home sweet home?

today we got to leave the hospital and head home. eek! we haven't forgotten our first night home with bridget, which was absolute pandemonium, so we are a little bit nervous. it is strange because you want nothing more than to leave the hospital, but there's such security there that you wouldn't mind moving in for a month or so. like i said - eek!

so, since we are leaving, we got to stock up on all the post partem goodies we could fit into the nice new diaper bag they gave us.

first and foremost, the little squeeze bottle that is mandatory for the survival of anyone who has given birth - save you c-section chicks.

second - and almost as equally important - is the container of witch hazel soaked pads and diflucan to soothe the, er, stitches.

next - colase

fourth - special gauzy underwear. i loved it the first time and realized why this time during the cramping period. these are the greatest things in the world because you need underwear but these put NO pressure on your stomach at all. this is important because any pressure whatsoever can result in the return of the wickedly vicious "afterpains."

fifth and so on - all the diapers, pads, wipes, alcohol prep pads and onesies that we had left.