Pack Your Bags
When labor hits, you want to be ready. Pack everything you’ ll need in advance so you can grab your bags and get to the hospital on the big day. The list below will get you started.
• Paperwork: Pack your insurance card, ID and copies of your birth plan.
• Toiletries: While some personal items are available at the hospital, you’ ll feel more at home with your own toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner, face wash, deodorant, lotion, and soap. Don’ t forget hand sanitizer, a head band or ponytail holder, and lip balm.
• Personal Items: Bring your glasses or contact lenses, cell phone, camera, bathrobe, socks / slippers, nursing bra if breastfeeding, and undergarments.
• Relaxation and Labor-Support Items: You’ ll experience some downtime, so pack books, magazines, and other items to relax.
• For Your Partner: Be sure you have an overnight bag with a change of clothes and hygiene items for your partner.
• For Your Baby: Save space for your baby’ s going-home outfit, blanket and socks. Remember that Nevada State law requires you have a car seat when leaving the hospital with your baby. Place the seat in your vehicle ahead of time.
Please leave jewelry or other valuables at home.
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