29/04/2026
Your baby Shower registry should ALWAYS include :
** Multi Mamm Ni**le Compresses. ABSOLUTE LIFE SAVER
** Breast feeding pillow : the only way to keep your back in any decent condition
** A massage mat or even better a prepaid package of massages : Your body will ache in ways you never knew possible and self care is critical
** a CLEANER : get someone to come round and clean for you. (and Laundry too if possible)
** Frozen meals : a freezer full of food you love not the tuna bake that is all Carol can make (step up Carol: learn a recipe!)
** pre ordered basic groceries on delivery app : set up your usual staples on the delivery app and get them on repeat. REMEMBER to add nappies!
** Sudocreme : the original, the best.
** a Hairdresser to come to your house : see section on Self care.
** a Soda Stream so you can have bubbly water any time to keep you hydrated if you choose to breastfeed
** a breast pump : pumping can give you a break from feeding when it all becomes too much
** subscription to a new streaming service : so you've seemthing new to watch at 3am
** bedside sleep bassinet on wheels : so much easier to be able to move the baby around with you
** baby carrier : 2 or 3. Make sure you can feed in it if you intend to breastfeed. And have spares to store in car boots and grand[arents.
** Convertible pram or pushchair that has 1 hand action and washable covers. Stuff taking that apart when you are wrangling a baby, bags, keys and your sanity!
** Belly wrap or support : the support your uterus as it returns to normal size and your lower back while you develop a Core of Steel from carrying your child everywhere
**Puppy p*e pads : brilliant On The Go baby changing mats. Catch any unexpected p*es or poos and drop straight into the wastbin. (and clean so when you lay your precious baby on that public toliet change table you don't have to wory about all the germs)
** Portacot : preferably 1 hand action again (Baby Bjorn do a cracker). And bloody useful for peace of mind when they learn to crawl. Stick the child in and find them where you left them 5 minutes later instead of in the dogs bowl tasting Chum for the first time.....
** a Joy Stick (aka Vi****or). This is ESSENTIAL in labour. This will enable you to stay in charge of your birthing and keep doctors hand out of your birth canal for longer
** a Hypnobirthing Weekend or Programme : the ULTIMATE baby shower gift : the world class leading training that is evidence backed PROOF of improving medical outcomes for mother baby and supporters. Learn from the Mongan Method providers , The original programme and still the Global leader and best in field.
** 3 post birth sessions with a Pelvic Floor Consultant (aka Va**na Doctor). This is included as part of public health in many countries. Your future Trampolining life depends on you repairing the under carriage properly
Things to avoid
** cot. Pointless but good for storing toys......
** any onesie that only does up from top down. You will lose a limb if you buy one of those
** any outfits with lots of fiddly buttons and pretty bow bits. Again, at risk of losing a limb or at the least a friendship.
** lots of newborn clothes : they rip through that stuff at an outrageous pace of growth. Get the 6 month old stuff and have lovely things to enjoy for more than a day
** shoes. Give yourself a break. You've enough to do without wrestling a new born and constantly picking up shoes they kick off
Birthing is the wedding, parenting is the marriage.
Get prepped to parent as well as birth and life will be a smoother shift to the new world of Mums and Dads (or Mama or Mumma or MumMum or Mater or whatever your choose to be known by, or whatever your child chooses to call you (I'm Barbie.... it's a long story)
