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What's In My Hospital Bag: Labor and Delivery Hospital Bag Pack With Me
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Feb 28, 2025
Hey friends! Today I'm sharing What's In My Hospital Bag for Labor and Delivery at the Birthing Center! I'm packing for myself, my newborn, my husband, and my toddler's overnight bag for my mom's house. This will be very In depth and helpful! #whatsinmyhospitalbag #laboranddelivery #packwithme Disney Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@OurWorldOfDisney Let’s Connect on Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heaven.shropshire/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1419923541749610 Subscribe to the Blog: www.themomresource.com Visit My Store: www.beyouorganics.com Don’t forget to Subscribe and Say Hello! XOXO https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAee6gxy3h7ruz0oXFQWbvw
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there are some things when we are going into labor that are out of our control
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but then there are some things that's in our control such as our favorite little items that we pack inside of our
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birthing bag things that I really like about this one more than the pink one you can kind of just slide this over and
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down your little newborn can fit right there and you can brass feed them and do
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skin to skin at the same time this flap sits right above your belly so that if they need to access your stomach you can
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pull it down over you know your belly something that makes you feel good about
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yourself and pretty after going through such a very I typically just like to be better safe than sorry or have more than
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I need opposed to you know less mittens a tiny little onesie some socks a
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receiving blanket a bow and her going home outfit welcome to my channel my
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name is heaven if you are new here and today we are going to be going over what's inside of my Hospital B as we
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prepare to welcome our new baby girl into the world before we get started if this is your first time on my channel I
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would like to welcome you to the family I'm a motherhood and homemaking vlogger every Sunday I post a cleaning video and
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then every Wednesday or Thursday mostly on Thursday I also post another type of
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motherhood or homemaking vlogg or so that may be a day in the life home organization shopping haul grocery haul
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homeschool Vlog even a little bit of Disney content sprinkled in there I try to keep it very realistic helpful and
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relatable as well as motivational so if any of that sounds like something that you may be into I would love for you to go ahead and hit the Subscribe button to
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join the family as we get into our Hospital B video I hope that you would
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also give this video a thumbs up and like it if you are enjoying this video it would mean the world to me and it
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truly does help me but I just found out yesterday that I am four or five give or
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take somewhere between their centimeters or at least that's what I was yesterday morning but the day before that I'm
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pretty sure I was only about 2 to 3 cm and then the day before that I'm pretty sure I was only about 1 to 2 cm so all
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within two to three days I went from 1 cm to four or 5 cm so I have no idea
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when baby girl is going to be making her arrival but what I do know is that active labor is supposedly set to start
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at 6 cm um and I was also told that she is
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really really low her head is really low so I feel the need to go ahead and make sure that I have everything packed in my
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Hospital back and share with you guys in case you too need some inspiration for
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your hospital bag as well so let's go ahead and get into it I think it is worth letting you guys know that I am
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not going to be having a hospital birth I'm actually going to be having baby girl at a birthing center saying that
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because it's a little bit different in terms of what you would pack for a hospital birth normally you know they
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will provide you with like a birthing gown you might have to stay there a lot longer after you deliver the baby they
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may move you from the labor unit to like a more comfortable room like after you
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have the baby where you will stay for like maybe two more days I think even three sometimes I'm not really sure but
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at the birthing center they encourage you to stay 24 hours after giving birth
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nothing more than that so that means that I'm not going to need a whole lot
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of like everyday clothing items and things like that and I can kind of limit the amount of things that I pack going
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forward I can also tailor it more and they allow us to eat and drink as much
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as we want we can bring our own meals that we can warm up while we're there bring whatever beverages we like even a
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snack to snack on during labor or they also have an at your request service
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where they will just give you or serve you any type of food or beverage you want they also have like coffee station
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and beverages for your visitors the way they do it is you have your babies pay
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5:00 then you would go home 5:00 the next day The Only Exception is if you
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have your baby maybe after 8:00 at night so say you have your baby at like we did
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with Noah we had him at 8:30 at night so instead of sitting us home at 8:30 at night the next day like it was dark it
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was like bedtime basically they allowed us to stay that night night and then leave the following morning around 9 or
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10:00 in the morning so we were there for two nights the night that we had him and then the following night we stayed
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again if things happen that way again meaning if we have our little one like at nighttime hours maybe during the time
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that we would typically be going to sleep then we will be there for two nights I assume but if we have our Lou
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closer to 6:00 in the evening or even before that then we would only be there
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for 24 hours after we have the baby one night only so I pack in the event that
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maybe we will be there for two nights but I really it would be nice if we have
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the little one before bed time um eat
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some good dinner and prepare to leave the following day you just never know how that's going to go so let me show
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you guys what I packed for myself my husband our baby girl and for my son's
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overnight bag because he is more than likely going to be staying with my mother and sister but we did let him
