https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 22:16:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-379125 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:39:35 +0000 Mrsbells 379125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish I had taken more mesh panties!!!</p> <p>Anyway I took, diapers, formula, a small grey bowl, bulb, paper towels that they use as wipes, I aslo got the enfamil gift bag that comes with more formula, and ice packs. I should have taken more stuff!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-379119 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:37:10 +0000 photojane 379119@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i plan on taking EVERYTHING. i'm just going to shove &amp; run! :)</p> <p>today while working at the hospital, i overheard asking a mom if she could take a few of the receiving/swaddle blankets. of course the nurse said "technically, i have to tell you no." the mom was really upset because she wanted to make a memory box with it. i was thinking, "LADY, why did you ask?!" ignorance is bliss! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-379099 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 12:30:32 +0000 DpeachLu 379099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Breast pumping supplies<br /> Nipple shields<br /> formula<br /> diapers<br /> wipees<br /> a hospital blanket (the kind they swaddle the baby with)<br /> mesh panties<br /> pads<br /> blurb syringes<br /> tucks<br /> hospital socks :-)<br /> they also gifted us a lot of things for babies like a diaper bag and so on.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-378386 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:42:45 +0000 Sweet T 378386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pampers diapers NB &amp; Size 1<br /> Formula<br /> Chucks<br /> Pads<br /> Mesh Panties<br /> Hats<br /> Receiving blankets<br /> Bulb syringe<br /> Cloth-like wipes</p> <p>Our hospital was great about giving us stuff to take home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-378338 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:21:05 +0000 Ree723 378338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, we didn't get/take any of that stuff! We were given a knit hat made by the grandma's society - they knit hats for all the newborns. Other than that, it was all our own stuff in the hospital. They don't do mesh underwear, peri bottles, tucks pads, or any of that stuff here...and to be honest, I didn't need any of it anyway. </p> <p>I guess that could be the one downside of socialised medicine - no free stuff from the hospital - but I'll still take our socialised system any day!</p> <p>Oh wait, correction - I got a New Mum bag that had some samples of nappy rash cream and a few other travel size items in there. I was pretty excited about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-378225 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:49:54 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 378225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we're a rare exception where we didn't take anything! But we were in a private hospital that charged us for every little thing- seriously got an itemized list. We did however get a gift bag to take home with a blanket, towel, and personalized plate (plus a bunch of samples for cream, soap etc). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-378219 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:46:01 +0000 prettylizy 378219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm in Ontario too, the sent me home with a peri bottle, some diapers, and a tube of vaseline that they use as a bum cream for the little ones, as well as a few pads for me. We brought our own clothes, blankets etc for baby girl . </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-378212 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:38:25 +0000 tysonja 378212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my hospital in Vancouver (which I loved and had a huge one person room) there was not much provided! There were a set number of sanitary pads I could use during my 48hr stay, and signs in my bathroom reminding me of the limit and suggesting a nearby pharmacy to buy more if I needed them. They also only provided 10 newborn diapers for the whole stay. Newborns go through many more than 10 dipes in the first 48 hrs!! Nurse slipped me a few extra to use, but I had to ask for them one at a time:) </p> <p>The only thing I took home was a peri bottle and an extra pair of mesh panties. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-378196 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:16:14 +0000 MrsRcCar 378196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>for the baby:<br /> -isomil soy formula (because he couldnt latch)<br /> -diapers<br /> -tee-shirts<br /> -receiving blankets<br /> -ointment<br /> -pacifers<br /> -swaddle me sleep sack<br /> -onesies<br /> -breast pump kit (since i rented the pump)<br /> -a small cooler with storage bottles<br /> -knit hat </p> <p>For mommy:<br /> -lots of mesh panties<br /> -thick pads<br /> -peri bottle</p> <p>Thats about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-378059 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:36:18 +0000 cvbee 378059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-377690 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:33:50 +0000 Freckles 377690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: hahaha...i'm forever a Torontonian! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-377626 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:48:15 +0000 loveisstrange 377626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wish. I got NOTHING from the hospital. In the UK, you have to supply everything yourself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-377622 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 14:47:06 +0000 cvbee 377622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@caffeinated: oh Alberta, you're so pseudo-American! wink ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-377143 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 23:45:17 +0000 pinkcupcake 377143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bunch of stuff:<br /> Peri bottle<br /> Tons of mesh panties<br /> Tons of ultra thick pads<br /> Medicated spray for "down there"<br /> Nipple shield<br /> Nipple cream<br /> Pacifier<br /> Tons of pampers diapers<br /> Wipes<br /> Small bin to hold everything that we use for L's baths now<br /> Comb<br /> Thermometer<br /> Bulb syringe<br /> Diaper cream<br /> Formula<br /> Baby lotion<br /> Baby shampoo<br /> Hat<br /> Shirt</p> <p>Whew! I know there are more things but can't think of them off top of my head... