Advice for Newbie

Re: Advice for Newbie

• jenkm

  December 2009

  For L&D advice I'd head to the boards where the babies have already been born. 

  Congrats to you.

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• mysticporter

  December 2009

  There wasn't a lot I wish I had known, but there was a lot I was glad I did know.  I was glad I had taken a hospital class, so I knew what to expect once we got there (especially because my time there was really rushed!).  Really, though, as things come up in the last months of pregnancy, there's always Google or asking specific questions on the boards, because everyone is different.  Just find out as much as you can about labor and delivery, and newborn care, ahead of time, and you'll be fine.
  

  
  

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• lotsofbustles

  December 2009

  Braxton hicks are perfectly normal,  if you go to the hospital too early(aka not dialated enough) they will send you home(and that was at the mayo clinic), don't even think that you'll be leaving the hospital in pp clothes even if you can still pull them on but not button them at 40 weeks, get some huge pads b/c you will be bleeding A LOT for awhile after your LO is born, do not let yourself get constipated after you have your LO-metamucil is your best friend,  the first poo after LO comes is really freaking scary especially if you delivered vaginally-again metamucil, your birth plan my just be a goal rather than a reality-your never know what will happen in labor or how your body will react.  Those are the major things IMO.      

  

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