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know that he is very much welcome to come back to the birthing center and spend the night there with us after we
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have the baby if that's what he wants to do so far he has expressed it is not likely that that's what he's going to
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want to do but I packed him an overnight bag either for them or for us so let's get into it here's my bag pretty big and
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this is the bag that I normally use like when we are vacation or out of town this is typically like my carry-on bag and
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it's like a back pack style kind of or you can hold the handle here on the side
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or at the top however you want to do it but I like that I can fit a lot of stuff in here on the side I have my water
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bottle and this is going to be what I use to like refill any water that I'm going to be wanting or needing while I'm
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in labor and during our stay there because I do have water it's not bottled water a filtrated water fountain maybe I
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honestly can't remember and I don't know any water that I had last time they always brought to me like a little paper
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cup which I'm sure we know that does not provide a ton of water and I drink a lot
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of water so I went ahead and brought my own little water bottle here to keep
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some water next to me bedside at all times so I kind of have everything here inside of packing Cube kind of plant are
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just like lay them out on the dresser top or put them like inside like one
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drawer but the goal is that if I need help getting to these items you know like while I'm in labor or like just
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after having the baby then it'll be easier for the person helping me to be able to find what I'm looking for
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because I'm going to have them in separate individual organized fats this one is my labor bag here and basically
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this has anything that I'm going to be wearing during labor so I went ahead and
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packed myself this pink nursing
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gown I feel like it's the perfect length but what I really love about it is that will for one and spaghetti strapped so I
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could just simply slide these down to breastfeed it's not so tight but it also has this little flap here that you can
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lift up and then like the cleavage kind of comes down basic
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um but this is great for nursing and then it's also a really cute stretchy
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and comfy and soft nursing gown as well as a matching robe that is also equally
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soft this one will cover you up a little bit more if someone is coming inside of the room that's not like a close family
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member or visitor which I don't know why they would be there if they're not but if you just want to cover yourself up a
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bit more or if you get chili you also have it it's not super super thick it's still pretty soft and
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lightweight and I didn't go and spend a ton of money on this stuff this little set was only $13 off of I don't know if
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the website is called Sheen or shine but that is where I got this outfit from here as well as myself some comfy
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slippers I didn't want to go with like the like furry like thick slippers
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because I don't know if it's going to be hot or cold so if it is going to be like a little bit colder then I'm just going to wear these comfy compression footy
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socks that I have here and then otherwise I do
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have myself some slippers and I got pink and gray so that they will match any of
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the nursing dresses that I'm packing and yes I said any meaning I have more than one in here I'm an overpacker I
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typically just like to be better safe than sorry or have more than I need opposed to you know less so these are so
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cushiony so soft and comfortable I don't think my feet are going to be too hot in them and they are also non slit I have
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two more nursing gowns one of them I'm sure I I kind of want to take out but
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you know the thing is that you never know if things are going to get like messy and you're going to want to change
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out of that nursing gown at some point I don't know where I'm going to be laboring in I might labor in the
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recliner chair I might labor on a birthing bom maybe in the shower where
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I'm going to need to take my nursing dresss off and then slip into something else you just never know so thinking you
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should always have one extra but probably not not two extra I have this
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one and it is kind of sort of the same design as the pink one but instead of spaghetti strap it's more like the tank
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sleeveless shoulders and then it does have that flap for you here but this
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flap sits right above your belly so that if they need to access your stomach you can pull it down over you know your
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belly and these are actually what you would remove for breastfeeding the thing that I really like about this one more
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than the pink one is that there's enough space here at the top to wear your baby
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like if you're practicing skin to skin and you don't want to be completely undressed you can kind of just slide
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this over and down your little newborn can fit right there and you can brass feed them and do skin to skin at the
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same time so this one is not going anywhere I'm definitely keeping this one inside of my hospital bag the one that I
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am contemplating is my third one I wanted to have a short sleeve option as
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well but it might not be necessary and this one is a lot shorter than the other two maybe not a lot but a tad bit
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shorter so this is the one that I'm considering taking out I just wanted a short sleeve option and then it still
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has the flap that you can lift up to either breastfeed or allow access to
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your belly because normally like after you give birth you know how they come in and they check your belly they push on
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it and things like that and so that they can do that without going under your skirt this one gives access to the belly
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this is just the same as the other gray one except it is short sleeve so those
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are my three nursing gowns that I packed I'm pretty sure that the last time that
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I was in labor I wore just like comfy undies but I did pack one pair of
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postpartum underwear to catch anything just in case for whatever reason I'm still leaking like amniotic fluid or
