| If you prefer to buy the supply list as a kit, go to www.babybirthandbeyond.com, in the search box, add "kt712" |
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Home Birth Supply List |
| 1) Shower Curtain & extra sheet set - even if planning a tub birth |
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| 2) 25 - 30 Chux Underpads: 30 x 30, extra-large size |
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| 3) 1 bulb syringe (Larger Size) |
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| 4) 2 dozen 4 x 4 sterile gauze pads |
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| 5) Baby blankets |
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| 6) Pericare squirt bottle |
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| 7) Digital thermometer |
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| 8) Depends underwear, thick pads |
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| 9) Golden seal capsules |
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| 10) Plastic tub ( foot or dish tub) for placenta |
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Hillary Kieser CNM
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| 11) Garbage bags & gallon ziplock bags |
(Certified Nurse Midwife) |
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12) Oil: for perineum & baby's bottom, can be cooking oil,
or Vitamin E |
21) Immediate postpartum: Rescue remedy & Arnica homeopathic remedy |
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| 13) Flashlight with fresh batteries |
22) Breastfeeding: herbal teas for drinking (Mother's Milk), Phytolacca (homeopathic remedy), & Lanisoh |
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| 14) Plastic drop cloth, for going from tub to bed |
23) Postpartum tub herbal healers: chamomile, comfrey, hypericum etc. |
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| 15) Straws |
24) Kleenex, paper towels |
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| 16) 4 large towels, 4 small towels, & 8 washcloths |
25) Heating pad, Rice socks |
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| 17) Lots of pillows, back rest, or bean bag chair to prop while pushing |
26) Fish Net (pooper scooper) |
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| 18) Ample supply of juices, coffee, soda & snack food for mom, coach, and midwives |
27) MOST IMPORTANT: please have a bag packed for yourself (nursing nightgown, slippers, toiletries, clothes to go home in) and baby clothes, in case we need to take you to the hospital. It is very difficult to gather these things at the last moment when everyone is under stress & in a hurry. |
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| 19) Ibuprofen (Motrin or Advil) |
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| 20) A place for the midwives to lie down to rest if needed |
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