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The Denver/Lake Norman Rotary will be packing birthing kits at its meeting on April 27th. The Birthing Kit Supply List below contains a description of each birthing kit supply product as well as a hyperlink to the product on Amazon. The Amazon hyperlinks are provided simply for ease and convenience’s sake and to give more information about the supplies. The supplies can be purchased from any other store or collected from donations.
For those who have asked about making a donation you can make checks payable to the Denver/Lake Norman Rotary Foundation. Notate "Birthing Kits" in the memo line.
For those who have asked about making a donation you can make checks payable to the Denver/Lake Norman Rotary Foundation. Notate "Birthing Kits" in the memo line.
Birthing Kit Checklist Supplies
_____ One bar of soap
_____ One pair of plastic gloves
_____ Five squares of gauze
_____ One 6" disposable #10 scalpel
_____ Three pieces soft cotton string
_____ One plastic sheet
_____ One gallon Ziplock freezer bag
_____ One flannel receiving blanket
_____ One under pad
Click on "Read More" for a description of each birthing kit supply product as well as a hyperlink to the product on Amazon.
The hyperlinks are provided for ease and convenience’s sake and to give more information about the supplies. The supplies can be purchased from other stores or collected from donations.
Thank you so much for your participation and support!
- One bar of soap 1.74 x 1 x 1 inches (for the birth attendant to wash her hands). Use a hotel-size soap or cut a regular bar of soap into 1/8-sized pieces. (Microwave the bar of soap for 30 seconds to soften it for cutting)
- One pair of plastic gloves 8 x 5 inches, if gloves are thin include 2 sets (for the birth attendant to wear).
- Five squares of gauze (to wipe the mother’s perineum and baby’s eyes). Individually (preferred) wrapped gauze pieces should be about 10 x 10 centimeters or 3 x 3 inches. On Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Band-Aid-Johnson-Medium-Gauze-Sterile/dp/B0019ST3DC
- One disposable #10 scalpel six inches long (to cut the cord). On Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/TruMed-1001-Disposable-High-Carbon-Individually/dp/B073VLV51Y/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=10+disposable+scalpel&qid=1553789820&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1
- Three pieces of SOFT, cotton string (two for tying the cord, one for “just in case”). String should be about 10 inches long. A good (but more expensive) alternative is umbilical tape. https://www.amazon.com/JorVet-J0025UC-Umbilical-Tape-20yds/dp/B0042LA9YK/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=umbilical+tape&qid=1553803839&s=gateway&sr=8-1
- One plastic sheet (for a clean birthing surface). Sheet should be 4 ml thick, approximately 36 x 72 inches, and can be purchased at a hardware store. Easiest to buy in bulk on Amazon.com or hardware store – and cut into pieces. https://www.amazon.com/Husky-Plastic-Sheeting-Clear-100ft/dp/B000VYN0D4/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=4ml+clear+plastic&qid=1553789092&s=gateway&sr=8-2 If you buy 12 feet wide (it comes folded in box), you can cut into 3 pieces x 72 inches.
- One gallon-size ziplock freezer bag 11 x 11 inches — preferably the type without a “zipper” which can pop off when the bags are flattened for packing. The bag is used to pack the contents of the kit and can be used for cleanup after the birth.
- One flannel receiving blanket https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076TH4H33/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
- One Underpad https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0851KHS15/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1