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anything because you just never know so I grabbed one of those just to be safe
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moving on to my after baby bag or my shower bag basically I have a maternity
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swimsuit for when I'm in the shower or inside of the Whirlpool top so these are
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the bottoms they are nice and stretchy again these are matern it fits me I wore it before and then it
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also has like the flap that goes over the belly if I can find some that doesn't have that belly flap and sits
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under the tummy that would be more ideal but I need to pack something for now and
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that one just comes with an adjustable strap bikini top as well as a coverup
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top in case you just don't want to wear that bikini top and you want something a little less restricting so it has a swim
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top here with the adjustable sides to make it as long or short as you want it
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to be so that is my maternity swimwear for birthing pool and shower I got
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myself a shower cap for when I am laboring in the shower because I'm probably not going to be walking around
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laboring with soaking wet hair I'm very well mayh have braids I can be really
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heavy and I don't want heavy wet braids on my back while the labor so I brought myself a shower cap for that reason so
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that I can can tie my hair up but I brought also a wrap towel for after I
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shower I'm sure I'm going to want to wash my hair once you know they give me the okay to not like shower I think they
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don't give you that until like maybe after like 24 hours but they do allow
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you to sit in the shower on the shower chair if I do want to wash my hair need
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to wash my hair I have a towel wrap for that purpose now last time I was in labor my contractions were so so close
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that the idea of taking time out to switch into my bathing suit and then get dressed again so that I'm not walking
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around in a wet bathing suit if I want to get out of the shower and move to the bed idea of changing multiple times
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during labor was not appealing I was in too much pain to think about it so I
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kind of labored in my birthday suit majority of the time after I began
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laboring in the shower so this time to avoid that I brought a waffle nip
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velcro like wrap I can just wrap this around myself and cover myself up so
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that I never have to be in my birthday suit this what it's easy to just wrap around and snap around so that I could
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just have this in case I don't want to get fully dressed after I get out of the
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water then I also grabb myself a little hair tie to tie my hair up when it is
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time for me to go to sleep keep it up and out of my face and avoid waking up with mess hair one pair of pajamas here
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for that night that we are going to be there if we are there a second night I'm thinking that I am going to just keep
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that third maternity dress I was sh I wanted to take the third one out cuz I don't think I would need three but in the event that we end up sleeping there
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for two nights because baby decides to come at the later part of the night then
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I will have that third one as like a pajama option basically but this one is
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just some really comfy pants they are stretchy but I imagine like something
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around my waist would be a little bit better or easier than it is right now
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with baby in there but I do have this making sure that it is still stretchy and comfy around the waist area this
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shirt is not a maternity shirt it just just barely covers my belly right now
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it's not tight at the bottom it's pretty wide and loose won't be painful but it'll probably fit me a little bit more
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when the baby's not in my belly have a tank top and some pants as well as a matching robe with the tie to match and
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it's just like this flower material and this one I actually purchased from Sheen or shine as well and this one was also
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just $13 for that pajama set so I kind of have them in order of which I would
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put them on I put the pajamas at the bottom CU that'll be the last thing I put on for the night with my hair tie
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and then on the top of that towel my wrap around
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the cap that I'll use when I'm laboring in the shower as well as my labor swimsuit so that when it's time
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everything is already stacked top to bottom in the order of which more than likely I would be needing to get them or
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put them on now we are going to get into my going home packing Cube so I packed
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this really comfy and cute is stretchy at the top of course it is going to be
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tank or spaghetti strap in case I need to take a moment like to pull over in
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the car or um like before we go home if we're still readying to get discharged and some point in time baby needs to be
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breastfed then I can you know have that but it's just a nice little summer dress
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and it's not form fitting it's pretty loose and it's also pretty long and I
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really love the color of it this pink color I really want something that's going to make me feel like good about
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myself you know after having a baby I don't want to do like be wearing pajamas
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home or looking just outdone and wore out because I'm probably going to feel
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that way I don't necessarily want to look that way too I'm going to take pictures in the hospital as a family
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something that makes you feel good about yourself and pretty after going through such a very you know difficult
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experience so that is why I have this really cute dress and then I have some disposal postpartum underwear but they
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give you mesh underwear when you're there you pads and things like that I have never tried this one but I've heard
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good things about them that they're just a lot more comfortable than the mesh
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underwear with the pads and they're a lot more loose around the waist and things so I packed it just in case try
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it out see if I like it um if I put one inside my going home bag in case I want
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to wear these to go home instead of the mesh underwear course to wear up under there keep things like nice and tight
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upon my bottom I packed some maternity biker shorts so it does have the belly
