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Post birth to-do list

MeggieChrisMeggieChris
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Alright, so I'm a huge planner and organizer. I'm making a list of things I need to do before baby gets here and things I need to do after baby gets here. I know on the main page of the bump, it has a checklist for each week leading up to birth, but has anyone seen a checklist for things to do after birth? I've figured out the basic things like applying for baby's SSN, adding her to my insurance, complete a new W-4 form, send out birth announcments, etc, etc... Anyone have anything else to add or any advice? TIA

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  • PinkBackPackPinkBackPack
    The only other thing I can think of is to send out Thank Yous for gifts you receive after LO is born.  For me the SSN was part of the paperwork I filled out at the hospital.
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  • Jessica0624Jessica0624 member

    You have 30 days to add your child to insurance after birth ( at least it was that way for me)  At the hopsital they give you paperwork for the birth certificate and social security.

    After that is just enjoy the baby.

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  • smiling76smiling76 member

    I'm pretty sure the hospital sends in the forms for the SSN, but can't remember.  You'll want to get the birth cert as well---I forget how that occurs, but I remember ordering a few of them since it's easier to get them right away than waiting.

    You'll have tons of doc appts for the little one, first being usually just a week after their birth.  And then depending on their weight, might be a few weeks later or even a week later. 

    Honestly, there isn't much you HAVE to do right away----except for what you mentioned above. 

     

     


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  • jtenebackjteneback member

    In addition to actually adding the baby to insurance, a lot of companies require that you notify them within 24 hours of the birth.  Maybe your hospital does this but it's worth checking.

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  • 6fsn6fsn

    The hospital sends in the SSN info (as long as you name them before you leave). We had to go to county health department to pick up a birth certificate though.  There are definitely follow up appts for you and for baby.

    I really can't think of much more.  I waited until after birth to buy a breast pump and nursing bras.  DH needed to buy some newborn clothes because the kid was so tiny, but that was about all.

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  • Mrs06708tobeMrs06708tobe
    You are going to be so exhausted from labor and delivery that all you need to focus on is recovery and your new LO - everything else just falls into place...all the paperwork is either done through the hospital or at your first peds apt.  I am a planner as well and really - the biggest thing for me after DS was born was recovering and feeling back to normal (emotionally and physically) and nursing my LO around the clock...
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    imageMrs06708tobe:
    You are going to be so exhausted from labor and delivery that all you need to focus on is recovery and your new LO - everything else just falls into place...all the paperwork is either done through the hospital or at your first peds apt.  I am a planner as well and really - the biggest thing for me after DS was born was recovering and feeling back to normal (emotionally and physically) and nursing my LO around the clock...

    1. REST and care for LO!

    2. Let other people do stuff for you while you rest and care for LO

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  • mesrmesr

    i have a homebirth planned, and last time i remember having to get a hearing test and PKU screening done within the first two weeks.  so that's on my list this time as well.

    i didn't bother sending out birth announcements.  

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  • ccorsoccorso member
    imageInLoveWithBrett:

    You have 30 days to add your child to insurance after birth ( at least it was that way for me)  At the hopsital they give you paperwork for the birth certificate and social security.

    After that is just enjoy the baby.

    Please double check this.  Most times this is not true. (btw-I am an HR manager and manage all of our benefits.)  Most people understand it to be this way but really it is they will cover up to 30/31 days, but the baby needs to be on the first of the month. Insurance companies normally do not add people mid month...it is at the first of the month.  So if you have the baby on the 1st of the month...you have until the end of the month to enroll the baby for the following month.  If you have the baby on the 28th of the month...you also have until the end of the month (2 to 3 days) to enroll the baby for the following month.  This is worded so weird..that even I double checked with our broker to make sure I understood it correctly.

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