Contents:
- Medical Video: How to Prepare For a Baby: Newborn Baby Essentials
- 1. Choose the doctor who handles it and its location
- 2. Prepare items that are important
- What is important for pregnant women
- For husbands or family members who accompany, things that need to be brought include:
- The things that need to be prepared for your baby after giving birth are:
- 3. Know what to do when labor pain arises
- 4. Sharing with pregnant women who are experienced
- 5. Make sure your husband is always on standby
Medical Video: How to Prepare For a Baby: Newborn Baby Essentials
As a prospective mother, especially if this is the first time of course you will be struck by confusion about what should be prepared at birth. Entering the end of the third trimester it turns out that more and more childbirth preparations need to be done. Proper preparation will make you more calm when approaching your child's birth day. We recommend that you note carefully what things you have to do before giving birth.
1. Choose the doctor who handles it and its location
You must already know about who the doctor will handle you. Who the doctor you choose will affect the location where you give birth. After you know the location, you have to think carefully about how to get there. Record the telephone number of the hospital or clinic you want to go to. Know what facilities you will give birth to.
In preparation for giving birth, you also need to make a backup plan. If you still want to be with the doctor, find out another doctor's practice. However, you still have to consider the distance of the hospital to your residence.
If you really want to go to the other nearest hospital, find out who the doctor usually handles there. How are the facilities there, how is the delivery service, so that on the birth day of your baby, you don't need to panic and bother looking for another place.
2. Prepare items that are important
When preparing for childbirth, you should start taking notes and repaying whatever items you have to carry. The closer, many things that cannot be predicted so you must immediately go to the hospital. Prepare luggage both for pregnant women, for people who accompany you to give birth, and also for your baby after birth.
What is important for pregnant women
- You will spend the night at your place of birth, making sure you can rest comfortably there by carrying ordinary items that make you relaxed and comfortable. For example blankets or pillows. Make sure the item is an item that is easy to carry and can be used when in the hospital.
- Comfortable and loose clothes, several pairs of socks, and sandals.
- Clock to monitor how often you contract.
- Toiletries such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, moisturizers, and soap. Even though some hospitals will be provided, it's better to use toiletries that you normally use at home.
- Regular bras or special bras for breastfeeding.
- Special sanitary napkins for mothers after childbirth.
For husbands or family members who accompany, things that need to be brought include:
- Comfortable change of clothes and sandals.
- Food and drinks also need to be prepared while in the hospital.
- Camera, battery, charger, and memory card. Usually some couples do not want to lose the moment during childbirth. Make sure the documentation tools are ready and can be used during the D-day well.
The things that need to be prepared for your baby after giving birth are:
- Baby clothes.
- Small blanket for your baby.
- Your baby's hat.
- Gloves and socks for your baby. Some hospitals may prepare it, but there is no harm in preparing yourself.
- Baby basket.
3. Know what to do when labor pain arises
Long before the first contraction occurs, multiply consult with your doctor about what should be done when the pain or contraction arrives. Find out how the initial signs of contraction occur. What is the pain and when to go to the hospital, or when to contact the hospital. Then, any things that are avoided when entering these periods of contraction pain.
4. Sharing with pregnant women who are experienced
The important thing here is to learn from the experiences of friends or family who have given birth. Especially if this is your first experience giving birth. Indeed, not everything that your friends do can be applied, but it never hurts to look for previous information.
Besides getting information about childbirth and postpartum experiences, sharing will make you more excited and ready to face the day of birth. Because, there are many inputs that you get so that the preparation for giving birth becomes more mature.
5. Make sure your husband is always on standby
The husband must know everything about your pregnancy, starting from when his birth predictions, delivery plans, to what should be done when the birth contractions begin to occur. For example, if you begin to feel pain, your husband must rub your back or use a warm water bottle covered with a towel to compress it.
Also discuss what you will need when giving birth until the first few weeks after giving birth. That way, your husband will understand better what to do and you can enjoy the whole process of giving birth more calmly.
However, you should appoint someone else as "partner reserve "from afar. For example your parents, in-laws, or your best friend. So if in certain circumstances, the husband is forced to not be able to accompany you to give birth, there are others who know the exact history of your pregnancy and know what to do.
