Home birth help ! Old towels/sheets wanted

[Peggym]

Hiya random request but does anyone have any old towels or sheets they would be willing to give away or sell to me for as little as possible ? I'm planning a home birth but having moved back to the country I have none of these to use myself. Would rather not buy new considering they will probably have to be disposed of afterwards. Condition doesn't matter. Thanks

[sanity girl]

I've sent you a PM

[Redmeghan]

I had a home birth 18 months ago and am planning another in 7 weeks time - it was far less messy than anticipated! And towels that were used came out clean - though we did opt for the darker coloured ones in our motley collection! Know that's not the help you need but good to know!

Have a great birth!

[ana maria]

I had dozens of bed mats and towels of all sizes and ended up using 1 towel that went in the wash afterwards and a handful of mats. If you don't find the towels here you can always buy them in the charity shops. Best of luck xx

[Mantlebees]

Hi Peggy, great to hear you are planning a home birth! I agree with Redmeghan - for my first home birth I borrowed a huge pile of old towels and ended up not really using any, certainly none were ruined anyway. I also covered the floor with industrial type plastic sheeting, which was totally unnecessary too! For my second home birth I just bought a couple of shower curtains from the pound shop to protect the floor and sofa, and used my regular towels, all of which were totally fine after a wash. It really isn't as messy as you might think!

Good luck!

[pandrns]

Just to say we put Argos shower curtains down under our water pool and sofas for our home water birth. they cost ?5 each.