During your pregnancy, pack portable items you’ll need for your labor and delivery and hospital stay in a bag and keep it in a handy place or in your car. For your trip to the hospital you’ll need:
Your partner/labor coach
A bathrobe and nightgown
Toiletries
Sturdy underwear that you don’t mind soiling with blood
A change of clothes to wear home, including comfortable, roomy shoes
Baby clothes
Infant car seat (your partner can bring this item on the day of discharge)
Sanitary napkins (if you don’t want to use the archaic ones that most hospitals provide)
A camera
Telephone numbers of family and friends you may want to call
Insurance information
Lollipops or sucking candies
Any device with the ability to play music
Change for parking, or vending machines
Cell phone
