One topic that came up during our Lamaze class was preparing a “Go Bag” or duffel bag with everything we’d need for the delivery. You will end up with two different bags. One for delivery and one for your hospital stay after delivery. Considering that the delivery is generally the shortest period of your hospital stay, your delivery bag will be somewhat small and have basics.
Don’t make the same mistake I did. When my wife went into labor barely eight months into our pregnancy, I had to run around the house like a madman on a scavenger hunt trying to find everything we’d need. You should put your go bag together four to six weeks before your due date at the latest.
Luckily, my wife had written down a list of items to take. Had I not had that list, I would have been twice as lost.
The whole purpose of the bag is to have essentials and comfort items “JUST” for the delivery room. Your hospital bag will probably be much bigger and should be left in the car when you go to the hospital until after the baby is born.
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Since my wife’s sister had a baby 8 months before Alex was born, we had an idea of what to expect. My sister in law and her husband, started out by keeping the baby in their bedroom. Every time the baby would wake up and cry, both of them would get woken up and both would be up until the baby went back to sleep, even though only one of them was actually changing or feeding her.