My Midwife Home Visit: The Full Plan, My Labor Kit, and Postpartum Essentials
From emergency protocols to birth preferences, labor kit essentials, and how I'm preparing my space for the first forty days...
Things are starting to feel very real now. I’m 38 weeks and Elliott came at 38 weeks. I keep having to remind myself that this baby could be any day now. I’m eating in a way to keep this baby in until 40 weeks because those last two weeks matter so much for development, which I talked about more in this post HERE. So hoping we have two more weeks, but we’re prepared now just in case it’s sooner.
We just had our home visit with my midwife and this one was different from our regular appointments. Typically I go to her house but she came here specifically to go over all my supplies, walk through the full plan, and make sure everything’s in place. I always leave my appointments with her having learned something I didn’t know going in and this one was no different. I took notes on everything and I want to share all of it here, what she covered, what’s in my labor kit, and what I’m doing for postpartum recovery. I’m feeling more prepared for this birth than any of my others. Full post continues below for my Substack family:
If you missed my earlier pregnancy posts you can find them here: My Midwife’s Labor Prep Plan and My Complete Non Toxic Baby Registry Guide