Classically Abby - What's In My HOSPITAL BAG! ⧸⧸ But also, I need YOUR advice...

00:00:00.000 Hello Classic Crew and welcome to today's video where I'm going to be sharing what's in my hospital bag.

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00:00:33.180 classicallyabby.substack.com to get access to my Substack newsletter. Now this is the second time

00:00:40.320 I'm recording this video. Apparently my mic was slowly creeping into frame and I didn't notice it

00:00:47.100 until literally the last second of the video when it was in front of my face. So that wasn't going to

00:00:52.320 be the best video of all time. I decided to re-record it but we are on the floor in the nursery.

00:00:57.880 I don't often spend time on the floor anymore. I am 37 weeks pregnant and even though I do enjoy

00:01:04.040 sitting on the floor, pregnant it's not the best thing in the world. So it's kind of fun to be down 1.00

00:01:10.420 here though and recording. It's very casual. We've got all of my cart of goodies over here and we've

00:01:17.240 got my little bear hamper and this little ottoman and you will be seeing all of this stuff in my

00:01:22.860 nursery tour which I don't know if it's already up or if it's going up after this. So we'll just

00:01:27.200 have to see. But I'm very excited to share what's in my hospital bag. Now a couple of caveats. Number

00:01:34.420 one, the hospital bag is not actually packed. And the reason for that is that I use a lot of these

00:01:40.380 things all the time. So it doesn't make sense for me to have it all packed now when I'm going to need

00:01:46.020 it for the next who knows how long. Two-ish weeks, maybe longer. We'll just have to see. So I don't

00:01:54.540 actually have the bag packed. But number two is that I recognize I'm a first-time mom so I might

00:01:59.700 be overpacking. But keep in mind that I watched like 20 videos all about what's in my hospital bag

00:02:07.840 of new moms, of second-time moms, third-time moms. And I just made a list compiled from that of what

00:02:15.060 I thought was the most practical. So even though it might sound like I have a lot of stuff, it's based

00:02:20.660 off of other people's ideas of what was important to them when they went to the hospital. So hopefully

00:02:26.980 that makes this make more sense. But I would also love to know your thoughts in the comments. So make

00:02:32.280 sure to do that. And let's get into today's video. Okay, so the first and most important thing that

00:02:38.260 I'm bringing with me is this list. I think this list is really important to bring not only because

00:02:43.940 I can cross things off beforehand, but when we leave the hospital, I can go back through and make

00:02:48.780 sure I have everything that I brought. So that was an important thing to start with. I think it's

00:02:54.320 really important to have a written list right here for you and you can bring it with you. Now,

00:02:59.580 I personally print mine out. I know a lot of people will do it on their phones. I'm not going to do

00:03:03.800 that. Having it printed out is very helpful for me. Next up are some of the obvious things. Wallets,

00:03:09.900 phones, keys. These are easy to forget in the heat of the moment. So I put them on the list just so

00:03:15.040 we'd remember. Really important to bring ID to the hospital and bring your insurance card. So that is

00:03:20.200 part of the reason why I wanted to include that. Car seat. The car seat must be installed before you get

00:03:26.400 to the hospital. They will not let you leave the hospital if you don't have the car seat installed

00:03:31.120 in the car. So we've already installed our car seat, which is very helpful, and we are going to be

00:03:37.960 all set with that so we don't have to worry when we get to the hospital that they won't let us take the

00:03:42.700 baby home. I'm also bringing a belly band, a compression band. Now, it's not because I want to look

00:03:49.660 different after pregnancy. It's not because I'm trying to lose weight or anything like that. I've heard from a lot

00:03:54.800 of moms that you can just feel kind of like squishy and loose after the baby is born, and it just gives 1.00

00:04:00.340 you the support. So I'm bringing my own. I ordered it on Amazon, but I also did hear from someone

00:04:05.540 that if you ask your hospital for one, they will give it to you. So I'm going to bring it, and if I

00:04:12.340 don't need it, then I'll return it to Amazon. I am also bringing our camera with a couple of extra

00:04:17.600 batteries and lenses. Not because I'm vlogging. I am not planning on doing a birth vlog. At some point,

00:04:23.460 I'll probably share the birth story just because I think birth stories are really cool, but I'm not

