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349463 tn?1333571576

Hospital bag and carseat

When do you plan on packing your hospital bag and besides the obvious stuff what are your CANT FORGET items? For me it's the camera and the boppy. I packed mine and one for the baby already since I'm going to go early sometime in September.

Also do you have your car seat ready to go? Have you tried putting it in the car and adjusting all the straps to the lowest level yet? Just a reminder since last time we ended up taking the carrier apart in the hospital trying to fix the straps as we got discharged.
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1666434 tn?1325262350
My first one I waited till the very last minute and had our son within the hour after we arrived, the 2nd one I went too early and it just stunk :(  My contractions slowed down because of feeling "interrupted."  This time I want to make sure I do most of my laboring at home.  I want to keep active this time if possible, I always just have to be close to the toilet though I swear.  I'm usually throwing up, going to the bathroom, etc.  I want to try and do some tub time maybe to see if that helps too.

And yes I totally do forget how small they are when they come out.  I keep analyzing our boys now while they sleep, looking at how big they are (one is 9 and the other is 5) to think that they were that tiny at one point!

Forgot to mention with our 2nd son, my waters broke probably days before and I never went into labor (was extremely hygienic during this time to not get infection).  Well anyways my bags resealed on their own and I had no idea, so probably would have had a quicker 2nd labor had we all realized and had the 2nd bag of waters ruptured manually.
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349463 tn?1333571576
You forget how tiny they are when they come home. I figure about the size of a bag of sugar for the body so for us that was the lowest setting.

We'll grab the carseat when i go into labor it's in the hall closet by the door and even if we forget it my hubby can come back and pick it up since we're only 5 minutes from the hospital.

For me I stay home in early labor and don't go until I get my first active labor contraction. You know the first one that makes you say TIME TO GO. That's what I did with my last two kids and it seemed to work out I was only at the hospital a couple hours before the baby was born. Both times I was about 5 cm when I got there.
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1666434 tn?1325262350
Yes got the carseat about 2 weeks ago and its on the lowest setting and ready to go.  We put it back in the box so it doesn't get cat hair on it.  I have no idea when we will actually place it in the car.  I'm thinking soon, but I am sure everyone thinks I am crazy.  I was almost thinking the lowest setting was too short but now that you mentioned it too maybe that should be just right?

I have everything together but did not actually pack the bag yet.  How soon do you go to the hospital when you are in labor?  I remember reading that you have quick labors so was curious.
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