WHAT TO TAKE TO THE HOSPITAL

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❏ Your photo ID and Insurance card

❏ Medical records

❏ Money: change for the vending machine

❏ Phone and charger

❏ Siddur/Chitas

❏ Shir Hamaalos for bassinet/car seat

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❏ Hot water bottle 

❏ Water bottle 

❏ Snack, food for mom and husband (rice cakes, crackers, healthy muffins or cookies, nuts/dried fruit fresh fruit)

❏ Small bottles of juice or Sprite for extra energy

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❏ Face washcloth to use as a hot compress (Hospitals provide this for you, but some women prefer their own.)

❏ Toiletries: toothbrush, toothpaste, lip balm, deodorant, a hairbrush, makeup, pony holder 

❏ Whatever will help you relax your own pillow, music, and something to play it on 

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❏ Shower shoes, such as crocs 

❏ Robe and socks  

❏ Tichel 

❏ A going-home outfit for mom

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❏ Homeopathic remedies (be sure to purchase from a reputable homeopath) 

❏ Almond oil (for massage during labor) 

❏ Extra large pads

❏ Maternity underpants. (Some women love the mesh underwear but others don’t) 

❏ Nursing bra 

❏ Lanoline or any other soothing nipple cream

                                                   ❏ Nursing pads

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❏ pack of newborn baby diapers

❏ A going-home outfit for baby (weather appropriate)

❏ An infant car seat. You can't drive your baby home without one! Have a rear-facing car seat properly installed ahead of time and know how to buckle your baby in correctly.