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these are just biker shorts so that I'm not revealing anything underneath so it basically covers me up underneath like a
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slip would but it also keeps everything in place as well as a nursing bra it's
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not the cutest but it's very comfortable with it adjustable straps it has this
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part here that you kind of just unsnap where you can breastfeed for whatever reason I just decide like okay I don't
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want to wear a dress I'm not in the mood for a dress I did just pick myself a basic t-shirt and some black leggings in
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case I want to go that route and the t-shirt is long enough to cover my bottom and then I also have a gray
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cardigan in case it's a little bit chilly I can wear this gray cardigan over my t-shirt and leggings or I can
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wear it over the dress that I pack depending on what time of day we go home and what the weather is like that day
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for baby girl she has a smaller bag here so I'll show you guys what I packed for
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her again she's not going to need a ton of things either first I will show you guys her going home outfit to have a hat
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of course this one is really thin with a little flower on it since it is summertime it's not going to be winter
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but you know when babies are first born we still put those hats on them to protect their tiny little heads and then
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I also have this it came with like a bow in case you don't want to do a hat you just want to tie a bow around their head
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this one is a size preey and it just has like the little flowers on it it says little sister it has the feet out of it
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so that her feet don't be too warm it's like a pretty thin material summery
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really cute got it off Amazon was only $12 with my Amazon registry discount and
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I wasn't sure if she's going to be premium weight or newborn weight Noah went home
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in a pre outfit which was the perfect size Weight Wise for him but as far as
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length his arms are just a little bit longer but I didn't mind that his arms were out a little bit as opposed to
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putting him on clothing that was swallowing him and it wasn't like too
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tight it was actually still like really loose he was born at about 37 and 1/2
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weeks so he wasn't really considered preey but he was still pretty small lot I think that his sister unless born at a
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later date than him I think she'll be even still a little bit smaller than him just based on the feeling of how I've
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been feeling carrying her but I did get a newborn size as well just in case she is a little bit bigger also it's a cover
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wall with like the flowers really summering just has little sister on it
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super super adorable and then I have a little matching hat for that one as well
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I did pack a pair of of sacks for her little feet this one has the feet out I did pack a receiving blanket of course
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this one is pink with a little pink unicorn I thought it was a St but it's not a stor it's a unicorn the one that
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they give you that generic one that's like blue white and pink it's not the softest and it's also not the prettiest
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and I appreciate that they give us that stuff but I did want to pack her one myself to have to mash it just a little
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tiny little bow two pairs of mittens because these are the pink ones that matches the bow but these ones are a tad
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bit smaller that's probably going to fit her hands a little bit more I did pack a little tiny newborn size Gerber all
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white onesie mittens a tiny little onesie some socks a receiving blanket a
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bow and her going home outfit and then I also wanted to pack her nose syringe um
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or a nasal aspirator because the one that they gave you at the hospital is pretty big and that's great if you need
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to syringe like any fluids baby coughs up you just slide it like in the corner of their mouth or anything because that
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can sometimes happen after you give birth but if I need to get any fluid out of her nose this one is going to be a
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lot more comfortable for her than that really big sign one that they gave us at the birthing center with Noah definitely
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going to pack a paci because with Noah um maybe it was just because he had got
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his circumcision surgery that he was really f Y for the entire night after
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that and even though I tried to latch him there wasn't a whole lot of milk that he was getting it was still colostrum at that point he didn't have
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the best latch but I think that to him that was kind of like his pacifier but for me that was really painful and we
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ended up giving him the pacifier I didn't want to give him the pacifier CU I wanted to make sure he got used to latching first but after 5 hours of
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uncomfortableness I went ahead and gave him the paci and he still latched fine after that and he wasn't even addicted
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or attached to the pass fire so I'm going to pack her one just in case she does get you know fussy in the car going
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home or uncomfortable at you know the hospital that pacifier might help her
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get some sleep just have not sanitized that yet so that's something else that I still need to do today is sanitized
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pacifiers and bottles and set up postpartum station so yeah I still have all of that to do I did pack two little
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scrubbies for my husband and I are lofas I packed my husband a blue loofah I was
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like do guys use lofas he's like I'm okay I'm like you want at the hospital
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so's he's he's going to use this because I got it from but after you have your little one like bending down and stuff
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like to clean all the areas isn't the most comfortable thing but having this to be able to like scrub your back and
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things and like your legs and your feet and really be able to reach those hard
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to reach areas when you just are uncomfortable like you don't want to necessarily bend around and all over the
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place this is going to come in handy for that so have our tallest Tre bag with the hook that we can just hang up inside
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of the hospital when we get there and inside of here you guys I just have
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toothbrushes for me my husband and for Noah and we have a little travel size
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toothpaste and two travel size mouthwashes Noah's toothpaste it's in
