🧳 Maternity suitcase: the checklist of essentials for mom and baby + the O’CAOU bag

🧳 Valise maternité : la checklist des essentiels pour maman et bébé + le sac O’CAOU

📆 When to prepare your maternity bag?

At one month to go, the big day is approaching… but you never really know when the baby will decide to arrive!
The 9ᵉ month is often synonymous with fatigue, between the weight of the baby and the energy it requires.

So to avoid last-minute stress, it's better to anticipate: start now to prepare your maternity bag and your diaper bag, for yourself and for your baby.

After giving birth, one is often exhausted, with only one desire: to rest and enjoy the newborn. Having everything at hand from the start makes all the difference.

👜 The essentials for maternity

👶 For baby :

  • 5 to 6 bodysuits (newborn and 1 month size)
  • 5 pajamas
  • 1 or 2 hats
  • 1 sleeping bag (sleeping bag)
  • Socks and mittens
  • An outfit for going out
  • Diapers (if not provided by the maternity ward)
  • Muslins
  • A soft blanket or a maxi muslin

🧑 For the mom :

  • Open nightgowns (pratiques pour allaiter)
  • Comfortable clothing
  • Disposable panties or large cotton panties
  • Special maternity sanitary pads
  • Nursing bras
  • Toiletry bag (brush, mild soap, toothpaste, cream…)
  • Bath towel
  • Sandals or slippers
  • Phone charger

📝 Don't forget :

  • Maternity file
  • Blood type card
  • Health insurance card and mutual insurance
  • Family record book or early recognition act
  • Some change or a bank card
  • A charged phone or a camera 📷

🎒 Why the O’CAOU bag can help you :

  • It has labeled pockets to guide you and take only the bare essentials.
  • It gathers baby essentials intuitively.
  • It centralizes everything needed for: feeding, cuddling, changing, and cleaning baby.
  • It adapts to small spaces, like a hospital room.
  • The items are categorized, making them easy to find.
  • At the exit, it attaches to the stroller or the car seat.
  • It is compact and lightweight, ideal when you are still tired and looking for simplicity.

🧡 What I put in my O’CAOU bag :

  • The health record
  • Saline solution and compresses
  • Cleansing cream for the bottom
  • Diapers
  • A change of clothes
  • 1 or 2 pacifiers
  • A comfort object
  • A bottle of water
  • A swaddle or a bib
  • And if I don't breastfeed: a bottle with infant milk pods

This is the real changing bag: compact, lightweight, practical, and very functional.

👉 Discover the O’CAOU bag

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