I realized shortly after hitting publish that I missed the most important piece of advice for my sister.
11. Steal Everything. Diapers, wipes, blankets, teeny behbeh hats, the blue nose sucker thing. Before you check out of the hospital, clean the goddamn room out. Hell, tuck a nurse into your bag if you are feeling chancey but don't forget the most important things: the bag of giant pads and all the mesh underpants you can carry. Now that you fit can into your fancy underthings again, there's no sense in ruining them with six weeks of uncontrollable bleeding.
12. Oh, did no one mention the bleeding?
11. Steal Everything. Diapers, wipes, blankets, teeny behbeh hats, the blue nose sucker thing. Before you check out of the hospital, clean the goddamn room out. Hell, tuck a nurse into your bag if you are feeling chancey but don't forget the most important things: the bag of giant pads and all the mesh underpants you can carry. Now that you fit can into your fancy underthings again, there's no sense in ruining them with six weeks of uncontrollable bleeding.
12. Oh, did no one mention the bleeding?
To add to Leahs stealing, you need to start the process before you pack up to leave. When you notice that the baby has only a half pack of diapers left, you take that pack and tell a nurse you need more. And once something is in your room and open, its yours because they can not give it to anyone else. Take the waffle weave blanket/s. Take the waterproof pads that are in the closet. They can be bleached and are awesome to put under you when your boobs are leaking all night long (did Leah mention that one?) and they are good to put under your lower region incase you fill up a ginormous pad at night...
ReplyDeleteMy advice is to lock your door as soon as your meal comes into your room. It seemed like whenever I had a hot meal delivered, it came with a doctor to check on Logan, a dr to check on me, a nurse to check my bloodpressure, a nurse to watch me pee (good bye dignity!)and then baby wants a diaper and to eat. Before you know it, your hot meal is cold and your figuring out what your next meal will be cause its already that time