00:04:27.520 going to be vlogging anything. I'm just bringing the camera so that if we want to take some really

00:04:31.200 nice pictures right after the baby's born, we can. I also love photography, so I would love to be able

00:04:36.440 to do that right at the hospital. I'm also bringing a toiletry bag, another obvious thing to bring. So

00:04:42.940 it's going to have, you know, my glasses, my contacts, my toothbrush, all that stuff, but I'm also bringing

00:04:47.580 some things that are specific to this stay. So I'm bringing face wipes, deodorant, which that's, I'm always

00:04:53.180 bringing that in my toiletry bag. Nipple butter, lip balm, and scrunchies and hair ties. I've heard

00:04:59.960 that lip balm is really important when you're in the hospital because it can be really dry, especially

00:05:04.020 as you're laboring. It's just not a great situation for your lips. Nipple butter, because I'll be nursing 0.99

00:05:10.740 for the first time, please God. And scrunchies and a hair tie to keep my hair out of my face. Now, help me

00:05:16.080 decide about this, you guys. I need your help. I'm deciding whether to get a fan for labor. So my body

00:05:22.640 tends to react to pain by getting hot and nauseous. So it seems like it would be a good idea, but I'm having

00:05:28.440 a hard time justifying it. They have some online that are not really expensive, and I could use in the future

00:05:34.720 on the stroller for the baby. So I could use it, but I don't know why I'm having a hard time, like, pulling the

00:05:40.940 trigger on that one. But let me know if that's something you would use or did use during your labor. And I'll be

00:05:47.040 bringing my water bottle so that I have constant access to water. That's very important. I'm a very

00:05:52.860 thirsty person these days. So I will be bringing my water bottle. Now, don't judge me too hard with

00:06:00.420 this one, please. But I will be bringing a small makeup bag. I don't think I'm gonna use it. I don't

00:06:06.800 know, though. And it might just allow me a sense of normalcy after the baby's born, or if we want to

00:06:11.880 FaceTime anyone, I don't think anyone is allowed in the hospital except for Jacob. But even if I just

00:06:17.160 want to, like, put on something a little bit just to make myself feel normal after having been in the

00:06:22.920 hospital and giving birth to a baby, I think that that's not a bad idea. So I'm bringing a small

00:06:27.240 makeup bag. Is that ridiculous? Let me know your thoughts. Headphones are the next thing on my list 0.91

00:06:33.380 just so that I can make some long-distance calls. Or if I'm up in the middle of the night and I can't

00:06:38.080 sleep, maybe I can pop those in and watch something or listen to something. I think it's

00:06:42.760 always good to have headphones on hand. So I'm going to be bringing a pair. And I will be bringing

00:06:47.200 super long chargers, like 10 foot long chargers. This was a huge recommendation I got from a lot of

00:06:54.040 people, especially on YouTube, talking about how hospitals have chargers, have outlets in, like,

00:07:01.220 the weirdest places. So it's actually pretty important to bring a really long charger so that

00:07:06.040 no matter where you are in the room, you can have your phone plugged in. I think that's a really

00:07:10.540 good idea. So I'm bringing two, one for me, one for Jacob. And so we can be able to keep our phones

00:07:15.860 charged no matter where we are. Now, a couple of things that are, like, specific to labor I'm

00:07:21.140 bringing are the Freedom Mom Perry bottle. So this is something after you have a baby, you can't really

00:07:26.840 wipe down there. Stuff is not that great for that. So you just kind of rinse yourself. And the hospital

00:07:33.780 will provide bottles, but apparently they're just, like, kind of hard to work with because they're

00:07:37.680 not angled right. Whereas the Freedom Mom Perry bottle is apparently really good for that. So I

00:07:43.100 actually bought two because we have two bathrooms at home. So we can have one upstairs and one

00:07:46.440 downstairs. And then I'm going to bring one to the hospital with us so that it's easier. And in that

00:07:51.100 same vein, I also am bringing Depends underwear, which are basically adult diapers, but they're very

00:07:56.480 pretty. And I think I got the Discreet brand. I have heard that the mesh panties that the hospital

00:08:02.980 provides are just not that great because they are, they can be really big. They'll fall down.

