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Hello! I am the Program Manager for I Am Next, the Nashville/Middle TN based nonprofit that works with youth who have aged out of foster care. We have one young adult who is 19 and pregnant with her first child. She is one of our youth that is putting the most effort into her future. She is a current CNA, in nursing school, thinking about joining the military, and is expecting her first child at the beginning of August. She has requested some postpartum supplies to help her body physically recover. This is a list of things she sent me: postpartum pads, disposable postpartum underwear, ice packs, witch hazel pads, peri bottle, stool softeners, comfortable clothing, sitz bath, nursing bras, breast pads, and nipple care products. The $200 is an estimate; there could be a package out there on Amazon or somewhere that has a handful of this stuff in a bundle for cheaper.
If you would like to help with these items, I can provide you with her address to mail them to or deliver them to her door and meet her. She is going to be a great mom, and we really see the effort she is making to find sustainable independence.