38 weeks and waiting - what to do
- 12-21-2010, 11:08 PM #1Registered User
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38 weeks and waiting - what to do
I am now on maternity leave, and impatiently waiting for the arrival of our baby. I have two weeks before my due date, but cant really do any exercise due to back pains.
What are you all doing to prepare and keep your mind off things?
- 12-21-2010, 11:32 PM #2Registered User
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When I was in the last couple of weeks of my pregnancy I cooked lots of food. I had cottage pies, lasagnes, bolognaise sauces etc all in the freezer so that when the baby was first home from the hospital I didnt need to worry about cooking food for the family.... they came in very handy in the first two weeks!
- 12-22-2010, 09:08 AM #3Registered User
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Go watch a movie, enjoy a dinner with hubby/ friends/ relatives, get your hair done/ facial/ mani/pedi, sleep etc etc. These are some things which will become a rarity once the baby arrives.
- 12-22-2010, 11:56 AM #4Registered User
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- 12-22-2010, 03:26 PM #5Registered User
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Hold the mani/pedi if you're delivering at a public hospital. For some reason, they make you take the polish off before you're allowed to deliver! I remember distinctly being asked to when I went to deliver at QMH. Fortunately, I didn't have any on, but it definitely stuck in my mind as a strange requirement.
- 12-22-2010, 03:34 PM #6Registered User
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- 12-24-2010, 09:50 PM #7Registered User
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Im also in my 38th wk right now. I did keep myself busy preparing stuffs for my incoming baby. I do bits of baby shopping everyday, so that I can also have a lil walk. Meet my friends and go to spa for a massage. But I always enjoy staying home and get as much rest as possible. You know we wont be having enough rest once the baby is out ;-)
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