Confession Time - What did you take?

So, what did you take from the hospital after delivering DC?

Every night I sent DH home with a bag full of diapers, the towel things used to wipe, tubes of vaseline, and pads from the bathroom for me .

At first he was embarrassed. But I said "What do you think our insurance company is being billed for this stay?" And he got over it.

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With DS, the nurses TOTALLY hooked us up...I had tons of the RTF bottles etc....

With DD, the little isolette thing had "just enough" of everything every time we got the baby..So pickins were slim

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The day we left the nurse emptied out the contents of the cabinet under DDs bassinet and gave us extra diapers. It wasn't a lot - next time I will be asking for tons more!

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I unknowingly took home all the baby blankets...and little onesies shirts..I thought they were free.

I heard later on from people that you're supposed to leave them.

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everything! our ped kept telling me "make sure you take what you can "

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I took his little baby hat & undershirt that they put him in right after he was born. Pads, wee wee pads, a few diapers & about 8-10 RTF formula.

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Actually, the nurses packed a bag for us. It was filled with diapers, vaseline, pads for me, bottles of formula and those wipe type things

We still took more from the draw under the bassinet.

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besides the stuff in the draw they told me i could take
i took
blankets (and a few more when i was readmitted a week after)
and a Pillow. it was in a zip plastic cover and a pillow case i cleaned it when i got home.
i used it to elevate my huge swollen legs
i took towels a few shampoos and tooth brushes
so many pads. i actually liked them so i just kept taking the packs
im sure there was more

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Diapers, wipes, pads, formula, a blanket, the shirt he was in cause I had to have it

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WE BARELY TOOK ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friggin Catholic School still haunts me! I actually had no idea you were supposed to take stuff

I accidentally took the bulb aspirator thingie, had I known it would be the best manual one out there, I would've taken more of them

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I don't think we took all that much. I took a few spare pads and I think 2 pairs of that underwear they gave us.

This time around, I want to take many more pads and more underwear. I didn't know where to buy it afterward and found it to be very helpful.

We already bought tons of diapers and wipes so I don't think that is necessary to take.

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i took everything that was under the bassinet - a few diapers, lotion, formula, blanets, etc, etc. But the thing i was most excited about was the humidifier! They brought us in one & then said that its only for one patient use and would be thrown out if we didn't take it. Its a nice one too!

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My mom works in the hospital where DD was born so I didn't need to take anything. My mom did!

To this day I still have her grabbing me some things...

bulb aspirator
comb
pacifiers!!! (best)


I had a crazy supply of pads and disposable underwear after Olivia was born!

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We cleaned house every day!

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our nurse was great. She gave us a take home bag with

thermometers
aspirators
nasal spray
baby body wash
diapers
pads
granny panties
the dry wipes

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We took everything.
But when we were in the hosp a month later for DS's surgery (pyloric stenosis) we took every single receiving blanket we could get our hands on (the ones with the pink and teal stripes)... they make GREAT burp clothes.

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My favorite thing by far that I took with both kids was the nasal aspirator. It's not like they were going to resuse that! I used that till DD#1 could blow her own nose!

I took the hats they put on them, pads, the underwear, and a ton of those plastic pads for under the bed to use as changing pads. Oh and lots of RTF formula!

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OMG - I robbed that place BLIND!

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Waaaay too much!
We emptied out the drawer every night before DH went home. I took a couple packages of the pads, 2 blankets and the onesie shirts too!
I would have taken more of the Medela Breast Cream but the nurses seriously hoarded those and would only give me 1 at a time! lol

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cloth diapers, waterproof pads, formula, vaseline, gauze pads, those big waterproof pads they put under you in bed, pacifiers, that's about all I can remember

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Teddy....We took tons of diapers, wipes, vaseline, alcohol pads, FORMULA, FORMULA, FORMULA...!!!!

Andrew...I robbed that place....right after they gave him back to me I stripped him of his hat and shirt, and put new one's on! I kept those in a special place so I can always remember that smell of him!! Anytime they brought him to me I stole everything out of the bassinet. I took tons of ice packs, since they were the greatest thing ever. I took tons of blankets, and I even took the one off the end of the bed because it was sooo comfy.

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nothing!!! I felt guilty since I worked there!! haaaahahahah!

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We only took what the NICU nurse gave us when we took C home. But she loaded us up - and when he first was in NICU, she gave us the first tee shirt they had put him in to take home as a keepsake...she was very sweet.
And 20 months later I can't even remember her name...

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I brought an extra bag with me and each time we got the baby we cleaned that puppy out. We had over 40 little nursettes and nipples, tons of vaseline packets, blankets, burp cloths, too many diapers, wipes...everything. DH took the bag home and emptied it each night. The day we were going home we brought cookie trays to my nurses and in the nursery and they hooked us up even more.

eta- they also hooked me up with 4 packages of pads.

Message edited 3/16/2011 10:11:59 PM.