Car seat & hospital bag

When should I go about installing car seat and packing hospital bag? Currently 25 weeks and baby girl is growing sooo fast measuring 2 weeks ahead😅

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Practice putting your seat in the car but don’t install it and leave it in till you go to hospital. If you have a collision before you need it, you’ve wasted it as it will need replacing.

As for the bag, whenever you want. Being organised is a good idea as baby can come anytime, both of mine came early and I had my bag packed b around week 32.

thanks! I didn’t even consider that, I’ll definitely be taking this advice.

Me personally as a single mom, I had my car seat installed by the fire department when I was around 6-7 months , I believe.
You are not a single mom or for whatever other reason you can wait till hospital if you have somebody to help you with it.
They are very tedious to install

As for my hospital bag, I kind of just slowly packed it as I went on and made sure it was nice and organized when I was in my 30 something weeks
Like I was slowly buying things whenever I saw a sale or clearance

There’s no harm in doing it now while you’re excited and have the energy. I went in at 35 weeks and left with a baby born at 36 weeks. I had nothing packed and the car seat got installed in the hospital parking lot. Everyone told me I was silly for wanting it all done sooner 😂

my fear is going in early and not being prepared… I just want to get it out of the way now lol

I prepped everything after my baby shower which was 2 months before my due date. And I’m glad I did because I ended up having her a whole month early!

No issues with packing early once it’s done it’s done, 1 less thing to stress about

We put the carseat in at 36 weeks and packed the bag at 37 weeks.

my shower is 2 weeks before my due date😅 hopefully she doesn’t come before then!

I got the car seat in the car at 36 weeks and packed the hospital bag at the time too Doctors thought I was going to go in to labor early but I ended up delivering one day before my due date but was glad I had everything ready due to the final weeks just be so exhausted 😊

you’re brave! My hospital is 30 minutes away and If I wait that long I may not make it there in time lol

that is exactly how I feel!!! This pregnancy is dragging by. I found out at 3.5 weeks and feels like it’s been forever. I’m so over being pregnant.

in our community

Oh my God, oh my God I hope this is not true!!!! I’m kind of scared

I’ve been throwing up and taking a shit all night!!! I just hope that it’s not what I think it is

Small head reported following 20 week scan

Has anyone else had it flagged that their baby is in the bottom 5th percentile for head size?

They said everything was fine whilst we were in the scan and then I got a phone call the next day saying that it’s on the small side and we’re being referred to a paediatric specialist at St George’s. Has anyone else had this and how did things go??

Would you bring 9 week old to a family party of 35+ people?

These are also people who will want to pass the baby around and get a turn to hold him. He just got his 2 month shots two days ago

Exercise 6 weeks after c section

What movement did people start to introduce? I won’t do anything too vigorous until I’ve seen the pelvic physio as I don’t want to compromise anything that may have been extremely weakened through pregnancy! But just wondering what types of classes/movement people started off with?

Induction experience

I just wanted to share my experience with being induced as I wasn’t sure what to expect and thought it may help others.

I opted for the foley balloon which was inserted at 8am Saturday morning, I had to stay in hospital due to hypertension and protein urine however usually you can just go home once this has been done. The insertion of the balloon was not painful, was slightly uncomfortable as there was slight pressure. I actually found having the cervix checked prior to be worse (again not painful at this point just uncomfortable) The balloon had little effect and after having it removed I was still only 1cm. Removal also was pain free and hardly even noticeable.

I then had my first dose of the gel and definitely noticed a difference, I started experiencing period like cramps almost immediately however they were light and manageable. After 6 hours I had another cervix check and although my cervix was soft it was still only 1cm and was only open at the front. I had another dose of the gel and felt an increase in pressure and more intense cramping where I now required pain relief (codeine). After another 6 hours I had another cervix check and I had now dilated to 2-3cm however was still quite difficult to get all the way through so a third gel was recommended which I agreed to.

Almost immediately I noticed the difference and was in considerable pain, I had paracetamol and codeine however the contractions had now become intense and a lot closer together (around 3 minutes apart). After a couple of hours I had my last cervix check and was 4cm and taken down to the Labour ward to have my waters broken and an epidural.

I had been in my room for approx 20minutes when my waters broke by themselves and I was now 10cm and actively pushing…. There was no time for the epidural and my beautiful girl arrived into the world within 2 minutes of pushing.

All in all I would say the cramps/contractions were manageable up until the third gel where it became pretty unbearable however it was for a very short time a gas and air helped take the edge off. The worst part about any of it was actually the later cervix checks where after stimulating the cervix my contractions were at their most painful.

If I had to be induced again I would skip the balloon and opt for the gels immediately as thy had a quicker effect and I would have been out a lot sooner if I had done this to begin with.

One more thing, I’ve never believed when people say “you forget the pain once they’re here” but I can honestly say this is true. It’s been 4 days and I would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Gave birth (vagina) 5 days ago and yesterday morning and this morning getting lot of pain in my right bottom side and lower back