Diaper Cake: Postpartum Edition
Postpartum matters. I think the majority of my time being pregnant was focused on the nursery, birth plan, and buying cute babies clothes I didn’t need. If I could go back in time, I would make a better postpartum plan. My best friend is having her first baby in March, so I made her a diaper cake for her baby shower!
I delivered my daughter early via emergency cesarean, and my bestie is planning a vaginal delivery. The products on this list are ones that can be used for both vaginal and abdominal births, so this is a great gift for all postpartum parents! Here’s a video showing you how I assembled the diaper cake and affiliate links to the supplies I used:
Depends Diapers
I love them for the easy on and off, the price point is more cost effective than disposable underwear, and you can wear them without adding a pad, or add a padsicle to them for extra relief. If you have a cesarean, these go waaaay above your incision without adding any discomfort or pressure!
FridaMom Upside Down Peri Bottle
This is the G.O.A.T. of postpartum recovery! This is the one thing on this list I recommend taking to your hospital or birth center (stock up on all the hospital freebies, but their peri bottles just don’t compare to the FridaMom!). With the upside down head, you don’t have to hunch over and can easily aim the warm water towards your perineum while you pee. I could NOT use a regular peri bottle without pain from bending at my cesarean incision, so the Frida was a must and I here from my clients with vaginal deliveries they loved it too!
Dermoplast
The blue lid Dermoplast is on almost every hospital bag checklist for a reason, the numbing effect of the benzocaine is soothing for vaginal tearing, stitches, and any hemorrhoids you may have. Some hospitals will give you a topical analgesic spray, but mine did not so this is something else I would recommend bringing to the hospital as well.
MotherLove Sitz Bath Spray
This is the only organic spray that actually sprays upside down on the market (you just remove the straw in the bottle). The witch hazel in this makes it perfect for healing hemorrhoids and the soothing herbs in this are soothing, not cooling (no menthol, analgesics, or peppermint). You can use this as a spray or soak your pads in it and toss them in the freezer for a quick DIY padsicle. If you don’t have a vaginal delivery, this spray is still incredible for any discomfort having a catheter for your cesarean may have caused.
Extra Long Phone Charger
So this one doesn’t HAVE to be kept in the bathroom basket, but it can be handy to have for those first few postpartum poops, hospital stays, and labor (if you haven’t thought of laboring backwards on the toilet, don’t knock it till you try it!).
Lip Balm
I included an organic hydrating lip balm because the hormone changes postpartum can make you feel thirsty and leave your lips cracked. Keeping lip balm nearby for labor, the diaper bag, and at your breastfeeding station or basket can be helpful, so I threw in quite a few!
Assembling the Basket
To put everything together I used extra large rubber bands, scissors, ribbon, a clear gift bag, and I used a cup as the center while I created the circle (then removed the cup and filled the base with more diapers and the top layer with the FridaMom peri bottle). When it was complete I put the cake inside a cellophane gift bag from the Dollar Tree. It took me less than ten minutes to roll and assemble this diaper cake, and it was so much fun to create!
What’s one postpartum product you can’t live without? If you do make a postpartum diaper cake, send me pictures!
