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Build a delivery-day hospital bag list for mother, baby and birth partner, with quantities scaled to your expected stay.
This builder turns six answers — delivery type, expected nights in hospital, feeding plan, weather, whether a partner is staying and how many weeks pregnant you are — into a hospital bag list with worked-out quantities rather than vague suggestions. Consumables scale with the length of stay: nappies at about ten a day, maternity pads at about six a day plus an opening pack. It follows the common antenatal advice to have the bag ready by 36 weeks, and separates the labour bag from the ward and going-home bags.
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Add your input to the workspace.
Adjust the options until the result looks right.
Copy or download the output and put it to work.
Consumables are multiplied by your expected nights so you do not under-pack pads or nappies.
Caesarean, feeding choice, weather and partner answers add or remove items automatically.
Labour items sit separately from the ward stay and going-home bags, so the first bag is easy to grab.
Have it packed by around 36 weeks. Roughly one in ten births is preterm, and labour can start before your due date, so 36 weeks gives a margin while you are still comfortable enough to organise it.
Budget about 10 nappies per day and 6 maternity pads per day, plus a spare pack of each. Newborns are changed 8 to 12 times a day in the first week, and lochia is heaviest in the first 48 hours, so a two-night stay usually needs around 26 nappies and 22 pads.
You will usually stay longer — often 3 to 4 nights rather than 1 to 2 — and you need high-waist underwear and loose clothing that sit above the incision rather than across it. Some doctors also recommend an abdominal binder, so check before buying one.
It varies widely — many hospitals supply gowns and some supply nappies or formula, while others supply nothing and some restrict outside formula because of feeding policies. Ring the maternity ward and ask before you buy duplicates; this checklist is informational and does not replace their list or your doctor's advice.