Hospital bag packing!

Hello! Am currently trying to get a list of things together ready to pack mine and baby's hospital bags; just wondering if buying normal incontinence pads/disposable underwear will work for postpartum bleeding or no? 😊
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I’ve bought the incontinence nappys from tesco and then just normal big pads xx

It depends on how much you bleed I suppose, I think this is different for everyone. With my first I was shocked by how much blood there was in the days after birth. I kept having to send my husband to get more maternity pads as I was going through a pack a day. The other thing to consider is cleanliness. If you've had stitches you definitely want to keep it as clean as possible whilst healing so I don't know if disposable underwear would cause problems with that if you can't keep changing it. I had stitches with my first and every time I went to the loo, washed myself with a peri bottle, dabbed dry with a fresh muslin and put a clean pad in to avoid infection

I would buy post partum ones. There is a lot of bleeding after.

Definitely worth keeping and having someone prepared get you the post partum products if you desperately need them. I packed some of the boots brand post partum pads which look a bit crap, but also have incontinence pads from my mum for the first few days of heavier flow. I didn't want to pay the extortionate amount for post partum products, so I'm putting my faith in these huge incontinence pads. 😂 I've got my husband ready to run to the shops if I need, but we'll see how it goes.

Maybe worth buying some disposable c section pants just in case you need an emergency c section. I think you can get them online or in boots. With my first I didn’t and ended up needing an emergency c section and had no underwear to hold my pad in whilst at hospital as it would rub against the incision

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