Birth Supplies

Your birth kit is included in your global care fee. We bring the birth kit to your home for a visit around 37 weeks.

Additional Supplies:

Please have these additional items ready for birth.

• Box of trash bags

• 2 large bowls – 1 for placenta, 1 if needed for vomit

• Padsicles (Recipe)

• Roll of paper towels (preferably Viva)

• Box of maxi-size sanitary napkins

• At least 6 towels

• At least 4 washcloths

• Diapers for baby

• 2 bottles hydrogen peroxide for laundry or cleaning up blood spots

• Thermometer

Water birth Supplies:

• New garden hose

• Faucet adapter

• Pool and liner

• Tarp to put under pool

• Fish net to remove organic matter from pool

Preparing Your Bed For Birth:

When you think you are in labor make your bed by putting the sheets you want for postpartum on first. Next,  put a waterproof mattress protector (2 cheap shower curtains work fine). After that, put the sheets you don’t mind getting soiled by birth.  It is a good idea to put kitchen trash bags over pillows and place a pillowcase on top to protect them.  After your birth, we will strip the soiled sheets off your bed while you are in the shower. A clean bed will be ready for you and your baby to rest in.