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his overnight bag he has another toothbrush in there in case he ends up going to my mother's house this little
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sanitizer after we have the baby I'm just going to put it on the nightstand next to our bed so that like after or
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before changing her diaper have some sanitizer for myself and my husband and then I also have of course some lip balm
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so that I don't have dry lips I got myself one and then I also got the blissx one it Cas my husband wants one
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and I also packed a little tiny dram in for myself in case I begin to feel like
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kind of nauseous here in the bottom I have myself another little cleansing
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sponge a little howl wrap to like basically put my hair up out of my face
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when I get in the shower or the world poool tub like I don't want to be in the world pool tub if during labor with the
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shower cap on maybe in the shower um but not in the rable tub so
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this is just to like pull my hair up out my face and then I can just put a clip on it at that point or ponytail holder
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and then I also have some brightening like facial cleansing cloths so that I
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didn't necessarily has to pack my face wash and I have some travel deodorant my husband his body wash that he likes to
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use the body wash that I like to use as well as some lotion for us so just some
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travel size body wash lotion deodorant face um cleansing wipes and a little
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sponge I don't have anything in here at the moment if I have any documents like
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coming back home which I'm sure I will like a folder or something then they'll just go here in this front little pocket
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the only thing I have in here right now is my phone charger and then here like
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in the front of the back is where I will put my camera in case I want to take any
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home like Memories or get a birthing Vlog going on I can kind of just like slide my camera down into a little
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pocket here I'm considering sliding a pair of shower shoes in here but right now I just have a dirty like clothes bag
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or a laundry bag I don't think I have anything in this far back pocket that's empty as well that way anything that
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they give me like postpartum things like that that I need for healing maybe that is the type of stuff that I'll put back
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here I put my little snacks inside of my husband's again they give you like actual meals and food there but I did
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pack my own bottled water just in case I want my own water and I don't like the
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case of theirs I packed myself some little pretzel crisps that I like to snack on some chewing gum chocolate
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covered almonds soft baked oat Bars by May good morning this is I think
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blueberry some liquid IV hydration packs and the peach mango gra value energy
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pack so this will give me some extra hydration and some extra energy if I need that you never know if you're going
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to go into labor just when you were getting ready to lay down and go to sleep for the night for instance today
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I've had a long day if I still go into labor right now I probably wouldn't have a ton of energy so that energy pack
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would come in handy for that reason I even on the side pockets here put on each side another water a Fiji Water on
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each side for the two of us but inside of his bag I only packed him a hairbrush
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some socks some underwear um some swim trunks where we
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are laboring in the shower and when I say flavoring in shower basically you sit down on like a shower chair straddle
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position and my husband would use the sprayer to spray the contractions wherever they are so if the contractions
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are on my back he would use them to spray my back and if they're on my belly he'll be spraying my belly like just all
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around to relieve some of the pain during contractions otherwise there is
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the wh pool tub that is also helpful with pain so I did pack him some swim TR
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for that reason it's not a vacation some sleep shorts and a sleep shirt for the
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night as well as two outfits one of them
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just fell a shirt and some comfortable shorts and if we there an additional day I just packed him an additional outfit
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more underwear another shirt and let me get the pants so he just has some Thin
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like black maybe like cargo material but a lot thinner and cargo material um
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comfortable pants also packed some robes in a slipper in the back portion of his backpack he does have to like do some
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work after the baby comes like during the next day that we're there where they typically just come in to check me
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monitor me and the baby and make sure there are no complications 24 hours after birth um and he might need to
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check in with work or something I don't think he will have to but I did leave an extra slap for his laptop for that as
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well as his like handheld gain like the steam deck or Nintendo I don't know what
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you call it but that is in case Noah decides he wants to come back to the birthing center with us after having a baby Noah likes to play the video game
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it'll keep him busy if his activities do not I also packed our Labor Day outfits
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meaning the outfits we would wear from home to the hospital if I was to go into
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labor cuz my water broke then obviously I would need to um wash up or shower and
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then change into something else and if contraction start immediately after like they did with my last son then it's
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going to be like Fast movement wanting to be comfortable and things like that you might need to pack a few towels in
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the car just never really know what that's going to be like but I wanted to make sure that we were all like ready
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even if it happens in the middle of the night obviously we will be in pajamas and we would need to move fast to get
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dressed and change and things like that because you just never know I was at like four or 5 cm yesterday so if by the
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time my water breaks and I begin Contracting I'm more at like six or 7 cm
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I don't anticipate we will have time to lolly gag so um having the clothes
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already set up and ready on our dresser it's going to be a deal I packed my husband a little sleeveless shirt here
