Those maxi pad ice packs are a MUST!!! You can’t use them for too long bc the cold doesn’t help the healing process but for the first 1-2 weeks they are an essential!

Honestly not enough women talk about postpartum care. My best friend told me everything leading up to labor including sending me pics of what the mucus plug was. And she told me about labor. But failed to mention all the postpartum care and items needed. But i see why....it will scare anyone who hasnt been through it. But i always try my best to tell any of my pregnant friends or coworkers what they will need because i was thrown into not knowing and when i found out everything id need, i was shocked. So i try to lessen the blow for others on their first go round.

Fifth day postpartum here, things I have been using is peri bottle, disposable panty, large pads, aloe Vera gel ( pure and organic, it usually white in Color) and witch hazel to apply down there. I’m healing well. In all honesty even this is too much because I feel like resting and eating whenever my baby is asleep… so I have minimum. But to each their own. All the best to all mummas, much love.❤

Omg right after my son came out the nurse put the ice pack on there and I looked her in the eyes and told her I loved her lmao! They are a muuustttt

I’m going to need this soon! 28 weeks currently. Thanks for the ideas and recommendations

If you have limited kitchen counters, do this for bottles/ pump/ sanitizer / drying rack. So good!!

No snack and drink tray every nursing mother needs snack and drinks while caring for a baby and it also save you from having to go up and down the stairs..

In high school I shadowed some nurses in an obstetrics ward and a tip I learned was steeping black tea to pour onto pads and then freezing them. The moms loved them

I’ve also heard it’s good to keep a lot of water close because apparently breast-feeding makes you extremely thirsty. Just something my friend recommended.

Great three tier carts like the one she's using are available from The Container Store. They come in a variety of colors with a ton of accessories so you can personalize your cart to your specific needs.

I love this! My heart is with the pregnant mothers of Gaza, who have no access to water and food let alone items to prep for birth and baby 💔

In the 90s they sent you home with a sitz bath. You sat in hot water several times a day. My episiotomy healed so fast.

Every postpartum journey is different. I used disposable diapers, spray bottle, witch hazel, nipple butter, and espom salts. I personally would pass on the nipple butter and espom salts (didnt do much for me). Witch hazel, however, was a must!

I had this and I'm so grateful. 😢 Though it was stocked for me and baby supplies. So it could go to bathroom, living room and bedroom at night. It was my mobile station. It was a life saver❤

I set a postpartum kit up in my bathroom with a lot of this, just a small cheap shelf. So nice to have it next to the toilet. I did set up a rolling pumping/nursing cart like this with snacks for when I’m nursing around the house though!

Ohh and add some old bedding and towels you ready to throw out once the bleeding stops. Sitting on towel without pads once the bleeding is not so bad helps to heal faster

The Frida Mom Postpartum Set is my favorite!! Absolutely recommended even for a period. I have issues during it including burning it's been a blessing since I first discovered it. 10/10.

I bought a mini fridge for my bathroom to put my aloe Vera, tucks witch hazel pads, perineal spray. So helpful for the first few weeks! Also had a warm water bidet installed, recommend ❤

I had way more stuff than I actually used but it was nice to know I was covered for anything. Tucks Subway set up is magic 😉

Those frida postpartum underwear are the BEST. I loved them so much that I give them as gifts 😂

I'm 66yrs old and I'm wondering what I ever did without all these products! 😂

I’m not even married but I’m saving this for when I get married and have babies😂❤️

Lucky women who know all of this or I mean have helpful people in their corner... 😊

What is up with y’all putting her down for having this stuff, sure she could survive with out it but why not ease the process. You don’t get an award for pain and you don’t know what her birth was even like!

That nipple butter actually gave me relief from nipple itchiness

You are awesome for sharing this! Good job! And congratulations on your next bundle of joy!

Just had my baby. Had a 3rd degree tear. Definitely don't need all this, bought it all and came home from the hospital with an ass ton of stuff. Didn't use anything I bought. Ice pack pads, tucks and the mesh undies ( my hospital provided and gave me some to take home) are all ya need!

Im 37 and thinking about having my first child. This is eye-opening because I honestly don't know what or why all these items are needed. Now I'm more scared than before!! 😅

I’m so glad I have channels like this to look to for when I plan to be pregnant ❤

I'm saving this. Thank you!

