Has anyone packed their hospital bag yet or put in car seat? I'm thinking I may need to do it soon yikes
I finally got my bags packed and ready to go! I have a small bag that has labor items like massage oil, fuzzy socks, robe, battery powered candles, mints and that sort of thing. And then a duffle with jammies and clothes for my dh and me and toiletries and stuff like that. Then the babies diaper bag. It is huge! I may have made a mistake buying it, but I spent so much on it it's too late now! Lol. Then I got the base for the carseat in my car ready to go. Phew! After my scare last weekend I have been in a panic to get everything done.
Sorry about your pics newlywed
Noshowjo hope your headache is better!
Good idea on the massage oil. I still need battery powered candles. I went to Yankee Candle today to get tarts for my plug in tart warmer (since you can't light scented candles). At my birthing class they said some kind of scent will help you relax because it gets rid of the hospital smell.
I think the relaxing scents are the only thing I've purchased for my hospital bag, lol.
I do want to get some kind of waterproof pad or something in case my water breaks so I can put it down on the car or truck's seat in case I leak through pads on the way to the hospital. (Then I can use the same pad under my sheets after birth so I don't ruin my mattress protector in the week after birth).
I'm going to order maternity pads from Amazon. I heard they help you heal better than maxi pads because there isn't plastic on them so they have better airflow. Otherwise, I'm just going to pack things like an ipod (mine is acting weird so I might need a new one), little speaker, headphones, comfy pjs, and baby's first outfit. I still have to get all that stuff together I think. We live down the street from the hospital so anything I forget I can always send my DH out to get. As long as I have the relaxation stuff for labor and baby's first outfit the hospital will provide other stuff. So I might be being naive, but I'm not that worried about it all.
On a different note, I had to call my OB the other night because I spend like 10 hours at work, several of them setting up my classroom, on a 90 degree day and when I started driving home I started getting braxton hicks a lot. Then they lasted through dinner. By 2 hours later I started timing them because they were making me uncomfortable, lasting between a minute and 90 seconds each. By 8 pm I had them consistently every 10 minutes and I was like.. ugh, I've laid on my side, drank water, if they are still consistent at 9 pm I'll call. Finally, 9 PM came and I was still having them regularly every ten minutes. I called the on call OB, she said as long as they didn't get closer together and went away eventually I was fine, otherwise I'd have to go into L&D to get evaluated if they started hurting or got closer.
Needless to say, I just went and tried to sleep and drink more water, they went away on their own.
I was so confused though, I never thought I was in threatened labor or anything, but I thought braxton hicks weren't suppose to be regular or long like that. The lady who called me wasn't from my OBs office location. I'm going to ask about it at my appointment on Wednesday though. I'd read some things about women getting this type of braxton hicks and then going into labor 3 weeks later. Made me wonder if I'll have an early term baby.
Any other experiences like this?
I feel 90 years old! 
