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?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Dry shampoo, face wipes, squash and decent decaf coffee

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

Maybe comfy pjs if you know her size?

Thanks for all the advice!

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!