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-377103 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:59:55 +0000 Beebug 377103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Peri bottle!!!!!</p> <p>Few knitted hats for LO</p> <p>Two receiving blankets</p> <p>.....I think that's it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-377058 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:34:44 +0000 Boogs 377058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything that we could get our hands on! And I seriously used it all right down to the boxes of latex gloves, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376984 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:27:51 +0000 boiledpnut 376984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow, some of you guys really scored! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376972 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:18:56 +0000 mrs. wagon 376972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For baby:<br /> Hats<br /> long sleeved onesies<br /> receiving blankets<br /> bassinet linens (thick cotton pads that we use to line the changing pad)<br /> Bulb syringe<br /> Digital thermometer<br /> Formula and nipples<br /> Diapers<br /> Washcloths<br /> soothie pacifiers<br /> vaseline tubes<br /> comb</p> <p>For mommy:<br /> disposable undies<br /> slipper socks<br /> huge green pads<br /> big peach pads<br /> regular white pads<br /> peri ice packs<br /> peri bottles<br /> sitz bath seat<br /> witch hazel pads </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376965 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:09:54 +0000 Freckles 376965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cvbee: in alberta we actually got to take a few of their cloth diapes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376929 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:14:02 +0000 chopsuey 376929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got so much free loot from our hospital!<br /> Medela pump parts<br /> Lots of diapers and wipes<br /> Swaddling blankets<br /> Little caps<br /> Onesies<br /> Nasal bulbs<br /> Huge pads<br /> canned gatorade<br /> 2 dozen 3 ounce bottles of organic formula + nipples<br /> mesh panties<br /> ice packs<br /> waterproof pee pads for my bed<br /> peri bottle<br /> deodorant<br /> toiletries<br /> a duffle bag </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376912 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:56:06 +0000 plantains 376912@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much everything everyone else has mentioned. Plus I asked the nurses for extra mesh panties and they were happy to oblige. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376878 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:33:32 +0000 Bao 376878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Diapers, baby shirts, baby blankets and burp cloths, peri bottle, pads, witch hazel, mesh underwear, waterproof pad for bed, pain spray. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376868 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:26:28 +0000 hellobeeboston 376868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What everyone else said!</p> <p>For baby:<br /> Diapers, wipes, thermometer, bulb things, Vaseline, comb, shampoo, hats, one receiving blanket - those last two were accidents though...</p> <p>For me:<br /> Pads<br /> Mesh panties<br /> Ice pack pads<br /> Peri bottle ( love this thing )<br /> Pain spray<br /> Witch hazel pads<br /> Prescription nipple cream<br /> Lanolin samples </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376834 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:34:06 +0000 lovehoneybee 376834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were given a peri bottle, a big bag of the icy pads, regular pads, Tucks wipes, a sitz bath, nipple cream, 2 baby shirts, 2 hats, a pack of diapers, several pairs of mesh panties, a brush and comb set, and several blankets. </p> <p>For going to their "Camp Baby" class at the hospital the day after he was born we were given a Baby-Proofing kit (with like the plastic things that go over outlets and stuff like that), and a handmade baby blanket (made and donated by...actually I don't remember who she said made them). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376829 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:28:40 +0000 autumnlove 376829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Peri bottle, onesie, brush and comb set, baby hat, mesh panties. Pads and receiving blanket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376828 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:28:28 +0000 hilsy85 376828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>diapers, pads, panties, a baby thermometer, baby comb, and receiving blankets. And peri bottle!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376826 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:24:54 +0000 cvbee 376826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here in Ontario, Canada, less is offered (no baby stuff), so just the pads, mesh panties, peri bottle, sitz bath and salt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376814 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:14:51 +0000 SleepyMonkey 376814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everything except linens (blankets and burp cloths which they told us we couldn't). So pads, mesh panties, nursing pads, diapers, wipes, thermometer, formula and nipples, sitz bath, spray bottle. All super useful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-take-from-your-hospital-room#post-376802 Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:05:36 +0000 boiledpnut 376802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm always hearing to take anything that isn't nailed down. What kinds of stuff did you "acquire" from your room when you were discharged? </p>