00:08:09.100 There's a lot of stuff in them to help you heal. But I'd rather have a pair of underwear that I

00:08:14.600 don't have to worry about washing and that I can use, you know, once, toss away, and they can put all

00:08:21.160 that same stuff in and it's just more comfortable. So that is what I'm, that's what I got. And I also

00:08:26.480 have some for home after delivery. I'll be bringing my nursing bras and my breast pads because I

00:08:34.780 hopefully will be leaking milk. So I want to make sure that I don't leak everywhere. So I will have

00:08:40.780 that ready to go. And I'll have nursing friendly pajamas. So some women don't mind wearing a hospital 1.00

00:08:47.340 gown. I'm bringing just a couple pairs of pajamas that are comfortable and that I can also nurse in

00:08:52.680 that will just make it feel a little bit more homey since we're going to be staying at the hospital

00:08:56.920 for a couple of days. So I'll have some button down situations and I'll also have a robe just to throw

00:09:03.520 on over things. Just, I have a really pretty one that I really like. I actually bought it for this

00:09:08.040 purpose, but I've been wearing it around the house because I've been really warm lately. So it's really

00:09:13.560 cute and I actually, it makes me feel so pretty. So I thought that'd be nice to have. Okay. So I need

00:09:18.840 your advice about the next items because I feel like they're a good idea, but they also seem so

00:09:24.460 bulky. I don't even know how you would get them in and out of the hospital without it being like a

00:09:28.540 whole hullabaloo. Pillows and blankets. I've heard that hospital pillows and blankets are terrible.

00:09:34.780 And since you're going to be there for two nights and you're gonna be exhausted, like it's nice to have

00:09:38.580 a nice pillow and a nice blanket to sleep on. But also you have to bring them in and bring them out.

00:09:44.540 So what are your thoughts? If you've had a baby before, if you've done it at the hospital,

00:09:49.640 what do you think? Should I try and bring a pillow for me, a pillow for Jacob and a couple

00:09:54.020 of blankets that are small? I just, I need some input on this because I don't know. For practical

00:09:59.920 reasons, I'm going to be bringing socks with grippy bottoms and a pair of slippers. So the socks with

00:10:04.660 grippy bottoms are to help you just around the hospital. So you're not barefoot, but if you need to

00:10:08.100 walk around or you want to walk around your room and you don't want to have your feet just like

00:10:11.700 directly on the floor, that can be a good option. The hospital will also give you these,

00:10:16.840 but they have to be one size fits all. So if your feet don't fit in them, it might not be the most

00:10:22.580 comfortable thing in the world. They might be too small or too big, usually too big. So I'm bringing

00:10:27.760 a pair that I already have and I'm bringing just a comfortable pair of slippers because I'm guessing

00:10:32.900 I'll wear the socks during labor and then they'll get sweaty and awful. And then I'll want to switch

00:10:37.220 into slippers for the next couple days. Now you're going to need a going home outfit. People get really

00:10:42.300 weird about this. You're just headed home. So I don't know why you need something crazy fancy,

00:10:47.000 comfortable pair of pants, a comfortable sweatshirt, a coat, that kind of thing. I mean, I don't feel

00:10:53.080 like I'm going to be wanting to bring something like beautiful. And most people don't expect to wear

00:10:58.540 like a dress, but I don't think it even really needs that much forethought. So I'm just going to pack

00:11:03.900 something comfy to wear home from the hospital. Now paper wise, I'm bringing a guided meditation

00:11:08.580 that I wrote, which was recommended in our natural birth class. And I'm going to be bringing our birth

00:11:13.920 workbook that we are doing with the COPA class that we signed up for. It's called COPA birth.

