Prepping for Females

While you may easily plan for yourself, you should plan for any daughters, nieces, aunts, mothers, or grandmothers that are related to you that may have to move onto your property. I’m sure there’s something that I could have forgotten but I’d tried to think about numerous situations.

I’m going to give you a shopping list of things that you need to get stocked into your preparedness supplies, because just like that person in the grocery store the day of the hurricane striking, you don’t want to be the person having to fight over milk and bread.

Feminine Hygiene –

• Non-Disposable Sanitary Cups (Diva cups, etc.)
• Empty Squirt Bottles (for washing private areas with clean water)
• Period Underwear
• Disposable Pads
• Tampons
• Disposable Sanitary Cups

Pregnancy & Fertility–

• Prenatal Vitamins
• Birthing Kit
• Pregnancy Tests
• Condoms
• Birth Control Pills/Patches/Etc.
• Instant Ice Sanitary Pads (for after birthing)

Hygiene Supplies –

• Hairbrush & Comb
• Shampoo & Conditioner
• Toothbrush & Toothpaste
• Deodorant
• Hand & Body Lotion
• Razors & Shaving Cream
• Bar & Liquid Soap

Misc. Supplies –

• BoB (Bug out Bag) Packed & Ready
• Books on Home Ec. Skills, First Aid & Gardening
• Water & Water Filtration Products
• Bike with basket or some other accessory to carry supplies
• Basic Tools (Don’t buy her any of that pink crap neither, you want long lasting and well-reviewed tools like you would use)
• Food (Don’t even attempt to decide what foods to give her, if she isn’t a prepper already then just give some guidelines on what to stock up on in her BoB, car emergency supplies, and general stockpile.)
• Junk Wallet & Phone (These are for you to keep in an easy to grab pocket just in case something goes wrong. Put a couple dollars and some old business cards from companies you aren’t involved with in the wallet. The phone should ideally have a crack or two, no chip and no way to trace you.)
• Heating Pads & Ice Packs
• Eating Utensils & Dishes
• Small AM/FM radio
• Season appropriate clothes & shoes
• Tent & Sleeping Bag
• Sewing Kit
• Flashlight & Batteries

Medications & First Aid

• Basic First Aid Kit (ready-made kits available at most pharmacies)
• Midol, Monistat, Any other OTC’s
• Non-Prenatal Vitamins (depending on age of female)
• 1 month supply of every prescription med you have (Most preppers recommend 3 days, but can you look at the devastation of Lahaina and tell me they will absolutely have a pharmacy up and running in 3 days’ time.)
• UTI Test Strips

Calming Tools

• Chocolate or Candy
• Age-appropriate coloring books (yes, there are adult coloring books)
• Anything Lisa Frank (or whatever generational nostalgia she would enjoy)
• Fiction books