Roll-call!! Due June/July/August 2013

[Justjessica]

Congratulations dreaming!

[Mrs_P]

Aw huge congrats dreaming Daniel is lovely, glad everything went well.

mommyof3 don't get disheartened about lack of progress - my little one is still floating well above my pelvis according to the midwife and i am further along than you, she said they often cannot drop until you are in labor with subsequent babies

[Violet_]

Congrats Dreaming on baby Daniel. He's divine! Such a perfect little boy.

[Praying4Pink]

P4P, how're you feeling hun? Still fighting a cold? I sure am. I've just started a naturopathic remedy, google "Cold Sock Treatment". Finding the right socks was tricky but I think it's actually doing me some good. Thought it might be worth mentioning to you. Hope you're much better!

Hey Hun! Yes still fighting the cold but it is not as bad as last week. I am actually feeling pretty good but just a little congested in the am. I think it will be still worth-wile to see what the "Cold Sock Treatment" is all about. Thanks for the tip. I can't believe we have a week left! So excited for us. Can't wait to see your beautiful little girl Jadis.

[Mrs_P]

How come everyone around here seems to get their babies early? All my babies have been late, but then i suppose i am never on time for anything else normally however hard i try. I keep thinking maybe i should pack a hospital bag but little miss doesn't seem to even getting ready to shift anywhere and it could be another month before i meet her - everything will need washing again in that time.

For the mommies due to pop soon who are getting your little girls, how much stuff for the baby are you taking to the hospital with you? I took way too much stuff with my first son, he barely wore any of it and we are only in one night (2 days), with my other two boys i just took my favorite things for them to wear to come home in and whilst we were there but then that was easy as they have all pretty much looked alike and been similar sizes so suited the same things. With my little lady i know she will be photo'd a lot (like the boys were) in the first few days and i want her looking lovely to meet her public (even if her mama will look a state) but i have no idea what to take or what she'll look like or anything and she already has sooooo much stuff - and are you (dare i say it) taking anything for a little boy.....just in case?!?

[atomic sagebrush]

He is just darling dreaming!!!!

[atomic sagebrush]

Mrs. P, I have gone late with all 5 of mine!! 1-5 days.

I did want to answer your question about what to take to the hospital. I did take quite a bit of stuff thinking we would take a lot of pictures, and didn't use much of it but I really liked being able to choose what to put her in. I was actually not very ambitious about dressing her at first...much less than I thought I would be...so I used mostly my casual clothes and none of the prettier things. She pooed on herself a couple times so I was glad I had brought as much as I had and also that I hadn't used any of the fancy things (newborn baby poo!!! ugh). We also came home after only a short time in the hospital THANK HEAVENS so I didn't get to use as many clothes as I thought I would. But if we had had to stay for 3 days like we had to with our 3rd son (it was Easter and they wouldn't let us out!!!!), I would have used up all my outfits or nearly so. So I think you should take more than you need just so you have the option if you are in the hospital for awhile.

I did not bring any boy clothes with me. That whole conception and pregnancy was a leap of faith and I felt like to take a boy outfit would be somehow turning my back on the leap of faith that brought me there!

[cvd]

How come everyone around here seems to get their babies early? All my babies have been late, but then i suppose i am never on time for anything else normally however hard i try. I keep thinking maybe i should pack a hospital bag but little miss doesn't seem to even getting ready to shift anywhere and it could be another month before i meet her - everything will need washing again in that time.

For the mommies due to pop soon who are getting your little girls, how much stuff for the baby are you taking to the hospital with you? I took way too much stuff with my first son, he barely wore any of it and we are only in one night (2 days), with my other two boys i just took my favorite things for them to wear to come home in and whilst we were there but then that was easy as they have all pretty much looked alike and been similar sizes so suited the same things. With my little lady i know she will be photo'd a lot (like the boys were) in the first few days and i want her looking lovely to meet her public (even if her mama will look a state) but i have no idea what to take or what she'll look like or anything and she already has sooooo much stuff - and are you (dare i say it) taking anything for a little boy.....just in case?!?

I was 2 weeks late with DS1! I wonder if I didn't have a scheduled section if this one would have been late too hehe. I'm sure she will be making her entrance soon
For Hudson, I brought a few sleepers and 1 going home outfit. I knew we'd be in the hospital from Wednesday morning - Friday morning at the least for my section so I wanted to have enough and I definitely used them all lol DH would have had to run home if we had to stay longer! I didn't bring any nice outfits - I find dressing a newborn is sooo difficult so I liked to keep it easy and just keep him in nice sleepers

[heidih1977]

He is gorgeous dreaming....huge congrats!!!

[Mommyof3boys]

I have never brought a lot for my babies to the hospital because it always seemed like I would put them in something and then the nurses would change him when they took him out of the room and then I would never get the clothes back. I lost several onesies and recieving blankets with my first because of this so I just brought one boy and one girl outfit to take the baby home in and a couple of gender neutral sleepers just in case they got their clothes dirty (we didnt know what we were having so I didnt have a lot of boy stuff ready).

This time I am only packing clothes for a boy and I will probably bring a going home outfit and a couple of onesies that a friend of mine tie dyed. I am not taking anything for a girl because I am afraid that even going to purchase a girl outfit or seeing it in my bag will bring up the feelings of GD that I am really trying (and still struggling some days) to fight. If by some miracle this baby ends up being a girl I will have my mom pick up an outfit to bring her home in, but the ultrasound was pretty clear so I'm sure it wont be a problem.