Things that have been a lifesaver during my first few weeks postpartum were adult diapers (i know it can be akward, but it makes things soooo much easier for the first few days with the heavy bleeding, i mainly wore them at nights and it also helped for when i couldnt make it to the bathroom in time due to my pelic floor being so weak), an ice pack, and things i still use at almost 8 weeks is the perri bottle (my first checkup with my OB isnt for another few days so i still use it just till i know if its safe to go back to normal), and lotssss to drink. I typically drink juice (i dont like water so i drink juice to get some sort of hydration), and milk but now i always need a drink during the night. Fibre gummies also helped me a ton, i still use them due to hemmoroids which sucks. But they also help a lot when it comes to your first poop, i got some like the day after getting discharged from the hospital, and it helped me when going to the bathroom since my vag was already in a lot of pain after going to the bathroom due to stitches. And what i found helped after peeing, is putting an icepack on after rinsing/ dabbing myself dry with toilet paper, it didnt complety get rid of the pain immediately but it reduced it by quite a bit.

PostCARTum

The adult diapers came in handy for weeks 😂😂

What I actually used: aspercreme (until stitches came out), padsicles provided by hospital (first 3 days) tucks witch hazel pads + prep H (first week until hemorrhoids gone), peri bottle provided by hospital (indefinitely), depends (first week or so). I overstocked: overnight maxis and depends I didn't need: upside down peri bottle wasn't necessary. Have only used freezer peri ice pack on boobs.

Amazing tips👏🏼 I love them all ❤

Thank you, just shared with my daughter. ❤

For me this is really foreign to do it al by yourself. Because i'm from the netherlands and there you have postpartum nurses, who come at your home for 8 hours a day for the first week, and take care of you and the baby. It is also obliged to have one come to your home and will be taken care of by you insurance. So you don't have to pay them. Birth and aftercare is free here.

Great tips! I am so happy you had a baby boy ❤❤

I'm so glad I never had kids, this seems like a nightmare. But massive respect to the goddesses who are willing to put their body through this.

Omg thank you for this idea! 💓

Geez that’s so much stuff. Nah, get a peri bottle, mesh underwear, large pads, tucks (all four free from hospital), and regular pads. No need for all this as it lasts such a short time

Yes right how much is all that! Wow I had 2 children all natural! And I didn't use half of this! I was too busy taking care of my baby! And buying stuff for my baby not myself! Good luck!

Had four full term vaginally delivered babies over 40 years ago...and none of this stuff. How did I ever survive???

It’s gonna be a long time till I ever find prepare for a pregnancy but I can’t wait. Even with the pain, the amount of pain I’ve endured will help me get through

Didn’t even have half these things, and I didn’t even need half these things. Regular maxi pads worked without any issues. Pregnancy must have changed over the last few years, cause this new generation of mothers are a corporation dream money 💵

I didnt even think of this for me! Im going to have to get this!!

Didn’t need any of this. I had a 3rd degree tear, all I needed was a peri bottle, sanitary towels, silver cups, and some painkillers. So ladies, don’t worry if you don’t have all these unnecessary products 😊

It's so hard to prep for myself because we don't have a lot of money 😢. And people usually only think of baby stuff, so I have all the baby stuff, and I had to buy and still need to buy postpartum stuff for myself. I'm 39 weeks pregnant right now. I do have comfy satin dresses for postpartum, comfy slippers, and I plan on making or buying reusable ice pads, as well as get healing foam. And other stuff too

This would be a great idea to give to a first-time mom at the baby shower 😍

I wish I’d seen this 6 months ago when I gave birth to my snootie . I absolutely LOVE the Frida brand, especially the ice pads. They felt AMAZING fresh out of the shower but I found it extremely difficult to sit down properly without a lot of pain while using one. I had 2nd degree tear and I was breastfeeding so having to sit up while wearing one felt like sitting on a bunch of little pebbles. I’m keeping this video for the next baby ❤

Such a smart idea to have it all on one cart!

greatest internet uuote i heard, "taking care of yourself is taking care of your kids"

My number one item is the water bottle for warm water when you pee. Life safer!

Thank you

Id put all this stuff in the bathroom. I had a nursing cart (burp cloths, diapers, wipes, binkies, snacks etc) by the couch and it was amazing

This is great Good info ❤

I used 3 of those and it was enough 😅 maybe everyone is different but you def don’t need all of it

So smart!

Thank you I want to get this for my sister

This is amazing! I wish they had half these products when I became a mom, 31 years ago. I got, breast pads, super thick menstrual pads with a belt and a sits bath with a bag of medicated powder., from the hospital. Nothing better was sold at the store. 😆

Gosh, when I had my 2 children in the 1980s (in my late 30s), I had some pads and my clothes. Never needed anything else. I suppose that means I was fortunate. I had no idea all these products existed nowadays.

What do you do with the magnesium spray? 🤔 I spray magnesium on my legs after I take a bath but I didn’t realize there was some additional use postpartum….

