29 weeks...when do I start packing my bags?

Question

Also what should i bring? i dont want to lug around unneccesary items.

Answer 1

Any day now, really, just in case there is an emergency or contractions start earlier than expected.

I fit everything I needed into a "carry on" size bag. A change of clothes for coming home, clean underwear and socks, nursing bra and gown, toiletries and Kotex (for postpartum bleeding).

For my husband - the camera, batteries, cell phone, magazines and snacks

For the baby - coming home outfit, extra blankets, wipes and washcloth - the hospital or birthing center will give you PLENTY of diapers and stuff to bathe baby with.

I would go ahead and have your infant car seat installed (or at least stored) in the back seat.

Make sure you ask if you can get a diaper bag - hospitals and birthing centers usually give them away free as promotions from formula companies.

Also, if you are planning to nurse, be sure to take advantage of the facility's lactation consultant and/or any supplies they will give you (nipple cream, breast pads, shields, etc).

Answer 2

If you want to wear the hospital gowns, just bring once change of clothes and some socks and toiletries. You don't need a whole lot. An outfit for the baby, the hopital will provide diapers and all the essentials for the baby.

Also.. Just an FYI..Take EVERYTHING that is extra in the room, your insurance is already being billed for it. Not like sheets and blankets, but extra diapers, lotions, anything like that and don't forget to ask for a diaper bag if they don't already give you one that is loaded with free samples. I'd say you should wait until you are about 33/34 weeks to start packing.

Answer 3

I started packing my bags at 30 weeks.. I also had some issues with fainting then too... Suggest 30 weeks so your ready.. I packed Clothes to go home in, cloths for baby, cloths for husband, Toothbrush, hairbrush, shampoo, condtionor, and sleeping cloths... Don't forget your Baby Infant seat (we left ours in the car until the night before we went home due to cold weather)

Answer 4

I started packing my bag at 36 weeks and at 1:30am while I was trying to decide if I was really in labor. I was packed and then by that time realized I was really in labor.
I took PJs, tooth brush, tooth paste, brush, hair tie, slippers, coming home outfit for myself, baby blanket, an outfit to bring my son home in, and an address book.

I wish I would have brought my own shampoo, and a camera.

Answer 5

I always have gotten out a large duffel bag when I hit the third trimester and thrown things in as I gather them. Usually the hospital has a list of things to bring, but here are a few key things that I have been happy to have:
-CD/CDs to relax to during labor
-honey sticks (like straws filled with flavored honey) as a quick energy source during labor
-massage oil for back rubs (my hubby's hands have provided more pain relief than anything else during labor)
-hard candy to suck on during labor
-my own PJ's (make sure they're stretchy and comfy)
-my own pads (the hospital ones are bulky and uncomfortable) I always just bring the ones designed for night time as they are more absorbent
-baby book so we can do footprints directly on the footprint page and visitors can sign it
-a kit with "pampering" items like my own shampoo, conditioner, lotion, etc. (It feels sooo nice to take a shower and smell good when you are done with labor and delivery!)

Hope this helps!
Christine
(who has thoroughly enjoyed birthing three babies and is looking forward to doing it again in the spring)

Answer 6

I packed as quickly as i began out going to the physician a week for fetal monitoring, when you consider that I had being pregnant brought on high blood pressure. What could you p.c.. for your self. for sure outfits & own care products, yet CD's or an Ipod or something which will calm you down. your very own pillow or something which will make you sense comfortable. A pad & pen - I have been given presents galore interior the well being center & mandatory to place in writing down what grow to be from who when you consider that i grow to be nevertheless medicated & would have forgotten. Your address e book (if its not on your telephone or PDA) with a catalogue of human beings you decide on your hubby to call splendid after it occurs, or he calls one person who seems after that from their domicile. that's the excellent element I grant to my friends while they're having a splash one. I tell them i'm on suggestion dissemination accountability & they call me & i visit digital mail & call each and all the persons they choose notified. your very own breast pump is likewise a competent theory. For the toddler, I packed the frequently occurring outfits, i discovered that area snap shirts are superb till their little bellybutton is healed, and a few blankets, because of the fact those they provide on the well being center are yucky, and for sure some outfits which could serve because of the fact the advent domicile outfit-greater suitable than one when you consider that my son spit up on 2 splendid as quickly as we've been given them on him. in case you plan on utilising a pacifier a number of those. Diapers, wipes & formula-in case you're actually not breastfeeding will all be presented there, so which you may not could p.c.. & take income of the unfastened stuff. Oh yeah, i like to apply textile diapers as burp outfits, they're so outstanding, carry a ton of despite burp cloths you elect when you consider that there is not something yet paper towels there, that are actually not severe high quality on their epidermis & you will not have get entry to to a laundry-so the greater the merrier. additionally carry various plastic bags, for moist & grimy issues. desire that provides you some suggestion. superb of success

Answer 7

I'm 32 weeks and it will still be a while before I even consider doing this - at least 4or 5 more weeks

Answer 8

I DIDN'T PACK MY BAG UNTIL THE NIGHT BEFORE I WAS TO BE INDUCED A WHOLE 7 DAYS AFTER MY DUE DATE, ITS REALLY UP TO