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Honestly, anything is positively DELICIOUS when it's your first postpartum meal. Even crappy hospital food- I pretty much inhaled every little morsel after my hospital birth, lol. With my home births, I've generally had some variation of meat and cheese cold cuts on hand for the birth team and myself. With this last birth, my first meal was artichoke dip and tortilla chips (real healthy, baha) and it was divine. Oh, wait, no, before that I had about 87 cheese sticks because I was SO hungry at the end of labor (weird) and right after she was born I was taking ibuprofen to deal with the afterpains (that no one tells you how awful they get with multiple births) and had to shove something down quick so I wouldn't get sick to my stomach. So, CHEESE STICKS are good.
Also, I took peach-flavored herbal tea (Celestial Seasoning's Peach Passion) and made sort of a homemade peach Snapple sweetened with honey and that was great for something different to drink besides water and the honey was good for energy.
Ummmm, trying to think of some other things... I assume your midwife has given you a list of supplies to have gathered up in one place? And you know the old sheet set over plastic sheeting (we use a slip-on mattress protector) over the nicer sheets trick?
Cord Care is the best thing ever for drying the cord stump up quickly.
Having a bag packed with a few essentials for you and baby in case of transfer can be a nice thing, just in case.
Christmas lights and candles create a really nice ambiance and hanging work lights work really well for if a bright light source is needed at the time of birth, lol.
Do a test run for setting up the birth tub (if you're having one) ahead of time. Just setting it up, not filling it with water. Get it started filling with water when you call the midwife. It'll take a while to fill as it will most likely take several hot water tankfuls. Get it up to about halfway, have a blanket on hand to cover it with and hold in the heat until you're ready to get in. When you feel like you're ready to get in, fill it the rest of the way with more hot water, until it's the right temp and the right depth. Also, the endorphin effects of the water only last about 2 hours, so either wait to get in until you are in the late stages of labor, or if you're ok with getting out for 30 minutes or so after 2 hours' time.
That's all I can think of for now.

My home birth mistake - I didn't really pack anything for the 'just-in-case'.

The birth went great, but when our midwife came to check on us in the morning LO was running a fever. Off we went in an ambulance with a diaper bag of random stuff I pulled together last minute in a panicked state.

So I spent a couple of days without a few essential (like a nursing bra or a change of clothes!), until our friends got us stuff from home.

That being said, I am sure you won't ever need to use anything you pack or leave the comfort of your home Have a beautiful birth!!

Ooh, and for food maybe you can make a freezer meal ahead of time and let it defrost in the fridge while in labour? Like mentioned, anything tastes great after, but personally I really wanted something warm and filling - like a chili or curry.

I made a potato pie for the midwives but honestly they didn't touch it. They were too busy but they definitely drank a lot of coffee, tea and oj.
Just remember you're going to do great. I had my son at home (with two dogs and 3 cats present). It was the most empowering, wonderful experience of my life.

Have you checked this out before? http://www.mothering.com/community/t/438630/what-do-you-wish-you-would-have-known-beforehand

It's a verrrry long thread of advice from been there, done that homebirthers.

Coconut water and unlimited hot water! I liked making power smoothies after birth with spinach chocolate milk peanut butter banana... anything I could eat quickly. Larabars are great too.