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Kaylarina

Kaylarina

Brewtime87 said:
Well 4d scan done, think I consumed a bit toooo much sugar beforehand, gone from a lazy baby who usually refuses to move to one who was spinning and wriggling at lightning speed, too quick to get any clear pics. She looks like a naan bread and I love her so much 😅
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If naan bread doesn't stick as a nickname, I'll be deeply disappointed :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
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Lioness1

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I’ve had a letter from the health visitor to do a home visit next week. What should I expect from this? I never had this first time round, but maybe that was because it was during lockdown.
 
watermelon sugar

watermelon sugar

Lioness1 said:
I’ve had a letter from the health visitor to do a home visit next week. What should I expect from this? I never had this first time round, but maybe that was because it was during lockdown.
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She checked where baby was going to sleep but a lot of people say theirs didn’t do this. Maybe I was just unlucky 😂

Asked the questions like, any smokers in the household, family history, etc. Gave info on safe sleeping. Gave me loads and loads of leaflets on all sorts of things - breastfeeding, formula feeding, family clinics for weighing, info on vaccines. Just basically a load of information about what to expect when babies here. It weren’t that bad tbh
 
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Brewtime87

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If it helps anyone, Tesco currently have 25% off all f&f clothing, and there are very cute bits for both boys and girls.
 
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Hamburglar

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Those who’ve had babies already, was there anything NOT on the typical hospital bag checklists that you would recommend taking??
 
LavaFlake

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A cup with a straw! Having to ask my partner to hold the cup up to my mouth was so annoying lol.
 
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raspberryjuice

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Snacks that are easy to eat one handed - Pringles, biscuits etc
An insulated cup to keep your drink cold cus the ward is the temperature of hell and nobody wants luke warm water
Cooling spray
And obviously fry lite

For baby id take your travel changing mat because if you have a section your OH will be doing the first nappy changes and if they’re anything like Mr R you’ll end up with meconium poo everywhere 🤣

A good tip someone on another thread gave me was to get your OH to pack your bag (with a lot of assistance obviously) so they know where to find everything because it’s them who’ll be going through it to find bits for you.

Also pack a single nappy and hat in a separate little ziplock bag that can be grabbed if you need to go to theatre rather than your OH/MW/birth partner searching through your bag for them
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Also make sure your partner knows the difference between sleepsuits & vests, blankets & muslins etc because Mr R didn’t and it stressed me out when I was in agony trying to change baby and asked for a vest and he’d hand me a sleepsuit etc but he’s a special breed and I’m sure most adults are aware 🤣
 
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littlepup

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Hamburglar said:
Those who’ve had babies already, was there anything NOT on the typical hospital bag checklists that you would recommend taking??
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If you think you’ll have a bit of a stay and have multiple devices one of these might be handy. Not many sockets at my hospital.
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2 x ear plugs or noise cancelling headphones to take turns napping.
Baby nail scissors if you’ve not got baby grows with scratch mits in.
A phone stand would’ve been handy.

I barely touched my bag tbf, used incontinence pants, 1nightie, 1 knickers with pads, 1 bra, 1 shorts set. Hair brush, lip balm, face wipes, foundation, mascara, fan & phone charger. All the snacks and drinks. I showered when I got home but c-sec.

It was sooo noisy. I’d probably have stayed another night if I’d had ear plugs for access to the pain killers post c-sec but thought sleep would be a better medicine.

It helped to have a blanket and pillow for OH. We’re not tall so to sleep I shoved up the laid flat bed, OH put his chair at the foot of the bed, me longways, him sideways, head on the chair, legs on the bed with a towel rolled up in the slight gap. It wasn’t that bad really, better than him trying to sleep sitting up.
 
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ellieb123_xo

raspberryjuice said:
Snacks that are easy to eat one handed - Pringles, biscuits etc
An insulated cup to keep your drink cold cus the ward is the temperature of hell and nobody wants luke warm water
Cooling spray
And obviously fry lite

For baby id take your travel changing mat because if you have a section your OH will be doing the first nappy changes and if they’re anything like Mr R you’ll end up with meconium poo everywhere 🤣

A good tip someone on another thread gave me was to get your OH to pack your bag (with a lot of assistance obviously) so they know where to find everything because it’s them who’ll be going through it to find bits for you.

Also pack a single nappy and hat in a separate little ziplock bag that can be grabbed if you need to go to theatre rather than your OH/MW/birth partner searching through your bag for them
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Also make sure your partner knows the difference between sleepsuits & vests, blankets & muslins etc because Mr R didn’t and it stressed me out when I was in agony trying to change baby and asked for a vest and he’d hand me a sleepsuit etc but he’s a special breed and I’m sure most adults are aware 🤣
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I wish we could pin posts!

Now that @George01 has had baby G. Who’s next?
 
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