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Labour essentials
Postpartum essentials
If you are having a c-section
For your support person
From Australian midwives
Four things they wish every parent knew
Activate ice pads in hospital, from the very first postpartum bathroom trip.
Fill the peri bottle before you sit down, every time.
Rest reduces lochia. Physical activity directly increases postpartum bleeding.
Book your pelvic floor physio at 2 to 3 weeks postpartum, not six.
When to seek help
Soaking more than one pad per hour for two or more hours, or clots larger than a 50-cent coin.
Fever, increasing pain, or unusual discharge or smell from any wound.
Increasing redness, heat or swelling at the c-section incision.
Dizziness, faintness or rapid heart rate with heavy bleeding: call 000 immediately.
13 HEALTH: 13 43 25 84 · 24-hour nurse advice, anywhere in Australia
PANDA: 1300 726 306 · Postnatal anxiety and depression support
Your midwife · First contact for any postpartum concern in the first week
The postpartum essentials, in one order
The Labour & Delivery Kit covers this list.
Gown · Socks · Peri bottle · Ice pads · Underwear · Cooling liners · Perineal foam · Caddy
