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nfbr: What to bring to a friend @ hospital who just delivered a baby?
My friend is having her c-section scheduled this Thursday. After work, DH and I are picking up her 7yo daughter from daycare, grabbing a quick bite to eat and heading to the hospital to meet her newborn.
Should we bring her a card and flowers (we'd need to pick them up sometime b/w dinner and heading to the hospital)? Chocolates? Food?
I am completely unsure what to bring her? Should we bring her anything?
Flowers were my first choice, but we'd need to pick them up after work, and we only have 1.5 hours to pick up her daughter (10 mins from work), grab some dinner, and then head to the hospital (15 mins away). I think timing will be tight. And then to pick up a vase too....
Re: nfbr: What to bring to a friend @ hospital who just delivered a baby?
When we had our baby, I was glad no one brought us flowers. You already have so much crap in the room and so much stuff to bring home. I would have loved it if someone would have called me and asked me if there was anything I forgot in my hospital bag like conditioner or styling products, a blow dryer or curling iron, make-up, yoga pants and a cardigan sweater, slippers that fit (feet swelled with the I.V.). Something to pull my hair back.
I don't remember needing any food. Maybe it was just my hospital, but I felt like I was being adequately supplied.
Food or something like cute socks/easy pampering stuff she can play with.
I was always starving and looked like hell in the hospital. All was welcome.
I loved it when people called and said, "Hey, I'm on my way in can I get you a coffee, some dinner, a snack?"
It was so appreciated. H was hungry too and hospital food sucks. Big time. We also only had food service around meal times so there was no way to get a juice or a snack.
I wanted to kill people that brought me things like flowers, balloons, actual baby gifts to the hospital. It was much appreciated, but we had to carry all that stuff out plus a baby. Those things where fun once I was home, not so much in the hospital esp. when you're only there like a day and a half.
When I had my CS with DS, family from out of state sent flowers and even though I had a huge private room, my window sills were full. They were beautiful and I loved them, but it was hard to bring them all home. With a CS, you can stay at the hospital for up to 5 days, so you tend to accumulate a lot of stuff.
What i loved the most was when people brought us food. On our 2nd night there, a friend/co-worker brought DH and I a pizza from our favorite pizza place and cupcakes from my favorite bakery. It was perfect. Many hospitals don't give enough food for both the mom and dad, so it was nice.
We thought ahead and brought a lot of snacks, chargers, ipod and such, but see if she forgot anything that they need you to get. And you might want to ask her DH if she is still loopy from the drugs.
Go Phils!!
I agree w/ calling her beforehand to see if there's anything she needs, or forgot to bring.
I was always hungry in the hospital --- the hospital food wasn't great and you get sick of it after a couple meals. A friend brought me a small giftbag with a few trashy magazines, fresh fruit, granola bars, and cupcakes/cookies from a local bakery and I really appreciated it.
(I also went through chapstick and handcream like crazy...DS was in the NICU & I had to purell my hands 30+ times a day and my hands were soooo dry. I think any mom would need handcream b/c she's probably using purell a lot).
My mom brought me flowers and then when we packed up to leave, I forgot them in the room. She also brought me Chick-Fil-A which was lovely but the nurse was super pissy about it, something about a chocolate shake would make the baby fussy b/c I was nursing. Bullshit - the baby didn't stop crying until he was 18mos old, it wasn't the chocolate shake's doing.
I would call and ask if she needs anything before you head over there. There were several things I forgot at home or thought about needing after I got there, and it was nice when people brought those to me.
This, plus dvds if she has a laptop or dvd player. After everyone left I was tired but wanted to watch a movie or something.
I also wanted food but nobody is the same so ask.