had a friend offer to give me her old towels for my first birth!


Just about everything else in your home birth kit can be purchased inexpensively. Check with your midwife as to what she expects you to have as the list may vary a bit.


Contains affiliate links to some of my favorite homebirth supplies.


Home Birth Checklist


1. Large Mixing Bowl


3. Ear Bulb Syringe (new)


4. Thermometer


5. 2-3 Cotton Baby Hats (I got the ones in the picture on Etsy. So cute!)


6. Small Bottle of Oil


7. 2-3 Adult Diapers


9. 6-12 Receiving Blankets


10. 6-8 Bath Towels & 6 Hand Towels


11. 2-6 Washcloths


12. Plastic Sheet, Water Proof Mattress Cover, or Shower Curtain


13. 1 Box of Tissues or Roll of Toilet Paper


14. Heating Pad or Hot Water Bottle


15. 1 Package Large Chux Pads/ Underpads


16. 2 Large Black Yard Waste Garbage Bags


17. Hand Mirror


18. 12 Large Super-Absorbent Sanitary Pads


19. 8+ Kitchen Size Garbage Bags


20. Flashlight


21. Lead-Free Hose (for water birth)


33 Must-have Supplies for Your Home Birth Kit - As you’re preparing, make sure you have the products on this home birth checklist, and you’ll have all the necessities for a fantastic natural childbirth. Includes essentials for water homebirth, too!

(not pictured)


22. 2 Sets of Sheets to fit the birth bed


23. Exercise Ball


24. Food for Mom


25. Hydrating Liquid (I like coconut water)


26. Food for Midwives and Birth Team


27. Bendy Straws


28. Space Heater or Fan


29. 2 Tennis Balls


30. Bright Portable Light


31. Several Bottles of Hydrogen Peroxide


32. 1-3 Ice Packs


33. Acetaminophen and/or Ibuprofen


What was the most important item on your home birth kit checklist?


Original article and pictures take growingslower.com site

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