Private room-scented candles?

[Rowanhart]

Having a casaerian on Thursday so will be in for three or four days.

I hate the smell of hospitals. Also dont fancy it being baby's first smells either. Wondered whether anyone had taken an oil burner or scented candles in with them?

the room probably has piped compressed gasses for emergencies so I'd say no, what about some oils in your pillow?

No chance. Fire risk, health and safety would go mad.

Or oil in a dish of water or on cotton wool?

The room will be hot anyway so it'll diffuse anyway, you don't need a burner

QTPie makes a good point, my DS would get REALLY frantically upset if I wore any perfumed body lotions or purfumes, he hated it! he would scream as he tried to feed I'd have to go and shower in un scented stuff then he'd be fine. the baby wants to smell you not chemicals

Wow didn't know about the baby perfume thing. I'd have been flummoxed...

Thanks for the responses. Spray it is...

it might have just been mine??? but I imagine when air first hits your nostrels it is pretty overwhelming anyway without extra over powering chemicals. Purfumes give lots of adults headaches so why not babies I suppose.

I'll have lavender on my pillow to help with labour but hopefully as that's pretty pure and natural it wont bother the baby too much????

They won't allow a candle I'm afraid, but if you can find a nice subtle scent that isn't overpowering you could use that. Second what everyone else says about unscented body wash etc, even a bit of deodorant can confuse a newborn with regards to breast feeding, at that stage their main senses are touch and smell, which are very sensitive, much more so than ours.

I had camomile and lavender in a mug of hot water to help me dilate by my midwife in labour.

Maybe a room and linen spray? Body shop do some nice ones!
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You can get electric oil burners (it's a little ceramic thing that you plug in and it heats up) - maybe they would let you have one of those?

Oops just checked the date. You're in hospital now I hope it goes well!!

First baby I take it?

Good luck, I expect the smell of the room will be soon forgotten. I do remember the smell of a bunch of flowers making me puke in labour though.

i used candles in the hospital with ds2 and dd1,they said it was fine?