Any suggestions for what I should take with me? Perhaps something you wished you had taken? Also, what drinks did you take for the trip back home?

I don't actually own any bras without underwires, do you think I should invest in one or can I make do with the underwire bras? They're so expensive, I'd hate to spend 50$ on something that I'll wear a week and then never again. I work from home so I don't even really need to wear a bra when I'm at home.

I was thinking of bringing some saline nasal spray, I'm afraid that without Water it'll get dry, dry mouth, dry nose! Hopefully they let me rinse my mouth out a lot, I think the dryness will be the worst part for me.

I'm bringing my iPad and I'll make sure it has a lot of tv shows and movies on it, and I also have Netflix so if the wi-fi is fast enough then I can watch that too.

I am with you on this, I do not own any bras with out underwires and I also work from home so I hardly wear bras at all unless going out lol I love it when I can find others that can relate

I am also packing a little pillow as I heard it helps to place inbetween the seatbelt and the tummy on the way home.

If you are going to Dr. Alvarez, he gives you a tummy pillow to take home with you not sure what surgeon you are all using though.

I wore home what I wore to the hospital. Slip on shoes. Bottled water for after discharge. Basic toiletries including Biotin mouth spray, chap stick. Did not use my Gas-X, but did have it. When walking in the hospital wore 2 gowns: one as a regular gown with the second worn as a robe. Took my shower at the hotel thursday. Arrived on a Tuesday, surgery same day, walked & walked Wednesday, discharged fairly early Thursday morning. Read a little, played a few games on my phone. Mostly walked and rested in between. Tried to keep my packing light.

I understand the wisdom of having a pillow to press to your incisions when you cough or need to get up or do something like that, it was a real lifesaver when I had my c-section. I guess I just figured that hospitals would let us have an extra pillow for this use if we asked them, I guess that's not the case? I'm only packing a carry on and a pillow would take up half of it.

Dr Alvarez gives you a pillow, but I didn't need it. Remember, these are laproscopic incisions, not a big long incision like with a c-section. However, I think Bed, Bath & Beyond has those squishy pillows that aren't too big.

Really I packed light and it was still to much! I went through ready for a change and sleeved by Garcia in tj, Mexico. I was in a hospital gown for a while then in 1 pair of pjs. Bring the usual tooth brush, hair brush, hair ties.... My surgeon actually had lip balm, tooth brush, paste read for me there grab some undies n loose clothes for when you out in public then your set!