About the reusable cup... I'm delivering at the same hospital as a good friend and she highly recommended bring your own water bottle/cup as the one at the hospital was quite small. If you drink a lot of water throughout the day, it may be easier to have you own larger one. Especially for after delivery. I was super thirsty after DD was born.
I don't think the baby book is all that big of a deal IMO. They will take prints and give them to you. You can easily stick that in the baby book later. I think most people struggle with keeping up with their baby book anyway, so the print page is not that big of a deal to me. 3/4 of DDs book is blank. It's so hard to keep up with that stuff.
Also laurenlou83, not that this takes up much room, but I wouldn't worry about the underwear. You will likely live in their mesh undies for several days, if not weeks. They hold the giant pads in the best and are super stretchy which is extra helpful for a CS because they come up so high.
Also, one blanket for baby should be more than enough. They will have new blankets for baby anyway and I'm pretty sure we got to take that home? That's all I plan on covering baby with if necessary.
Hope none of this reads as snarky to anyone. Just offering up my thoughts.
I don't think the baby book is all that big of a deal IMO. They will take prints and give them to you. You can easily stick that in the baby book later. I think most people struggle with keeping up with their baby book anyway, so the print page is not that big of a deal to me. 3/4 of DDs book is blank. It's so hard to keep up with that stuff.
I am stressing about the baby book idea. I didn't want one. I partially filled out a "Book About Me!" type thing at about nine, and then later went back to update it when my preferences changed. My mum told me that's not how it's done, it's meant to be a record of that time, but I had already erased and rewritten some things. The whole thing upset me so much I have never wanted another book like that since. I'd rather have an open-ended scrapbook in which I can but whatever I want and not have to worry about filling in all the little blanks. Besides which, with someone as guilt-prone and obsessive as I am, I think having a book with the implication that you MUST notice and fill in all of these blanks is dangerous. I will have so much guilt over anything left blank, it's just not worth it.
That said, someone gave me one as a baby gift. I have no idea what to do now. It was one of my mum's work friends. I panicked when I opened it. I don't want to use it, although I might get ideas from it for what kind of things to put in the scrapbook. I just don't know what to do though.
Post by ombradellarosa on May 12, 2015 0:32:16 GMT -5
Also, thanks everyone for your responses and stinybean for the link! I'm not sure why that thread nor any of the others didn't come up in my search, but it looks like that happened to others as well. I'm going to delve into those now!
So, I was totally unprepared and not packed AT ALL when my blood pressure spiked and I got admitted indefinitely. I literally threw a few pair of undies, and extra bra, some tshirts and yoga pants, and my toiletries in a bag and out the door we went. When I was told I would be staying long term, my husband brought my body pillow and a blanket from home. My mom bought me two nursing bras, my always infinity pads, and some nursing pads. That's about it.
I found that drawstring pajama pants were really comfy to wear after my section. They could be pulled low or high over my incision, and they stayed pretty loose. My yoga pants were fine a few days later.
Also, the always pads do not stick well in the mesh undies. Just an FYI.
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