Snacks!

I am 34+4 and starting to think about the hospital bag.
Have got a good list going regarding clothes and toiletries are concerned but I'm thinking what food to bring!
With my first boy I was in the hospital for 19hrs all in all and defo didn't have enough food!
We are vegetarian so no meaty recommendations please! 💚
Obvs not going to start packing the food now, just trying to think ahead!
Thanks 🌻

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Pack any types of snacks you want and fancy eating while you are there, I’m not a vegetarian so I wouldn’t know what types of snacks are and not, but I did a whole bag of breakfast bars, crisps and chocolate and I forgot to actually take them. Plus while I was at hospital I ordered food to the hospital.

Nuts mixes, Lucozade, chocolate if you like it, some cheese / savoury snacks

Honestly loved have Lucozade flapjacks and chocolate rice cakes. I found it nice to bring a pack of individually wrapped stuff. The morning after my partner went to Costa and I had a full fat Coke to celebrate my hard work

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Honestly I took a lot of snacks and barley used any I feel like it depends on the birth your having if your having a medicated birth like an epidural snacks and electrolytes would be great but when I had mine I did a natural birth with no pain relief and I was in active labour for 31 hours so eating was not on the cards for me x

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