Pregnants eagerly await the moment when they will hold their little babies in their arms until they are born. This excitement reaches even higher levels as you get the prenatal needs for you and the tiny baby in your womb.
You need to complete your preparations completely to spend the prenatal period and the moment of birth perfectly and solve every problem you encounter safely.
You need to create an accurate prenatal essentials list to have everything you need and will have at hand when you are pregnant, and to make your job easier it is helpful to make up for your shortcomings under two separate headings, primarily the mother and baby needs list.
Prenatal Needs List for Mother
In order for you to have a problem-free pregnancy period, it is very important to be physically healthy after giving birth. You should not neglect your personal care both during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
To meet these conditions, all the materials you will need are as follows:
- Especially the puerperal pads that you will need right after the birth can also be used as puerperal panties.
- Postpartum pads will help you after delivery, especially since they can be torn off from the sides and worn as underwear.
- A nursing bra makes breastfeeding easier for mother and baby.
- Clothes suitable for postpartum body structure; puerperal panties, nursing bras, nursing vests and bodysuits.
To be physically healthy and comfortable:
- The first condition is that you feel comfortable. For this, you can choose clothes that do not sweat, cotton and flexible fabric. You should buy clothes such as shirts-blouses, dresses, nightgowns, pajama sets, t-shirts and sweatshirts that will not compress and press your breasts and abdomen.
- Again for your comfort, you should buy adjustable and flexible clothes such as skirts, leggings, tracksuits and trousers so that you can wear them in the later months of pregnancy.
- Your comfortable underwear is just as important as your outerwear.
- From the 1st month of pregnancy, until you prepare a delivery bag and go to the hospital, you should buy a sufficient number of panties, under-belly panties, puerperal panties, corsets, dressing gowns, nursing bras, nursing straps, nursing bodysuits and socks.
The fact that these products are made of natural products such as cotton and bamboo is essential in not sweating while being flexible is necessary for your comfort.
For a Problem-Free Breastfeeding
First of all, your milk should come in sufficient quantity, and milk boosting drinks are exactly what you need for sufficient milk production.
A breast pump and a milk storage bag/container are required to express the incoming milk and store it under suitable conditions. To be able to breastfeed your baby safely and comfortably, it should include a nursing gown, nursing mat and nipple cream in the baby’s essentials list.
For Personal Care
The prenatal needs list should contain the most basic materials necessary for the expectant mother to feel good and happy.
These materials:
- Anti-stretch cream so you can easily return to your old form
- Postpartum pad to protect you safely
- Mother-baby care bag that saves life both in your long and short trips
- Mother-baby care backpack
- Supportive pillow/cushion for sleep comfort
- Pregnant sleep support pillow
- Pregnant waist support band and pregnant seat belt for a safe journey
Shopping List for Newborn Baby
The majority of the materials that will be required before birth are the materials of your little baby.
The shopping list for the newborn baby contains the products that you should buy and have ready before birth and that you will need in the first place when your little one is born.
These products provide ease of shopping, we will categorize them as nutrition, clothing and textile, bathroom and care, baby room, tools and equipment products.
Baby clothing
All of the textiles your baby wears or comes into contact with must be made of natural products such as 100% cotton, bamboo or linen.
For your baby to move freely, the product fabric should be flexible, and the product model should be wide cut. In the shopping list for the newborn baby:
- 6-8 pieces of overalls with booties
- 6-8 inner zip
- 6-8 pieces of bodysuit
- 4-5 bottom booties
- 4-5 pieces of short sleeve/long sleeve body
- 5-6 pairs of socks
- 3-4 sets of 2
- Since the hat is also found in the hospital exits, it is sufficient to buy two more.
- Since the gloves are also found in the hospital exits, it is enough to buy two more.
- Swaddle
- There must be at least two combed cotton blankets.
Nutrition
For your baby to be fed smoothly and in the best way:
- 2-3 baby bottles
- Two bottle brushes
- Two baby bottle cords
- 2-3 pacifiers
- One pacifier box/pacifier strap
- Ten mouth wipes
- 4-5 aprons are required.
Baby Bath and Care
You have to be very sensitive when buying bath, and care products in the baby needs list. The products you buy should be of high quality, and their ingredients should be natural, and they should not contain harmful chemicals, heavy metals and toxic substances.
In this category, you need to buy to your little one:
- Up to 2 packs of newborn diapers
- 3-4 packages of wet wipes
- Diaper rash cream
- Changing mat
- Brush and comb set
- Newborn foam shampoo
- Towel
- Detergent and fabric softener.
Baby Room
For your baby to sleep and grow safely and peacefully in his room:
- Cradle
- Sleeping set or park bed sleeping set for at least one crib
- 2-3 pcs duvet cover sets
- 2-3 plush blankets
- Bed-quilt-pillow
- Sheets and mattresses
- Bottom opening carpet
- A suitable closet to put your clothes and a clothes hanger inside
- Laundry bag.
Tools and Equipment
For your baby’s comfort and safety, the most important products that should be included in the prenatal baby needs list are a home type baby carrier and a travel system baby carriage.
Keep Control While Making Baby Preparation List
Parents who are excited to hold and smell their babies can also experience this excitement and impatience while making a baby preparation list.
This situation can sometimes cause them to buy a product they will never use unnecessarily or a product they will need more than necessary. For this reason, if you create a baby preparation list by separating it according to different development characteristics and periods, such as before birth, 0-1 years and after one year, you will not spend any unnecessary expenses. You will not be able to buy the product you will need in 2 years in advance and cause an unnecessary crowd at home you will be.
If you are pregnant and have not started the preparations yet, our advice to you is; The first thing to do is to meet your prenatal needs while preparing a baby needs list.
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