What's in My Hospital Bag? | Daddy Edition

Daddy needs two bags as well. One luggage for Daddy's essentials & one bag for snacks! LOL!

Inside the luggage:

1. Small pillow - Most hospitals provide extra bed (upon request) along with extra blanket and pillow but trust me, none of them offers a nice, comfy pillow. So its best if your husband can get a good night sleep with a comfy pillow from home before the arrival of your bundle of joy
2. Blanket - Again, to ensure comfiness of your husband's stay in the ward with you, just bring extra blanket
3. Hoodie - Hospital ward can get very cold during the night, so its good to wear a hoodie or cardigan for comfort
4. Shoes - Your husband might need to walk a lot to bring stuff for you and to be on his two feet for quite awhile to accompany you in the labour room, so its good to invest  one and wear a proper and comfortable shoes/sneakers
5. Slipper - For a quick trip from the pullout bed to the toilet. LOL
6. Socks - One to wear with shoes and the other pair to wear for sleeping
7. Long pants - To beat the coldness of the maternity ward
8. T-shirt - Your husband can bring 2 - 3 pair of t-shirts depending on how often he wants to bathe and to change clothes
9. Cap/hat - Because your husband has no time to wax his hair once the baby arrives, hence, ask him to wear a cap to cover his head. Haha!
10. Toiletries - Toiletries bag is provided only for the patient, so your husband needs to bring all of his personal products for the 2 or 3-night stay
11. Towel - Hospitals will only provide towel for the patients (moms), so your husband needs to bring one for himself

Inside the snacks bag:

Make sure your maternity ward has a fridge to keep all these! Also, these snacks are meant to be consumed while you are waiting for labour, not after the delivery.

1. Biscuits/crackers
2. Mineral water (Hospital will provide daily - 1.5l mineral water and a thermos for hot water, but in case if you need more, you can buy one since you are also sharing with your husband)
3. Juices
4. Smoothies in a bottle
5. Chocolates
6. Dates
7. Milk
8. Sandwiches
9. Comfort food from Family Mart (Oden?)
10. Junk food (For your husband because your meal will be provided 4 times a day, so you will be full but not your S/O. Hihi)

Something extra:

I did not bring these but oh how I wish I did!

1. Night light - If you have a night light or a small table lamp, do bring it. Unless you don't mind of a bright ceiling light on your night pee trip to the bathroom. A small table  lamp with a dim light while you are about to sleep is essential (for me)
2. Extra towel for you - You can use the hospital ones for your hair (because it is thin AF) and your good ol thick towel to wrap your body because hospital ward is damn cold and thin towel is not FTW

I hope this post really helps for all mommies-to-be out there. I was clueless as well, but after a lot of reading and doing research, I can conclude that these items are the only necessity you need. You do not need more. I was admitted for 4 days and 3 nights and these are items that we need during our stay in the hospital. Hope this helps! X