This list was compiled with the input of several women who gave birth at Santa Lucia Hospital.
Check-in: Your spouse or partner will check you in, and depending on how far advanced your labor is, you will be taken to a recovery room (to labor) or the delivery room.
- Bring the guarantee of payment (garante o pagamento) from the embassy to avoid up-front deposit requests
- A paper with your name, address, phone number, CPF, etc in portuguese
Bring the following because it can be difficult (or impossible) to obtain from the nursing staff:
o Robe
o Birthing ball
o Gatorade or Agua de Coco
o Fruits and snacks (hospital meals are spartan and heavy on rice and beans)
o Clothes for the baby in the delivery room (they only provide a diaper and thin blanket)
o Tylenol/Ibuprofen
o Ice-pack pads for perineal swelling or tears
o Heavy-flow disposable absorbent pads (kotex)
o Pillow from home
o Lots of cash - bills start coming immediately
o Food for spouse or partner (meals are only provided for the mother)
Check-in: Your spouse or partner will check you in, and depending on how far advanced your labor is, you will be taken to a recovery room (to labor) or the delivery room.
- Bring the guarantee of payment (garante o pagamento) from the embassy to avoid up-front deposit requests
- A paper with your name, address, phone number, CPF, etc in portuguese
Bring the following because it can be difficult (or impossible) to obtain from the nursing staff:
o Robe
o Birthing ball
o Gatorade or Agua de Coco
o Fruits and snacks (hospital meals are spartan and heavy on rice and beans)
o Clothes for the baby in the delivery room (they only provide a diaper and thin blanket)
o Tylenol/Ibuprofen
o Ice-pack pads for perineal swelling or tears
o Heavy-flow disposable absorbent pads (kotex)
o Pillow from home
o Lots of cash - bills start coming immediately
o Food for spouse or partner (meals are only provided for the mother)
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