On the unknown number of days quarantined you will find me cleaning out our bathroom. I’m organizing soaps, loofas, toothbrushes, shaving cream, cleaning products, postpartum essentials, and whatever else lurks beneath bathroom sinks. We have a LOT of sunscreen under there!
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In my organizing and purging venture I have stumbled upon some of the items from my postpartum kit. I have a skinny canvas tote on the back of the toilet to keep some monthly essentials in and noticed some random leftovers from postpartum.
The thing about these leftover items is that they’re unopened and brand new. They were totally and utterly useless. I was, and still mostly am, one of those first time moms who overprepares and overthinks everything. So I had everything you could think of to prepare for every scenario.
Ironically, I was actually grossly unprepared for the scenario I found myself in postpartum. Danny was born via c-section and recovering from major surgery was not on my preparedness checklist.
Before you go stocking your postpartum kit with recovery essentials, take a moment to consider that things don’t always go according to plan. My plan was to have a baby so I was not totally thrown or disheartened by my c-section. I still believe in the items I bought for a recovery I didn’t have and think they would be valuable for a postpartum kit. I just wish I had waited until I knew for sure that I would need them.
I can’t think of items that I needed especially for my c-section recovery that differed from a standard recovery. I did however have perineal spray, perineal balm, and Tucks wipes on hand had I not had a c-section. These are things I wish I waited on buying. I could have had them two-day shipped while I was in the hospital had they been needed. What postpartum items do you have on your must have list?
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