Are you a terribly organised pregnant person in your 3rd trimester? I NEED you.

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I am a terribly disorganised pregnant person in my 3rd trimester and I want to copy you.

People keep asking me if I'm all ready. Um, no.

I've dug out some baby clothes and will get around to washing them this week. But I don't know if I'm having a girl or a boy, so I don't know whether to wash girl or boy clothes. Oh, and I need to buy NON-BIO I think. Is that right?

I've bought some nappies and breast pads.

I feel I ought to pack a hospital bag but I can't for the life of me think what to put in it.

I haven't written a birth plan, but I have a good idea of what to expect, and have opinions about all the Stuff That Happens. I shall just talk to people as I go along.

I've probably got some nursing bras somewhere. I can dig them out too.

What else should I be doing?

Oooh, maternity pads! I'll need some of them.

Anything else? TELL ME. I'll be your best friend if you do. In fact we could be pregnancy buddies in that time-honoured completely mismatched personality type way. It would be hillarious.

Top tip - take your own painkillers - nothing like being offered 2 paracetamol after you've push summat the size of a watermelon out of your fanj.

Ha! I started this thread a month ago. I am now a week overdue. Only this morning I said to my husband "I really must finish packing my hospital bag today".

Did you finish your birth plan yet?

No written birth plan, but am outside uk and have discussedmy preferences with my doctor who will be there at the birth. They generally only have 1 or 2 women in labour at any one time so there'll be time and space to talk to the midwives.

Alternative answer: absolutely no one would read it if I did write it!

Just been reading through this and, whilst being impressed by how organised everyone is, I also thought - are 0-3 months too big for a newborn? Ooooh.....didn't know that!

I am 31 weeks and 4 days, we have the following:

a moses basket
Rocking cot
plenty of clothes in newborn and 0-3 (80+ items)
Clothes in sizes upto 3 years old
Travel System - car seat - buggy - carry cot (already practiced with it)
Cotbed
Mobile
Bouncy seat
several bedding sets
Muslin clothes
six bottlees (planning to breast feed)
Steriliser
Breast Pump
Plain baby gym
Baby Bath
Head and tail bath
Changing box
baby monitor
Name chosen
Baby Toys
Baby Changer (wooden one and mat)

We will be ordering a wardrobe and chest of drawers this week bulk buying nappies (3 months supply) also looking at the Stargazer playmat by M&P. Also need to paint the nursery, have the decrotive items for it

Labour bag wise

All Babies CLothes
Maternity Pads
Breast Pads
Pj's
Toiltries (yummy Sanctuary mummy range)
Towels
List if food and drink
List of clothes for me
Camera
MP3 player
Birth Plan
List of Numbers
Mini tv thing
Hair Dryer
Change
We know where to buy a parking permit for a weeks use.

I am sure there will be more that I need to do before baby is born.

xx

We have picked 2 names as we haven't found out what we're having...didn't realise I could count that on teh list of Things That Have Been Done :)

OK, yummy, I'm totally intimidated now!! 80+ items!

I'm heading towards 35 weeks, and we have a couple of packs of vests, and a couple of packs of sleepsuits, and then a few cardies etc that my mum and sister have knitted.

And then more older baby stuff that has been donated by our friends (which I really need to sort through.

Need to get mobile and playmat sorted. And scratch mits, hats, etc. And muslins, baby monitor, baby first aid kit (ear thermometer and syringes anyone!?)

In terms of toys we have basically nothing - other than a few soft toys and freebies, and things my mum and dad have stored in their loft from when I was a baby in the 70s!

jaggythistle it counts it is really important.

spannermary the babies room looks like an NCT nearly new sale, We ordering a double wardrobe (I think a triple might be better. LOL). I love to shop and as I am now a large whale DS gets my monthly clothing alowance spent on him. More to the point I am a little anual when it comes to organisation (I say a little what I mean to say is completly whack a doodle, up the wall, need to get a life organised)

We bought the cutest baby set really early on that has various baby care bits in such as a thermometer. Although I am wondering if we need a second one for drawing a bath (my elbow can't seem to tell me if my own bath water is too hot. Only a burnt toe or bottom does that)

xx