So much for the rooms.
When it comes to the question of providing the outfit to be used in your personal care, the matter of nightgowns and the like will be determined by your tastes and your means, rather than by specific needs. But six or eight nightgowns, a warm bed jacket if the weather is cool, a dressing-gown and a pair of slippers, will probably be enough to keep you fresh and comfortable, so far as these things are concerned, whether you are in a hospital or at home.
But the preparation of necessary dressings and other articles for a home confinement is a different matter and you should learn the wishes of your doctor concerning them.
If his instructions are not specific, you may find that the following lists will be helpful guides in assembling an equipment which will prove adequate to meet the ordinary requirements of a home confinement. Most of the articles listed, or satisfactory substitutes, are to be found in the average household, but they should be gotten together in one place so as to be ready at a moment’s notice.
For the Confinement and Your Own Care:
Plenty of sheets, pillow cases and towels.
4 sanitary belts.
1 piece rubber sheeting or oil cloth, 1 × 1½ yards.
1 piece rubber sheeting or oilcloth, 2 × 1½ yards.
Two or three dozen safety-pins.