Pregnancy, Parenting and Beyond

Buy or borrow basic baby gear and clothes.  Print out the  Nursery Basics shopping list. Wash baby's linens and clothes. Wash just enough baby clothes for the first few days -- if Junior turns out to be a whopper, you may want to exchange some of those tiny newborn outfits! Start setting up the nursery.  Do a home safety check. Get pointers in our babyproofing guide. Stock the medicine cabinet. Find out what you need on our First Aid Kit shopping list . Write up a birth plan. See our Birth Plans and Options checklist for help with this. Pre-register with the hospital. Pack for the hospital. Check out our Essential Birth & Labor checklist for what to bring. Stock the freezer. We've got freeze-ahead recipes. Arrange for help postpartum. Tip on how to ease postpartum pain . Choose a pediatrician . Buy or borrow a few nursing tops and nightgowns (if you're planning to breast-feed) Click here  third-trimester-to-do-list

My mum arrived from India to support and help me for my delivery and post partum. She'd been in a road accident and lived through it only by the grace of God. After being hospitalized thrice in 2013.... in  little over a month from her last hospitalization Mum traveled all the way to the USA to come take care of her baby (me) and my baby. She's a blessing, My Rock, My all !!! She arrived... the first two days we rushed around buying a warm clothes to survive our brutal winter... and crazy brutal is was indeed with history being made... most snow received since 1884... and more. Day 4-5 after her arrival, I got an urge to clean the house and pack my hospital bag. This is the list i referred to  Hospital Packing List on Parents dot com . The next day we watched a birthing video, drove back to the library to return it. And Woah! the day after that, low and behold... my water broke at 7am (3 weeks before my EDD) and I was rushed to the hospital, where my LO was born. From t...

Pack this bag once you cross 7 months, and keep it in a place your hubby/partner will be able to pick it up easily in an emergency... Baby clothes - preferably a bodysuit and blanket, socks, mittens and cap. (you just need it when leaving from hospital to home, till that time hospital provides everything) Extra diapers and wipes. Flexible clothes for u like tops and pants or feeding gowns, nursing bras, panties, moisturizer, Lanolin/breast-nipple cream. (get extra panties and maxi pads) Clothes for your partner for 2 to 3 days. Maxi Pads for bleeding like extra large(hospital people will provide disposable panties and pads but more thick and uncomfortable), no pads necessary for C-section. Blanket for your hubby/partner for night sleeping...if necessary one extra pillow. Dollar bills/Change for the Vending machine. Take out menu's in the area, for hubby/partner. Camera, Battery, Video recorder. Contact numbers of Family and Friends. (some hospitals don't allow use of ...