MY POSTPARTUM ESSENTIALS

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MY POSTPARTUM ESSENTIALS

Those first few days/weeks after giving birth you can be quite sensitive. I found having the right products made such a tremendous difference in how I felt and how I healed. These are the products that made my healing journey a lot faster and more comfortable. The frida mom witch hazel pad liners and healing foam were so soothing, they really helped with any pain or discomfort I was feeling those first few days especially. I delivered vaginally so these are the products I used but Frida mom also has a c-section kit.

• Frida Mom (individual products)

  • upside down peri bottle

    • Easier to use than the one they give you in the hospital.

  • Witch hazel cooling pad liners

    • I liked these better than tucks as they were longer and easier to use.

  • Perineal Healing Foam

    • This was my favourite thing, it was cooling and very soothing especially when paired with the witch hazel cooling pad liners.

  • Sitz bath tablets

    • I didn’t end up using these but I’m glad I had them just in case.

    • not included in the kit linked below.

  • Disposable Postpartum underwear

    • better than always discrete for the first few weeks when you’re lining more things in your underwear.

  • Instant Ice Maxi Pads

    • super convenient for the first few days and weeks because you don’t need to keep them in the freezer, you break them and they turn cold.

• Frida Mom Hospital Packing Kit (kit with most items listed above included plus some additional items, I ended up needing to order more witch hazel cooling pad liners.) what’s included:

  • upside down peri bottle

  • disposable post partum underwear

  • delivery and nursing gown

    • this was great

  • labor and delivery socks

  • instant ice maxi pads

  • perineal cooling pad liners

  • perineal healing foam

  • travel essential bag

• Always xtra protection daily panty liners for women,

  • to wear with your frida mom hospital underwear to absorb the blood. I used these once I ran out of pads from the hospital. They’re nice and thin so they don’t take up a lot of space.

• Always discrete disposable underwear

  • great for the weeks following birth when you’re continuing to bleed but no longer needing to apply all of the healing products.

• Reusable ice packs with washable sleeves

  • great when you’re more mobile and at home with access to a freezer, we did have a freezer in our hospital room but all hospitals may not have this.

• A stool softener or laxative. The hospital gave me some and that’s all I needed.

• Lansinoh Lanolin Nipple Cream

  • for breastfeeding

  • Absolutely essential to have on hand and apply preventatively. I use this every few days or after I’m starting to feel sore from pumping and it really helps and I haven’t had any issues with cracking…etc.

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