What is the best thing I can take to friend in hospital?

[Muse84]

That's it really! She had a c section and I'm visiting quickly tomorrow ....I'm thinking nice snacks and treats that she doesn't have to carry home?

[Rhubarbtart9]

Chocolate. Dried apricots for her bowls. Nice flavoured water. Grapes. Newspaper.

[gluteustothemaximus]

Definitely yummy food and drink. Food in hospital is not great.

Maybe a magazine? Congratulations to your friend

Also, some paracetamol so she doesn't have to keep asking, or waiting for if she needs it.

[user1497557435]

Hugs & support x
No paracetamol - that's the medics job.

[donajimena]

How long will she be in for? If she's going home tomorrow I'd suggest a card and a present for baby (outfit or a voucher)
I always buy my new mum friends something for themselves such aa perfume, chocs or cash with the instructions to spend it on themselves not the baby. In reality I don't care what they spend it on. I absolutely loved receiving gifts for the baby but I also felt really special having something especially for me

[AtSea1979]

Yes paracetamol, good idea. No apricots, yuk! Nice snacks, not chocolate she probably has loads of that. Something savoury that will keep at room temperature.

[user1471495191]

To the person who said no to paracetamol - my hospital said it was good I'd brought my own! Back home my afterpajns were horrific and I asked my first visitors to bring paracetamol as we were limited in what we could buy ourselves.

[donajimena]

That sounds like I dictate not to spend money on the bundle of joy
I don't mean it like that.

[user1471495191]

I agree with easy to eat foods - cake bars, grapes, prepped strawberries, paracetamol and some nice lip balm / small hand cream...

[LadyMonicaBaddingham]

gin and tonic in a can I snuck a tin into a friend's hospital bag and it was her best thing

[ginflumpsandzebraprint]

Dry shampoo, face wipes, squash and decent decaf coffee

[AtSea1979]

Yy decent coffee. Not sure about the alcohol unless you know for sure she isn't breastfeeding

[Lizibet]

Maybe comfy pjs if you know her size?

[Muse84]

Thanks for all the advice!

[ClaraLane]

I've just had a section and one of my friends advised me to take in some nice smelling shower gel and shampoo as well as moisturiser to make me feel a bit more like myself and I must say that it really worked. The other thing I'd say I would have appreciated was a decent sized water bottle because the glasses you get with the jugs in there are tiny and I was constantly thirsty due to breastfeeding and the heat of the ward. My aunt bought my some lovely hand cream too because of all the hand washing I was doing with dirty nappies etc and I thought that was lovely. Plus snacks - anything she can eat one-handed like flapjack/cookies would be ideal. Congratulations to her!