What do you exactly pack in a bag to go to the hospital?? There are lists galore when you look things up online and you can always get a friend to help you that has been there and done that.. but the one piece of advice I heard and believe I will use is to actually pack 2 bags! That's right TWO! One for before the baby.. like during delivery and what you will need while you are sitting there waiting for the baby to come, because lets face it, this is not a short process (or so I've heard about the first time around); and one for after the baby is here, her clothing to go home in, necessities for new mommy, phone lists etc.
I know I know everyone keeps telling me to pack my bad because at 36 weeks baby can come anytime. However if I get in the mindset of the baby coming early then I think I'll just go mad waiting these next 4 weeks out. Now I don't think... and a few doctors have told me they dont' think I'll last the full 4 weeks because last week we went to the doctor and they let me know I'm carrying an unusual high amount of fluid around the baby. That's right TOO much fluid around the baby. Now I have heard of not enough fluid around the baby and that is dangerous but too much... got me there. But yes it is actually a real thing called polyhydromnios, meaning too much fluid around the baby. When I went for my sono a few weeks back they noticed it was too high and I just got back from a sono Friday to confirm the fluid in fact has gone up. Now there is no harm to this except during delivery they have to watch me very carefully and want me in the hospital when my water breaks because there will be so much but other than that.. it pretty much means the baby has plenty of room to swim around... that's why I get those huge movements in my belly, and that I'm stretching extra large which you can see from the pics. 25 % of women who have this condition deliver early so... just waiting to see what happens I suppose. In the meantime Katie is moving like crazy and I feel like she may come early but again... everyone tells me "do not think that way" or you will go crazy!
I'll add photos of our sono we had done on Friday this week.
So all in all... I have started one of my bags, the one for after delivery, but refuse to have them ready at the door because I know that will make her late or so my crazy self thinks the more I'm ready the longer she will wait. But I must say recently she is feeling so heavy. Like a bowling ball ready to fall out of me! Definitely a strange feeling but maybe that's just her getting ready. Who knows! I'm learning to take one day at a time!
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