Home birth necessities

This home birth checklist will show you all the supplies you need to have ready in your homebirth kit. Prepare for your homebirth with this essential list.

Considering a home birth? Today I'm sharing all about how to prepare for a home birth as I prepare for my 5th home birth in a few weeks!

A checklist for everything that you need for your Home Birth!

Thinking of having a home birth? As you’re preparing, make sure you have the products on this home birth checklist, and you’ll have all the necessities for an amazing labor and delivery and a fantastic natural childbirth. #labor #delivery #birth #pregnant #postpartum #childbirth

1: You need more towels and cloths than you think. Almost every home birth I attend, by the end we are running out of towels and cloths... we use them for everything. Our suggestion is to go to goodwill, or value village and get as many used linens as you can... sheets for your bed, even a comforter. It is so nice to not worry about soiling any of that stuff and just toss it after OR keep it in a tote for the next birth. 2: If you're doing a water birth, keeping that big tub warm is a task…

If you've decided on a home birth and are working on gathering supplies, here's a home birth supply list with things I found necessary when I had my two babies at home. Photos courtesy of Peace Love Babies | Twin Cities, St. Cloud birth, newborn, family photography Home Birth Supply List 1. Towels: You'll need lots and lots of towels! Once baby is born you'll want to wrap them up and keep them warm. We had water births, so we used 4-6 towels between the birthing pool and then moving into…

This is a picture of my postpartum survival kit that I left in my bedroom/bathroom that had everything I needed for a postpartum care kit. Bottom balm for my lady bits. Rhoid balm for hemorrhoids. Arnica for bruising and much more!

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Yes. You read that right. I had a 24 hour labor with no epidural. In fact, I didn't use any form of drug or medicine for pain relief. But I did use quite a few natural labor coping techniques to survive labor with no epidural. I'll share my 10 secrets to an easier labor, so you know how to prepare for an unmedicated birth of your own. These unmedicated birth techniques helped me to have a healthy pregnancy, an autonomous birth, and the confidence necessary for surviving labor.