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Sunday, February 17, 2008

Preparing for a home birth

At my last midwife visit they give us a list of supplies for the home birth:
  • 2 large garbage bags
  • Bowl for placenta
  • Board/cutting board or cookie sheet
  • 12 cotton flannel receiving blankets
  • 4 old towels
  • thermometer
  • feminine napkins (heavy duty)
  • hot water bottle
  • cloth for baby
  • 3 prong extension cord
  • food and drinks
  • extra pillows
  • mirror
  • camera 
  • music and player
  • notebook and pen
  • gravol
  • ibuprofen
  • epson salts
  • arnica
  • rescue remedy
  • 2 sets of sheets
  • lots of drop cloths
  • and the bag of supplies they gave me at the last visit
My task this week is to assemble all of this...


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