If you have a car, make sure you and your partner safely install the base around the time you’re packing your hospital bag.
The car seat. An infant car seat is the easiest way to carry your newborn out of the hospital, and of course you’ll have to have it on your drive or ride home. A few good folders will help you keep it all straight. You’ll be bringing paperwork in and taking paperwork out. Some folders can be handy, too. While today’s workplace is increasingly paperless, today’s hospitals definitely are not. You might want to have a backup on your phone, too, so just e-mail it to yourself and your partner after you’ve printed it out. Print out your birth plan, throw it in the aforementioned backpack or duffel and you’re set. This is a must (and something your partner should definitely be checking on, since you’ll have the whole giving-birth thing to worry about). Your state-issued ID and insurance card. The best course of action is to have these things in a wallet that’s on your person (or on your nightstand) at all times. That way, one of you can call it up quickly without thinking when you’re on your way. Plan the route. Make sure to save the hospital’s street address in Google Maps. The last thing you want to be doing is timing your contractions while your partner’s pumping gas at a filling station. Gas up. If, like most Americans, you live in a car town, make sure there’s at least a half-tank of fuel in your vehicle at all times. There’s a lot to carry from the car to the delivery room, from the delivery room to the overnight room, from the overnight room back to the vehicle that’s ferrying the family home. Your partner will want to keep his or her hands as free as possible. So it’s a good idea to start an easily accessible checklist of what needs to come along so nothing gets forgotten amid the last-minute scramble and excitement. Create a checklist. You can’t pre-pack everything, since you’ll need some of those things in your everyday life. You may already have packed a bag with all the essentials you’ll want for the hospital or birthing center (trust us, it’s a great idea to be ready to go as early as six weeks before your due date).īut what about your partner? He or she should get prepped ahead of time, too. That’s especially true on the big day when you’ll meet your baby for the very first time. 
Labor can be long and your partner will probably want to stay the night, and will inevitably need things to feel as comfortable as possible so you'll have the best support system possible.Īs with most things that will come up in your brand new life as a parent, a little planning goes a long way. The day you go into labor is a big one for your whole family and while you are doing most of the hard work, your partner will play a big role in supporting you throughout the journey. Though most think of hospital bag checklists as a job for the mom-to-be, that's not true.
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