Homebirth Checklist!

[NuKe]

Okay have I missed anything out here?

towels
big pillow/cushion for kneeling
bedwetter sheets
baby clothes
receiving blanket
arnica tablets
witch hazel/tea tree oil

my silly preggo brain has shut down!

 

[tazgirl]

Hi Nuke I have bought some asda smart price shower curtains to put down anywhere I need to be waterproof. Also a bucket and you need a torch.

 

[SarahBear]

tazgirl, I was trying to figure out your joke when I read that you need a "bucket and a torch." Then I remembered that this is a UK site! In the US a torch is a "piece of wood or cloth soaked in tallow or an oil lamp on a pole, sometimes carried ceremonially."

 

[shopgirl771]

ive got a cheap shower curtain too and a couple of buckets and was told by MW to get an angle poise lamp. i managed to get a cheap lamp in tescos for £7.

thanks for reminding me to get some arnica too tho x

 

[NuKe]

Hi Nuke I have bought some asda smart price shower curtains to put down anywhere I need to be waterproof. Also a bucket and you need a torch.

what's the bucket for?!

tazgirl, I was trying to figure out your joke when I read that you need a "bucket and a torch." Then I remembered that this is a UK site! In the US a torch is a "piece of wood or cloth soaked in tallow or an oil lamp on a pole, sometimes carried ceremonially."

flashlight!

 

[FlowerFairy]

My MW told me to have a bucket with a bin liner in. I think it might be for soiled pads etc that can then be put in medical waste bag? x

 

[tinytabby]

What about nice food and drink for you and whoevers helping with the birth?

 

[NuKe]

What about nice food and drink for you and whoevers helping with the birth?

that's something ive already thought of... but will need to be left until nearer the time- nice food doesn't last long round here atm!

 

[tazgirl]

Hi Nuke I have bought some asda smart price shower curtains to put down anywhere I need to be waterproof. Also a bucket and you need a torch.

what's the bucket for?!

tazgirl, I was trying to figure out your joke when I read that you need a "bucket and a torch." Then I remembered that this is a UK site! In the US a torch is a "piece of wood or cloth soaked in tallow or an oil lamp on a pole, sometimes carried ceremonially."

flashlight!

Think its for soiled pads as mentioned or for being sick into or the placenta or anything really that would be easily caught in bucket

 

[taperjeangirl]

I was just coming to ask this question!

Did your MW give you a list of things you'll need?

 

[FlowerFairy]

My MW never gave me a list of things to have, but she gave me a checklist of things to think about. I used that and BnB to plan the things I need.
One thing I've got is a really old double quilt that is destined to be binned and put an old quilt cover on it , I am going to put this on the floor with sheets to make it comfy and then I can use it on the settee straight after and once we're all cleaned up it can be thrown xx

 

[taperjeangirl]

My MW never gave me a list of things to have, but she gave me a checklist of things to think about. I used that and BnB to plan the things I need.
One thing I've got is a really old double quilt that is destined to be binned and put an old quilt cover on it , I am going to put this on the floor with sheets to make it comfy and then I can use it on the settee straight after and once we're all cleaned up it can be thrown xx

ohhh good idea, I have one I've just put into one of those hoover bag things! Knew there would be a reason to keep it!!!

 

[FlowerFairy]

My MW never gave me a list of things to have, but she gave me a checklist of things to think about. I used that and BnB to plan the things I need.
One thing I've got is a really old double quilt that is destined to be binned and put an old quilt cover on it , I am going to put this on the floor with sheets to make it comfy and then I can use it on the settee straight after and once we're all cleaned up it can be thrown xx

ohhh good idea, I have one I've just put into one of those hoover bag things! Knew there would be a reason to keep it!!!

Yeah, this one smells foisty and of stale milk GROSS but I dont mind binning it then.
x

 

[SarahBear]

Is "foisty" another UK thing? Had to Google it. I guess it's the same as musty?

 

[taperjeangirl]

Is "foisty" another UK thing? Had to Google it. I guess it's the same as musty?

LOL yeah!

 

[SarahBear]

Had no idea you guys had another word for musty.

 

[FlowerFairy]

It might be a colloquialism too. It's quite a Yorkshire word I think x

 

[taperjeangirl]

Do you pronounce is F-o-o-s-t-i-e- FF? Or is it a totally different word to what we use LOL!

 

[NuKe]

ive never heard of foisty lol!

yeah my mw made suggestions, the only thing we NEED is to sort a little area in the room ill be giving birth for them to see to the baby if they need to. and towels.

 

[FlowerFairy]

Do you pronounce is F-o-o-s-t-i-e- FF? Or is it a totally different word to what we use LOL!

I pronounce it FOY- STI With the I being a lower case way of saying I