5 Things to Add to Your Baby Registry
That Have Nothing to Do with the Baby

By the time most moms finish building their baby registry, they have researched strollers for weeks, compared four different white noise machines, and spent an hour on the right swaddle blanket.

And almost none of them have added a single thing for themselves.

This is not a small oversight. The fourth trimester, those first twelve weeks after birth, is one of the most physically and emotionally demanding seasons of a woman’s life. And yet the registry, the one tool we have to communicate what we need, is almost entirely focused on the baby.

Here are five things worth adding before your due date. Not for the baby. For you.

• 1

  Meal Support

  Meal support built into your registry means your village can sign up, choose how they want to help, and show up without you having to ask or coordinate a thing. When it lives alongside your stroller and swaddle sack, it gets the same attention. That is exactly what the Village Table at My True Village is designed to do. Join the waitlist to be the first to know when it launches.

• 2

  A Postpartum Recovery Kit

  Peri bottles, sitz bath salts, herbal pads, nipple cream, a good nursing pillow. The things your body actually needs in the first weeks home. Most people do not think to add these to a registry, but they are some of the most used items in the entire postpartum season. A pre-made bundle makes it easy for your village to gift something genuinely useful.

• 3

  Comfortable Postpartum Clothing

  Nursing bras, postpartum underwear, a good robe, loose comfortable loungewear. Things you will live in for weeks but rarely think to register for because they feel too personal. They are not. They are essential. Soft, breathable fabrics that accommodate a changing body and make middle-of-the-night nursing sessions just a little more manageable.

• 4

  A Newborn Photographer Session

  Something for the mom to treasure, not just the baby. A professional session in those first two weeks captures a moment that disappears fast, and it is something most families want but do not think to budget for ahead of time. Adding it to your registry signals that your experience of this season matters too. You can find local newborn photographers through Thumbtack or The Knot.

• 5

  Postpartum Support Sessions

  A session with a postpartum doula, a lactation consultant, or a pelvic floor therapist. These are the professionals who actually support your recovery, and they are almost never on a registry. Adding even one or two sessions signals to your village that your healing matters, not just your baby’s comfort. Find a certified postpartum doula through Doula Match or a lactation consultant through the ILCA directory.

The registry is a communication tool

It tells your village what you actually need. And what most new moms need is not another baby gadget. It is real, tangible support during one of the hardest transitions of their lives.

You deserve to be on your own registry. Start there.