cant remember if I need to pack bath suff for the baby like the wash?? or did the hospital have it?

argh why do I have such a memory block on these things?!?!

the hospital have all that hun x

I don't even remember packing my hospital bags with the last two! Am panicking about it already! Sorry not a lot of help I know!

Xx

I didn't take anything, they had cotton wool and that was all we used with warm water

thanks girls!!!!!!!! think your right I brought it last time and didnt need it.

argh memory has disapeared!

I took so much junk last time, im not doing anything like that this time.

Just clothes for me and baby, shampoo, maternity pads, hairbrush, and disposable knickers!

x

Oh yeah, shampoo for you, having a shower was great (and also, 30 mins after giving birth the most horrifying experience ever haha)

mariheartselijah wrote:

Oh yeah, shampoo for you, having a shower was great (and also, 30 mins after giving birth the most horrifying experience ever haha)

Me too... I could barely stand up, letalone be left safely in the shower... I think I was gone for ages!

x

thanks!!! I am all packed!!! eeek feels a little too real now!

Yeah after I was in the shower for ages, I could only just stand up pethadine had only just kicked. rob had to come in and check I was ok as I was gone that long. but I jsut stood there staring into space, thinking christ did that just happen?!?!
and I forgot to take my clean pjs & towel and shampoo and all in the shower left it in the room was in such a daze.

Sounds familiar Emma. I remember standing there crunched over as I couldn't stand straight and thinking 'NEVER AGAIN'

Now look at us!!! X

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Me too... I could barely stand up, letalone be left safely in the shower... I think I was gone for ages!

the post-birth shower is insane isn't it? Talk about surreal, it looked like a scene from psycho. The lady chucked all my stuff in the room for me, clipped an alarm to the curtain and ran off cos someone was having an emergency section, I remember sitting there and just thinking 'oh f*ck' hahaha

sorry, I won't fill your head with scary thoughts!

pmsl laur to flipping right. I remeber shouting at my mum saying why why why would you do this 3 times?!?!

about scene from phycho! Iv never seen so much blood ever! think poor rob nearly passed out when he came in to check me. he was like that ment to happen?!?

ooo the joys, forget all these little things!!!!! christ remind me why we're doing ti again?! I thought I enjoyed it but bit by bit things are comming back....

Oh god, maybe I shouldn't have read this post! xx

i took too much stuff too.

Siobhan it's just cos your so tired and hurting a little, mine was ok i made OH come in with me as i was so weak

I was my sisters birthing partner with her son and should have been there with her daughter, but was 10 minutes late in getting to the hospital.

I helped her when she was getting showered as her husband had a D+V bug and it was awful.

I think im dreading the post labour shower more than the labour xx

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Oh god, maybe I shouldn't have read this post! xx

oh no! It wasn't meant to be scary haha

I wasn't in pain at all, or even scared it was just very very weird...I remember saying to myself (out loud haha) 'well, you're a mummy now so you better get on with it', and then having a little sit down....It just didn't seem real at all

aw hun wasnt ment to scare you. dont worry not that bad no I wasnt in pain either. I just remeber thinking alos 'right emma your a mum now!! your a mum!!'

x x

Ahh that just made me go all tingly, I am soooo fricking excited and can't wait to be a Mummy xx

Laura wrote:

mariheartselijah wrote:

Oh yeah, shampoo for you, having a shower was great (and also, 30 mins after giving birth the most horrifying experience ever haha)

Me too... I could barely stand up, letalone be left safely in the shower... I think I was gone for ages!

x

I couldn't even have a shower, I got undressed, stood up and thought 'oh shit, I'm going to collapse' so I rang the alarm and the next thing I knew I was in a wheelchair being wheeled back into the labour room, naked but with a gown draped over me Simon thought I was nearly dead because of the colour of me Ended up having a wash in the bed by a nurse - not a pleasant experience

Im not even thinking about packing a bag yet - im way too relaxed for my own liking at the min, but im literally taking my pjs, change of clothes, obv baby bits and some bits for me to have a wash with after. I have requested I dont stay in this time so they are putting me on 6hr discharge. So I can pack all that once I feel things 'starting' If I do need to stay in hubby can go back and sort all that jazz as I wont give two hoots as I will just be all sad about being stuck in crappy hosp
I rem shower I actually had the quickest shower I can rem, we were left to it as an emergency section was being done,hubby was holding onto Hannah (and wasnt letting go) so i hobbled over to shower rem seeing all blood and thinking ewww, then just had a quick wash and jumped out I wasnt messing about as think if I thought about it too much I would of spazzed out mw came back and she was like ooooh youve washed yourself already???? and I was like o sorry yeah
xx

when i had my first it was baths!! a bath was run for me and i was told ot get of bed and get in bath literally half hour after being stiched up ..i was shaking and couldnt walk or stand straight..felt liek i had been winded .. my mum helped me out as i didnt have strenght to stand!

with jamie i had water birth and dont remeber about my first i thin ki had small shallow bath then too..but he was poorly and thats all i had on my mind.... and with amelie the midwifes bed bathed me as i was in so much pain i couldnt walk until the got me some numbing gel and them went home for a cold bath