In terms of food, comfort, stuff from the pharmacy what were you glad you already had at home?

What made life a little easier for you in those first few days? My husband doesn't drive (once a NY'er, always a NY'er...*sigh*), so I'm trying to assemble everything now.

Anyway, now that you're on the 'other' side of the proverbial band, what do you guys recommend I have waiting for me at home from the grocery/pharmacy?

So far, I have,

From the pharm:

Gas-x strips

Rx filled for painkiller

Pill cutter/crusher

Kelo-cote

From Target/Grocery:

Jello pudding (I hate regular clear jello)

Applesauce

Tea

broth

Cream Soups (mushroom, chicken, tomato - all without stuff in it)

Crystal Light

Muscle Milk shakes

Water (obviously)

Little 3oz cups to put the stuff in

I know that I'm going to need the pillow fort to sleep at night. Thankfully, I'm pretty good at building one from all the experience of the pregnancies .

Anything else? Can I do small amts (think 1-2 tsp in a 2c.) of tiny well done pastina in broth if I blenderise it just to give it some oomph?

Thanks!

-m

By far my best friend was the heating pad. I brought it to the hospital with me and to this day, use it :thumbup: So comforting on a sore tummy and now it helps when I have gas pain, but that might be TMI. LOL

Cyrena

DOB: 1/19/07

240/141/145

start/now/goal

Dr. Aceves, Mexicali

Cyrena's Weight Loss Journey

My family and my pain medication.

1. Sis in law

2. A good chicken broth...taste it before surgery

3. Pain meds

4. Lots of water

5. My favorite pillow

what I used most of all for the first 3 days and nights was my recliner, a heating pad, and a pillow :thumbup:

I gotta agree, Recliner, heating pad and pillow were VERY important. I would have gotton no sleep for days without them.

Broth and a pill cutter also.

milk of magnesia...slimfast...my husband!

I had my house so organised and clean, that I have had no guilt at all to lay around doing NOTHING for several days.

I have been grateful I bought some V8 vegetable juice - heated up in the microwave with some pepper - the broth is starting to make me feel a little sick.

Some unsweetened cocoa with warm milk of a night before bed has been very soothing.

Oh, and lovely boyfriend calling in to see me every night, doing any chores, but going home to his own house so I can get rid of the gas without holding back :-)

Edited April 10, 200818 yr by Luscious