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as well as some track shorts these track shorts are not only comfortable but
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they're also thin they're lightweight and because of the material of them if he you know doesn't have time to switch
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into his swim trunks like because we're switching to labor in the shower or the r pool or anything like that and he
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doesn't want to the material of these are quick drying and thin that they could even pass as swim shorts to be
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honest so I packed him those so that he can comfortably help me to labor myself I have under the tummy underwear as well
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last disposable postpartum underwear um for like when my water breaks if it's like
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continuous I got these leggings these go under the belly these are my favorite leggings they're so so comfortable and
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like stretchy and soft material a stretchy maternity shirt is long enough to cover my rear end it's very stretchy
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around the belly nice and comfy and soft so this is what I'll be wearing when we check into the birthing center and if I
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don't want to wear leggings like tight leggings I also packed some maternity thin like joggers these are also comfy
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stretchy around the belly just in case and then I packed myself a nursing bra
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for NOA I packed him a tracksuit because I don't know what time of day it will be if it'll be hot or cold either way if he
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wears these little track pants you know he'll be comfortable um and then he can
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just wear it with a T-shirt and be just fine but if it is chilly then his track suit also has a matching jacket to wear
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with that so that we are all squared away and ready in the event that we need to move quickly when we go into labr I
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always keep hand sanitizer on no's bag like because if he's leaving me and going with someone else he knows where
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his hand sanitizer is in front I make sure I packed him a charger for his
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tablet in case he is there with us for a little while when we be laboring because
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my mother and sister they both work so in the event that we need to take them to the birthing center with us and allow
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them to leave work and have time to get to the birthing center to come and pick
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him up and then take them to his home during the time that he'll be with us we would need something to keep him busy
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keep him distracted from everything that's going on in the back pocket here
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is where I stored his tablet that is already charged and I put a few cartoons on there that's down loaded where he
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wouldn't need to connect to the Wi-Fi I also have his headphones and this is his
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toiletry bag or if he's going to be standing with us or my mom TR size baby
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or kid body wash I have his toothbrush with the cover on it his travel size
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toothpaste and his little cup because he uses it you know to rinse his mouth with
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a water bottle so that he will always have access to water but I also packed his favorite juice box and his favorite
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little Yahoo chocolate drink mix he likes those then I also got him some crackers to snack on like the cheddar
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crackers some fruit snacks a cereal bar and some candy which that's where if he
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goes with my mom probably won't be using that candy with me but that's what's
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inside of his little snack bag I also made sure to pack him some activities so
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inside of here to keep him busy has crayons and he has markers he has
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stencils and like drawing paper like a little pad to draw on but he also has
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his drawing tablet here far far in the back he also has his little puzzles um
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that's like magnetic so basically we we always pack this one for the airplane it
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comes with these magnetic shapes that can come off and stick to the lid or the
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tin and then a bunch of different designs that he has to figure out how to place the shape to create the design so
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I PL him a bunch of those to keep him busy packed him a puzzle to work on I
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love to use these little pencil cases to keep all his puzzles in place he has not
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done this one yet so it's going to be tempting for him to want to do it and then of course I packed him like a
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sticker book and these sticker books are colored by stickers where basically you
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would go and pull out the stickers sheet has all of the stickers and then you
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would go and find the puzzle that it would go to and you would just have to stick the stickers in the places where
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they belong based on the number that's on the sheet I packed his little handheld B it just all these little busy
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items or activities that will you know help him stay busy for the time being
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while we are having baby girl or while he is with my mother cuz he does not have a bunch of toys at my mom's house
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and then I did also pack the tablet for him I also packed his slippers I packed
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his robe you know just the basics his PJs and his lip balm his you know
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clothes all that stuff so my mother and sister are going to come to the birthing
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center to pick up Noah one of them will stay and then one of them will leave so
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more than likely my mother is going to stay there through the experience it to be myself and my husband and then my
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mother will be there for moral support my sister is going to be the one to go
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back home and stay home with Noah or
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they'll hang out in the family area when things are starting to pick up or when
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it's may be time to push or something like that but he'll end up probably sleeping you know there with them so the
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next day when I bring Noah back to the birthing center I saw that he gave me his sister if he is not there then this
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is the outfit that he has it's just a blue and green and white shirt that says little brother on it with some comfy
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shorts and I have one that doesn't have like this weird like textured and
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colorful stuff on it it's a little more classy looking like smaller writing like this on it not this really big and loud
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writing and the entire thing is this green color um with white writing and I
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thought that green might match his sister's because you know she has like the flower thing going on and so like I
