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What to Pack for You and Baby

Preparing yourself for the delivery of your baby is an exciting time. This includes deciding what to pack for your hospital stay.

It’s a good idea to have your hospital bag packed before going into labour. Listed below are items that are required and some suggestions to help you pack for your hospital-birth.

The items for you that we recommend you bring to the hospital are: 

  • Prenatal records, given to you by a health-care provider
  • Saskatchewan or provincial health services card
  • Insurance cards
  • Birth plan, if you have one 
  • Underwear
  • Loose-fitting clothing for you to go home in
  • Deodorant and a toothbrush/toothpaste
  • Toiletries and clothes for your support person/partner

The items for your baby that you are required to bring to the hospital are: 

  • Car seat that meets Canadian Safety Standards 
  • Baby clothing, hat and blanket for baby to go home in

Additional Items

Additional items you may want to bring with you: 

  • Music
  • Drinks (non-alcoholic)
  • Food and snacks
  • Money for the vending machine or cafeteria (support person must purchase or bring their own food)
  • Nightgown or comfortable clothes to wear while in-hospital
  • Slippers
  • Personal toiletries like shampoo and conditioner, soap and contact lens solution 
  • Breastfeeding bra or larger bra
  • Extra pillows 
  • Breastfeeding pillow
  • Phone charger 

All valuable items or large sums of money should be left at home. Please be aware that hospitals are scent-free areas. Leave perfumed lotions and other scented products at home.  

Provided Items 

The items provided in-hospital are:

  • Open-back nightgown and housecoat
  • Kleenex
  • Sanitary pads
  • Breast pads
  • Meals and beverages for maternal patient 
  • Diapers, gowns and blankets for baby
  • Bed or sleeping surface for your partner or support 
  • Portable breast pump to use in-hospital

All bed linens, hospital-supplied clothing and breast pumps used in-hospital are hospital property and must be returned before you go home.

Sources of Medical Information

  1. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. (2019). Birth plan.
  2. HealthLink BC. My Birth Plan.
  3. The Baby Box Co. Canada

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