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Packing List for Hospital Birth Not sure what to bring to hospital? Please use this list as a suggested guide to help plan the right items for your stay. You may not need or wish to bring everything on the list.

For more information on your care in the days after your baby is born, please refer to our Family Newborn Care Unit page. For information about caring for your baby, please refer to our Infant Health and Care page.

After your baby is born, you will stay on the Birth Unit for a few hours before moving to the Family Newborn Care Unit. In some cases, babies need to be admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for specialized care. Depending on who your care provider was during pregnancy...

Obstetrical care at IWK Health is available 24 hours a day. Any pregnant individuals requiring assessment of labour or any urgent pregnancy concerns can come to IWK Health and register in the Admitting & Registration Department, located on the 2nd floor of the Women's site. Early Labour Assessment Unit (ELAU)...

IWK Health promotes, protects, and supports breastfeeding. The nurses that work on the Family Newborn Care Unit can assist you with breastfeeding while you are in the hospital. Why breastfeed? Parent’s own milk is the best nutrition and provides specific immune protection for the baby. Breast milk contains a wide...

Donor Milk There are many benefits to breastfeeding, however, in some special situations, there may be unique challenges to breastfeeding your baby. The safest alternative to your own breastmilk is pasteurized donor milk from a regulated human milk bank. If you choose to use breast milk from another source you...