Packing......

i packed too many nappies as the hospital i went to supplied them all while we were there. the clothes i packed for jack just went along for the ride also as we kept him in the hospital gown until he came home.
good luck roksana!!! i can't wait to hear about your new bubby!!

yeah id go for the razor to.. also in my labour bag i had hard lollies to suk on.. barley sugars because i wanted to eat somthing but didnt so the barley sugars were great.. thats all i can think of that made me feel better..

we packed music (didn't use), lollies (husband and midwife ate), powerade (husband drank), massage oil (never saw the light of day), dressing gown (too hot in the hospital for it), baby stuff (used hospital until he came home), a tennis ball (for some massage thing I read about and promptly fogot), camera (we actually used)

LOL Liz....I like that!

I know Ana I will try and stay home as long as I can...but might have to kill hubby in the process. Ive been getting major pain down there (every time bub moves) and hubby is like...Oh is it time? Oh are you okay? oh....ARRRGGGGG SHUT UP! I will tell you when it is time....but babe this is first time for you to..how would you know?.....I give up!!

I took a huuuuuge bottle of water to the hospital, only to discover that National Womens supplied it.

I did take clothes, but nothing half decent to go home in.

Heaps of knickers too, coz I seemed to be constantly changing them. And a blanket for Maya (I didn't take one, and they ended up wrapping her in a hospital blanket to go home.

Roksana. . .I know how you feel every time I make the smallest noise moving Josh always says "is it time?". Last night was the worst I kept having painful contractions and he'd notice my breathing would change and every time he'd say "are you having a contraction? are you? is the baby coming? should I call the midwife? Am I ment to boil some water or something?" It was driving me nuts. Spending most of my labour at home would probably have him so stressed out ringing the midwife every 5 minutes, I would be the one telling him to breath through it!! I must admit it is kind of cute seeing a grown man turn into a scared little puppy sometimes. I'd probably be the same if the rolls were reversed.

I went out and bought half a dozen black undies before I had Chloe but I found that since I had grazes I had to change my pad every hour I didn't really need so many. 48hours is the standard stay for a first time mum I think so I'd probably take 4 to be on the safe side. My midwife said that if the birth goes well and baby is feeding well then you can go home usually within 4hours. They keep you for 4 hours just to make sure no severe bleeding starts or anything strange happens.

I pinched a heap of maternity pads from birthcare, and a packet of Huggies newborn nappies too . A bit naughty...

lol funny.I know you plan to go home as soon as but take stuff in case you need to stay - never to frighten but if you need a c setion or something goes wrong the last thing you will want is hubby having to go home to grab things you didn't pack.   the prob with disposables is that yep - sometimes you go to put them on and baby will poo or something before you even get it done up.. although the nappies probably shouldn't be too overly wet really at first but take maybe another half dozen - if all else fails you can always use the hospital cloth ones however much you don't want to. lol

we packed everything, and used pretty much nothing... um, what i found great this time around was a pump sipper bottle - last time they gave me water in a cup with a straw in labour and mike had to hold it for me - this time i had my sipper bottle - and could just grab it when i needed it, have a quick drink and chuck it back on the table - no worries about being slow and careful to avoid spilling - and like the others have said - razors, maybe some nice face cream etc -- oooh lip balm the air conditioning up in those places can make your lips crack so fast! um toothbrush etc - always the thing people forget cos they grab the bag at the last minute and forget to chuck in the toothbrush - buy a new one and a small travel tube of paste and put them in there now so you don't forget. also this time i took a yummy body wash that smelt like strawberries - cos when you are bleeding and leaking and sore - it's nice to have something like that to make you feel good.   only other thing i can think of is a note pad and pen - to write down birth time and weight cos sometimes hubby might forget or you might be a bit groggy to remember exactly.. also you can write down on that what times baby fed last and what side etc so you don't forget as well. the reality is - no matter what you pack you will still probably forget something.. that's just the way it is.

here you go, i ramble on again.

Thanks Janine...it is good to know that I have packed all the right stuff...tho I need to add a few more things. I have a digital camera that has been charging for the past 5 days and also took my old camera and extra film, the only thing I need now is extra batteries.
Tho my house is packed with empty water bottles....(Hubby is a gym freak...and carries 3 bottles of water with him in the car as his job involves driving!)....I know I will forget water....I told my mum that she will have to bring tea/coffee....