00:11:19.700 And I'm going to be doing a review on that in my channel after labor, but they have a whole workbook

00:11:24.580 and I've had a lot of notes. I've taken a lot of notes in that workbook and I want to bring it with us

00:11:29.200 so that we can reference it. Jacob can reference it. If I need his help during labor, he's kind of

00:11:34.000 going to be my support partner. So I want to make sure that he knows like we have something that he

00:11:38.360 can reference if he's feeling a little lost. So I'm definitely going to be packing that. And then

00:11:42.960 we'll be bringing a birth plan and insurance paperwork for the baby. So you got to get that

00:11:47.880 insurance paperwork in like right away after the baby's born apparently. So we're going to make sure

00:11:51.920 we do that. And as far as the birth plan, I know that no birth goes to plan, but there are important

00:11:58.180 things that you need to kind of make decisions about early on so that you can avoid them if

00:12:04.540 it's important to you and if you can. So it's not to say that everything's going to go to plan. That

00:12:08.760 is not what I'm talking about. But like, for example, if you do not want an episiotomy unless

00:12:13.020 it's absolutely necessary, having that on a birth plan is kind of important so that you can mention

00:12:18.000 it to your doctor and be like, hey, this is not something I want unless it is absolutely needed.

00:12:23.360 That kind of thing. I'll also be bringing an eye mask. I sleep with an eye mask at home,

00:12:27.320 but it also seems practical at the hospital where they might be like flipping on lights and stuff

00:12:30.780 and a Bluetooth speaker so that in case we want to listen to music, we can. And last but not least

00:12:37.340 in my bag is Gatorade snacks and food. So hopefully they'll allow me to drink Gatorade, something that'll

00:12:44.060 just keep my energy up. It's like a clear liquid. So hopefully it's fine. I know I'm probably not

00:12:48.720 going to be allowed to eat once I'm at the hospital, but Jacob needs to be able to eat. And then after

00:12:52.540 labor, I'll want to eat. And if things are not super easy to get to or open, I would like to be

00:12:59.880 able to have some snacks. So we're going to bring some food. We're going to bring some snacks. I want

00:13:03.720 to make sure he has something to eat and some clear liquids that have electrolytes essentially.

00:13:09.380 Okay. So that is my hospital bag, but now let's quickly talk about things I need for the baby's

00:13:15.700 hospital bag. So number one is a warm blanket. When you put a baby in a car seat, I did not know

00:13:22.060 this, but you're actually not allowed to put them in the car seat when they are wearing their little

00:13:25.960 snow coats because it's too much fabric that can compress and hurt them if God forbid you're in an

00:13:32.940 accident. So you actually want to put them in, in their clothing, like the first layer of clothing

00:13:38.280 and then tuck a blanket around them. So I'm bringing a warm blanket for him and we're going to make sure

00:13:44.280 he's warm enough in case it's a very cold day when he's born. And then I'm also packing him some

00:13:49.460 going home outfits and a couple of just sleepers so that he has things to wear in the hospital. So I'm

00:13:56.180 bringing some newborn sizes and zero to three. We'll see what he fits into. I'm assuming it's going to

00:14:00.040 be newborn, even if he's a little bit on the big side, most babies wear newborn initially. So I'm packing

00:14:06.400 a few of those outfits and hats, mittens, socks, that kind of thing so that he doesn't scratch himself.

00:14:12.320 So his feet are warm. So his head is covered. You know what I'm talking about. I'm also going to be

00:14:16.980 bringing a sound machine to help us all sleep at night so that there's beeping. If there's banging

00:14:23.220 around because it's a hospital, we, we don't hear it as much. And I want to bring his nail trimmer so

00:14:30.300 that if his, if he's born and his nails are really long, we can just file them down. It's not like an

00:14:34.940 actual trimmer. It's a file. So we'll ask the doctors if they think it's a good idea, but I think just in

00:14:39.720 case so he doesn't scratch himself, uh, I'm going to bring it. I'm also bringing our baby book so we

00:14:43.980 can do little feet prints and maybe handprints when he's right, right when he's born, which

00:14:48.720 so cute. So that is it for what I am packing for the hospital. I hope you guys get some inspiration

00:14:57.640 from it. I'd love to know your thoughts in the comments about everything that I mentioned.

00:15:01.180 And, uh, and I'm excited. I'm really excited. I mean, like, as we're talking about the hospital

00:15:06.060 bag, it's getting more and more real that this is happening. I'm also kind of ready. Like I'm

00:15:12.560 ready to meet this boy and I I'm just really excited. So let me know your thoughts in the

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Classically Abby - March 18, 2022

What's In My HOSPITAL BAG! ⧸⧸ But also, I need YOUR advice...

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