Do I really need a towel in my hospital bag?

[MediumOrchid]

I've packed my hospital bag, and found some lists on the internet useful for prompts for what to pack. However, several of them list a towel. Do I really need to bring my own towel? Won't the hospital provide one?

Towels: Never not useful.

Pretzel: are you Ford Prefect?

iggi777, a towel has immense psychological value. It has a myriad of uses - a woman with a towel is a woman to be reckoned with.

One of the items I was most grateful to have with me (soft, comforting, dark beachtowel).
I was quite achey after the birth and don't think I'd have managed very well with a small, white offering.
It was far more useful than the jaffa cakes I packed!

Nah I just used the hospital ones. They were absolutely fine.

I never took towels. I took as little as possible as I wanted to be out quickly anyway lol!

I haven't had my own for either dc and I'm not troubled by that!

There isn't one in my bag for this baby either.

Manky hospital ones are fine. You leave them there after all!!

My hospital didn't provide towels. It never occurred to me that they would TBH, I'm sure they have enough washing to do!