And its charger. This is important to inform your loved ones of the arrival of your newborn baby, so you will need some battery … Moreover, you can also prepare a list of all the people to be notified, with their numbers.

Lots of coins. What to refuel from coffee distributors – which do not accept tickets or credit cards – and stay awake when your dear and loving will need all your support … Because if you know when you arrive, you never know how many time you will stay. You can also put food in your bag, such as chocolate, dried fruits, cookies, candies… Because you will inevitably want to snack. Now is not the time to think about diet.

Plan two outfits. To make you feel comfortable, and to avoid feeling the sweat when your heir arrives. Another essential, comfortable shoes for pacing. To keep breath fresh, also take a toothbrush and toothpaste.

A photographer will probably come by to offer you to immortalize all these indelible moments. But we can only recommend that you also bring your camera, to multiply the pictures with the grandparents and all the relatives. Check that you also took the charger, one or two batteries, and one or two SD card (s). You can still use your smartphone to collect the memorabilia, but for the quality of the pictures, nothing beats a real device.

In short, what to take care of during any quieter moments. Novels, or works from which to draw precious advice, or testimonies full of tenderness: “I am a dad – 28 days to find your marks”, by Yannick Vicente and Alix Lefief-Delcourt, ed. Delcourt; “I was not expecting that – Tender and uninhibited confidences of a committed dad”, by Alexandre Marcel, ed. Larousse ; or “Le cahier jeune papa” by Benjamin Muller, First ed. Even more useful books if this is your first child. As for video games and music, if you can use them offline, that’s ideal. This will allow you not to be dependent on the maternity hospital wifi … A tablet can also keep you busy for long hours, for example watching a good movie.

The arrival of a child, as magnificent as it is, is not without stress. If you’ve been thinking about downloading meditation episodes to listen to offline, this will help you get through this time as well as possible. Headspace, Mind, Small bamboo, etc. So many very well thought-out meditation applications in which you will inevitably find your happiness.

You can give it back home or as soon as your baby shows off her cute little face in the maternity ward. Up to you. To think about your dear and tender one, you can also take a massage oil with you, to offer her a foot massage, if she likes it.

The motherhood should have thought about it, but it is better to take a bottle with you, to be sure that the relatives who come to visit you have their hands clean before putting them on your baby.

This list, far from being exhaustive, should be supplemented with what is essential to you. Pack of cigarettes and lighter, if you are a smoker. Tobacco is bad for your health, it is well known. But quitting smoking the day your child arrives may not be the best time.

Here you are, thanks to this survival kit, you are now ready. All you have to do is enjoy these moments.