Pregnancy Products That You Will Find Useful After Your Baby Is Born
When you become pregnant, you start to buy various convenient things that make everyday life easier. Many of these purchases will be useful not only to the expectant mother but also to the rest of the family.
1. Pillow for pregnant women
In the last months of pregnancy, a woman cannot sleep or lie without it. Even sitting for a long time is much more convenient with it.
After the birth of a baby, such a pillow will help to sit comfortably while breastfeeding the baby, serve as a barrier for the baby, and a positioner for sleeping. This will prevent the baby from rolling over on the stomach.
Pillows for pregnant women come in different shapes and sizes, but the most multifunctional is horseshoe-shaped, with a length of at least a meter.
2. Wrap top
This is a multi-purpose wardrobe item for both pregnant women and young mothers. Unlike tops on fasteners, it does not look like clothes for nursing or underwear, so it looks good at home, on the beach, and in the gym. If it is made of high-quality elastane, it will not stretch, will not lose shape and can serve even after completing breastfeeding.
3. Oversize snood or stole
The most convenient option is a snood (a scarf sewn into a ring) made of thin cotton or silk fabric.
In case it is long (at least two turns around the neck), it will not only decorate the neckline but also drape the growing tummy.
Young mothers could use a snood like a cape to feed in public places. A stole will cope well with the same “task”, but a snood does not slip down from the shoulders and is wrapped in a single motion.
4. Jacket and sling 2 in 1
These models differ from ordinary jackets with wide assemblies or removable abdominal inserts that allow you to wear such an item of clothing at any waist size. If you are planning to use a sling or a baby carrier kangaroo backpack, it is better to immediately buy the “3 in 1” option – a sling-jacket with a detachable insert for the baby.
5. Fitball
This item will be useful during gymnastics for pregnant women and during fitness for young mothers, as well as for exercising with the baby. When the child grows up a little, he/she will come up with many other ways of using that big ball.
6. Cream with lanolin
Purified sheep fat is used to prevent nipple cracks in breastfeeding women. However, not everyone knows that this is the best (and 100% natural) lip balm, so buying a tube of cream is a good idea without waiting for the childbirth.
7. Baby oil
All family members will find it suitable for skincare and massage. Besides, it will also help future mothers to prevent the appearance of stretch marks on their stomachs.
8. Diaper cream with zinc oxide
Such creams are indispensable in the first-aid kit: they perfectly cope with pimples, scratches, abrasions, and any other irritation types on the skin, including skin damage after shaving.