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figured because she has like the green leaves on hers then maybe him having an
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all green one would work better unfortunately it hasn't arrived and it won't be here until tomorrow then I'll have to wash it and then I'll probably
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pack that one instead of this one but in the event that we go into labor before
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it arrives tomorrow this is what's packed for now so in terms of postpartum
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care the birthing center does provide me with everything that I need they also have a ton of pillows they have
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essential oils they have bath sots and bath teas they have warming towels for
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the perennial oil all of the things that you need during birth they also have like peanut balls birthing balls all of
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that good stuff warm blankets anything that you may need they have nursing gowns slippers socks even things for
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baby and then as as far as postpartum they also give you the witch hazel pads
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and foam to put on like your pads they give you the pads and they also give you the mesh underwear if you have stitches
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or anything they give you anything you would need in terms of fueling for stitches and they give you pain medicine
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while you are there so while you're there you can let them know like hey I'm ready for some Motrin please or whatever
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they'll bring it to you with like some water you can take them while you're there and then they'll have a prescription waiting for you at your
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preferred Pharmacy you can choose the pharmacy that's attached to the birthing center or the hospital so that you can
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go ahead and have like your support person get them before you even go home or you can take advantage of the ones
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that they give you while you are there and then pick up the other ones on your way home so that you have the pain
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medications and everything they give you all the things that you need to heal um they even give you everything that you
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need to bathe and all of that good stuff but you just bring anything that you specifically would prefer to have they
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do not have the Disposable postpartum underwear just the mesh ones I made sure
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that I stocked up the drawers inside of both of our bathrooms so that I have
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multiple ones I didn't pack anything postpartum wise to take there with me
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but with that we sum up everything that I packed inside of our hospital bag I thought that this video would be just a
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tad bit shter in length considering like I said we're going to a birthing center and we're only going to be there for 2 days maybe I'm been overp Packer or like
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I don't really know but I feel like a lot goes into packing your hospital bag because it is part of how you tailor
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your birthing experience there are some things when we are going into labor that are out of our control but then there
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are some things that's in our controls such as our favorite little items that we pack inside of our birthing bag so
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making sure that you have a pretty nursing dress that's nice and comfortable or making sure that you have
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your favorite face wash your favorite body lotion or body wash um you know
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just like little things like that maybe even your favorite comfy slippers or heat wrap all of those things can truly
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make a difference because those are the things that we really do have control over because we never know what to
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expect when it comes to the actual birth but have your favorite water bottle your Stanley Cup anything that makes you feel
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happy anything that gives you a sense of comfort from home for both you anybody
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else from your family that you're bringing with you your spouse or your partner or support person s that it'll
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just help you feel a tad bit more comfortable going through this very you know crazy or beautiful experience I
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even like I said am planning to pack a little bit of like Foundation like some
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lip balm like with a little bit of color in it things like that so that I can feel pretty because it's not all just
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just awful you know what I mean it's such a beautiful um experience so so I
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think that capturing that moment to be you know beautiful it you're going to look back
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and be happy that you did right now I have a ton of like realistic just raw
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rough looking um pictures from my birthing experience with my son but I just have those memories to just
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remember just how beautiful of an experience it was even though I just
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wasn't looking the best another person from the outside looking in might look
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at it and go wo like I'm pretty sure posted one of the videos and someone was just like oh poor baby girl like poor
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you you know like I looked like I was going through it but how often is it that we look at someone's you know
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birthing experience and we just say like oh wow what a beautiful you know thing
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like it's not crazy some people think it's crazy that you go and you comb your hair after having a baby or you put on
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makeup after having a baby but it's not crazy at all you know it's those very first moments that set the stage for how
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we want to carry on throughout our postpartum experience if we give up
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already in those very first moments and we're like we just had a baby who cares how I look you know who cares what
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happens you know at this point I just had a baby then there's a very good chance that we're going to be feeling that same way when we get home when you
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get home take a shower put on some nice comfy clothes ask whoever drove you home
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to just stay there with you and help you with the baby while you get yourself you know feeling good take some postpartum
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vitamins that's going to help with your mood help with any anxiety or stress that you might have have a fresh nice
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cold glass of water there for you and a nice meal as well if you haven't checked
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out my meal prep video make sure you check it out I'm gonna link it for you guys I prepared a whole month's worth of
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dinner for my family as well as a few breakfast and lunch options as well so that we can have some nice homecooked
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food not fast food when we get home after having our baby girls so these are
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all the things that make a difference in tailoring and customizing your birthing experience it's still very possible to
