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Collecting items - what would you do?

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allthesharks · 09/04/2020 07:42

I'm 23 weeks pregnant with the baby due in August. However it's likely this baby will be born early as my previous two were (28 and 33 weeks). We're trying to get the baby's room sorted now as it will be more difficult to do with a baby in hospital (I had to do this with DD1 as I was completely unprepared and it added much more stress).

I have a bednest which I used with DD2, but it's at my parents' house. The cot is also there, but that could wait as the baby wouldn't be needing that right away.

Theoretically, if the baby is born early then we won't need anything at home right away as the baby would be in hospital. But we don't know how long this lockdown is going to last and when we'll be able to pick these things up.

What would you do? How can I get these items for the baby?

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Perfidy · 09/04/2020 07:51

How far away it it? 4 hours maybe not. 20 minutes drive I would.

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allthesharks · 09/04/2020 08:14

Sorry, I should have said. It is only about a 20 minute drive. But for the cot my partner would have to go in to the house to get it himself as it's probably too heavy for my Dad to carry on his own, so it's not as though they could leave it on the doorstep.

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Gillian1980 · 09/04/2020 08:16

I’d leave it until you really need to collect it.

pocketem · 09/04/2020 08:19

I'd go for it. Baby supplies would come under necessary visits. Ask parents to be out of the way when DH enters the house

CeeceeBloomingdale · 09/04/2020 08:21

I'd leave it for now, it's not essential in the next month or even two, after that I'd consider it essential.

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allthesharks · 09/04/2020 08:24

The thing is @Gillian1980, when we really need to do it, might be when we have a baby in NICU which not only means I'd rather be next to their incubator than collecting a cot, but also means there's a risk of transferring germs to a very vulnerable baby.

On the one hand I feel the risk is smaller now, but on the other hand restrictions might be lifted by the time the baby's born in which case it wouldn't be an issue to collect things.

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PeacockPies · 09/04/2020 08:43

I would collect them if you could do so without any actual contact. So leave the cot and just get the other things so your partner doesn't have to go in the house.

Your baby can sleep in something else until the cot is actually needed.

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