Postpartum Supplies

  • Overnight maxi pads (1 box)
  • 6 Frozen pads (made in advance)
  • Panty liners
  • Nipple cream – Lansinoh, Purelan, Natural Nipple Butter
  • Baby oil (Burt’s Bees, olive, etc)
  • Ibuprofen
  • Homeopathic Arnica 30C pellets
  • Lavender &/or tea tree essential oil
  • Epsom salts (1-2kg)
  • Sitz bath herbs
  • Postpartum recovery tea (calms afterpains, promotes healing)
  • Witch hazel (soothes & shrinks hemorrhoids)
  • Nursing bras
  • Breast pads
  • FOOD for immediate postpartum
  • Pre-prepared meals in freezer (two weeks worth)
  • Healthy snack foods