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have a birthing plan that actually follows through with my baby boy I feel
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like it was everything that I wanted it to be it followed through even my birthing plan even even Hypno birthing
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which we didn't do like the full Hypno birthing but they taught us a little bit about it in case it was something that we did want to use during our natural
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birth we at Labor you can do hypn birthing as well but we practiced a little bit at home I sat down I played
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some calming music even Sometimes some gospel music and it put me in a really positive mindset um even this morning
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when I was cleaning up my home putting on some motivational like gospel music reminding myself that you know God has
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my life In His Hands he has baby girls life in his hands and that I don't have to be filled with so much worry and
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anxiety everything is going to be okay even that there put me in a positive mood but the purpose of like the Hypno
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birthing is to kind of calm you and you envision that with every contraction you're having you just picture and
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envision baby girl moving down or your baby further down into like the birthing Canal things like that and then at the
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end of it you can kind of just like turn the music off and sit there and quiet for a moment and then just like connect
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with your baby in the womb if you are not one that thinks like baby and you
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like are kind of connected in that way just pretend even if it feels silly talk to the baby and say Hey you know mama is
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ready for you it's okay if you want to come now we're going to be okay we're going to do this together we can't wait
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to meet you things like that you can even to discuss like with your baby the
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time of day that you would like for him or her to come and I know it sounds crazy after thought it was crazy me and
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my husband was like what but I tried it and I K you not it worked I mean maybe it didn't work maybe it was a
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coincidence but it still made me feel like I had control in my birthing
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experience because I sat down and I said I would really love it if you know we can begin like pushing or like wouldn't
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it be so great if you know we finish this out strong after breakfast we get
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this started and maybe finish before for dinner because for me that was ideal that mean that I had a good night of
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sleep I woke up I had a good breakfast and then I had you know some energy and
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strength to be able to bring her into or my son this is what happened with my son to be able to bring him into the world
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and then afterwards we both could rest relax and shower and have some dinner
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that was what I said so you can be very specific with the actual timing or you
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can be more so like a time of the day like not a specific hour frame but more
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so part of the day for me I gave 4H hour window because I was a firsttime mom I
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did not think labor would be anything shorter than 4 hours so I was like how about we go with 4 to8 maybe 6 to8 you
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know things like that 6 to8 preferably is what I was saying was because again
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my mom works so it would be great if it could be once my mom got off work so that she would be able to get there you
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know easily so the fact that you know active labor and second stage of Labor
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really picked up around 4:00 and by 8:00 it was time to you know begin pushing I
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I felt like like how that happen like that you know so those are the type of things that I'm doing again this time
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around with baby girl and the way that I'm planning like intentionally in my
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mindset is even like right now I'm doing this video This is my my way of saying I'm closing up and tying those loose and
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together we are getting ready we are prepping our meals for postpartum
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setting up our stations we are getting into birthing present and then once I
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finish up like the last of the work that I need to do probably tomorrow is when
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I'll begin to bounce on the ball more parts of the day as opposed to just like
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for 30 minutes at night it'll be like majority of the today I'll be bouncing on the ball doing spinning babies um M
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circuit things like that and just talking to baby girl letting her and know like this is this is it you you can
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come maybe it sounds crazy but I think that it just makes the experience in
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that connection that you form with your little one already before they even arrive much more special so anyo there's
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my little rant like as if this video wasn't long enough I found a way to make it longer but I really just truly help
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that it could be motivational and helpful um to you or maybe even someone
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that you might know that you could just share it with if you know someone who's pregnant that this might help share it
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with them I am one who even though everyone says labor is unpredictable it
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is but I try to be positive in thinking that there are ways we can make our birthing experience a little bit more
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tailored to how we would like it to be and it's in the things that you packing your hospital back the things that you
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do before Labor begins and the mindset that you have and as far as postpartum
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there are ways that we can make that a tad bit better too from the moment they arrive such as doing little things that
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make us feel pretty that make us feel beautiful that make us feel happy and having conversations with our partner
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before we even go into labor to let them know the expectations and you know just setting some things in place so I hope
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that if you are watching this video because you are getting ready to have your baby or because you are pregnant as
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well that this video helps you and you get some motivation and I hope that you have a safe um pregnancy labor and
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delivery and that there are some things that you to will be able to control but also for the purpose of the packing
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motivation let me know how I did let me know anything that I didn't pack that you did let me know anything that I
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packed that you felt was just completely crazy and unnecessary I would love to know you know if I forgot anything or if
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