Thanks

Brilliant!

Luv this!

When I gave birth to my first kid, my night nurse humiliated me for having hemorrhage cream ( something the day nurses gave me). Thank you because now I know it's normal to have that after birth.

Wow great idea

This stuff is so important and 3 days after I gave birth I started wearing compression shirts and it made me feel so much better cause you be feeling like all your organs and skin all loose and like insecure lol it made me bounce back faster too

You are on it!

Mother’s Day should be an entire month!

Wow! I think all I had was maxi pads, arnica cream, nipple cream and a ring to sit on. I could have done with a cold compress pad as I had so many stitches. One thing i'm so grateful for was that my hubs had two weeks mandatory paternity leave to look after me and baby.

I had lanolin and Epsom salts and a water bottle. And maybe some sudo cream for my stretch marks and vitimin e. That was it. Didn't have any pads or disposable knickers no clue what those are for tbh.

Me chilling at 11weeks seeing this kind of set for the first time 😱😱

Jeeeeez ... I wish I'd known to have this. ❤

Nowhere close to having my own baby but I’m still watching these videos religiously😂

That's allot. My son would be 25 years old and I still use diaper rash cream as zinc is higher than the natural cream. Yes know what you can. Also a bottle warmer for water down south. Warm help rince there.

I got a bunch of stuff to care for downstairs after my first baby was born… I ended up having a c-section and not needing any of it 🤪 (I did need the pads and the underwear but none of the stuff for any sort of tearing or stitches)

“If you know, you know” - oh girl I KNOW lol 😂

*😊I have one my self❤*

I wish I had this 40 years ago when I had my son's.

How are you using the magnesium spray ? And what are the benefits of it ? Thanks

I did this and didn't need most because i had a c section. Such as the ice packs, perineum sprays, hemorrhoids wipes, upside down bottle, etc. I gave them to a pregnant cousin who used them. Now pregnant with my second. Unsure if it will be c section or not, so will order this stuff from the hospital if needed lol.

i am 36 weeks and have adult diapers, witch hazel pads, cooling pads, and nipple cream, prolly gonna pick up some of those other healing type sprays but not sure what exactly i’ll like:)

Just saying this for anyone watching this and panicking. You do not need all this stuff. Like 4 of these things are essential in my opinion - pads, diapers, a squeezy bottle for washing. The rest are nice to haves, or things you might end up needing but sometimes it’s best to wait and see.

What’s the magnesium balm for?

Literly you remind me of my besties mom

Now, we need an explanation of how to use all said items!

My postpartum kit: 1. food 2. sleep

May I ask what the magnesium spray is for? I was completely clueless to postpartum care with my first. I’m due with my second in April and am taking notes 😅

Tip, when baby gets bigger and sits in a high chair to eat, use this for tiys for meal time entertainment. Its just the right height. I have twins and put it in between them. It's keeps them happy, busy and eating.

Need to make one for my brothers wife

what is the magnesium spray for

would u like to make an explanation video talking about all these goods for each product's function, please?

Curious what are the maxi pad ice packs I’ve never heard of them?❤️

Whats the magnesium spray for

I don't have kids, but I deal with heavy, crippling periods and tbh I loved this video for ideas for a period/self care cart 🥹

If anything get plenty of sleep!!! Sleep when baby sleeps!! Let the housework go😊

The only thing I used post partum was pads for the bleeding 😂. Oh and Tylenol cause going unmedicated with a pitocin drip makes you feel like you got hit by a train the next day. Overall, up and walking and ready to take on tasks. They did do some wild fundal massages so I got a lot of the gunk out initially.

You know what pisses me off after I gave birth nobody told me how to take care of myself, and ease the pain from the tearing I had, not at the hospital, not at the clinic nobody told me how to alleviate the pain and discomfort after giving birth. My mother adopted me, and she never gave birth so she didn’t know to warn me either for two months I suffered, and cried every time I had to go to P I even stopped drinking water because I was afraid of the pain and discomfort every time I went to the toilet. it’s so frustrating why does everyone assume that women naturally know this things. I wish I had someone to explain to me that we have options like disposable underwear and ice packs for down there. I didn’t even know we had that option at the time I gave birth. Any way she looks beautiful congratulations ❤️😅🙏🏼

This is way too much stuff. Adult diapers, the peri bottle and tucks from the hospital, and some regular pads and large old underwear I already had sitting around from my period was all I kept in my bathroom. I certainly didn't need to buy a cart to store it in. The earth has limited resources, why waste both your money and natural resources? I also had nipple butter (the earth mama brand is awesome), but kept that near where I nursed instead of the bathroom.