To Do:
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Well something about having the opportunity for my dream birth got my butt in pregnancy motion. So I have been crazy busy trying to start and check off a to do list. Here is my list so far--please add things that you think I should do!
To Do:
1. Find a Pediatrician.
2. Find a doula.
3. Find a Chiropractor for me and baby and troy if I can get him to finally see one! LOL
4. Book classes for a weekend childbirth prep, breastfeeding, infant CPR refresher and if time-babywearing/cloth diapers classes.
5. Find a eco-friendly online site to register at (the come up with a need list---remember my goal is as much hand-me-downs and second hand I can get) and find a book store to register at.
6. Find/order my placenta capsule kit (I will blog on this later).
7. Figure out how to get Birth Certificate/Social Security card for baby and then get passport.
8. Call insurance company and see if they will cover a home birth, doula, classes, breastpump, etc. (I'm sure they will because we have amazing insurance!) If not nothing changes. Also figure out what we need to do to add the baby to the plan and get it a card.
9. Update my will, get Troy a will. After talking to the two couples we will put on the will for in case we both die with minor children.
10. Troy needs to find a church and become a member so we can figure out the Lutheran baptism stuff, and also figure out the Bahai dedication stuff....figure out when we should do them. It might be alot to squeeze in before we leave so it may have to be when they are a couple months old after our first assignment.
11. Baby shower?!?! No idea how that's going to work....I have an idea of what I want. Did you throw your own or did someone else---if someone else-who and did they offer or did you ask them to? Did you have yours before or after baby?
12. Pick out a new piece of luggage for baby--I love luggage shopping! LOL
13. Get family members to take a infant CPR class (going to need it if you want to babysit! :D And just because you ARE a nurse doesn't count--we want a refresh at least!)
14. Get all birthing supplies ordered
I know I'm forgetting things....help me out ladies/guys does this sound good, what am I missing? I need the list to make sure it gets checked off because once I leave the country post baby it will be so much harder for me to do stuff.
To Do:
1. Find a Pediatrician.
2. Find a doula.
3. Find a Chiropractor for me and baby and troy if I can get him to finally see one! LOL
4. Book classes for a weekend childbirth prep, breastfeeding, infant CPR refresher and if time-babywearing/cloth diapers classes.
5. Find a eco-friendly online site to register at (the come up with a need list---remember my goal is as much hand-me-downs and second hand I can get) and find a book store to register at.
6. Find/order my placenta capsule kit (I will blog on this later).
7. Figure out how to get Birth Certificate/Social Security card for baby and then get passport.
8. Call insurance company and see if they will cover a home birth, doula, classes, breastpump, etc. (I'm sure they will because we have amazing insurance!) If not nothing changes. Also figure out what we need to do to add the baby to the plan and get it a card.
9. Update my will, get Troy a will. After talking to the two couples we will put on the will for in case we both die with minor children.
10. Troy needs to find a church and become a member so we can figure out the Lutheran baptism stuff, and also figure out the Bahai dedication stuff....figure out when we should do them. It might be alot to squeeze in before we leave so it may have to be when they are a couple months old after our first assignment.
11. Baby shower?!?! No idea how that's going to work....I have an idea of what I want. Did you throw your own or did someone else---if someone else-who and did they offer or did you ask them to? Did you have yours before or after baby?
12. Pick out a new piece of luggage for baby--I love luggage shopping! LOL
13. Get family members to take a infant CPR class (going to need it if you want to babysit! :D And just because you ARE a nurse doesn't count--we want a refresh at least!)
14. Get all birthing supplies ordered
I know I'm forgetting things....help me out ladies/guys does this sound good, what am I missing? I need the list to make sure it gets checked off because once I leave the country post baby it will be so much harder for me to do stuff.
3 comments:
You might want to talk to Ashely and Eric about the placenta cord thing. I know they said they did it. She also got her insurance to cover her breast pump. I am looking into that too. I don't think you normally throw your own shower, but I guess it is what ever you want to do. I know that the hospital gives us all the stuff for the birth certificate and social security number.
We looked into preserving the cord blood, but the hospital we delivered at no longer offered those services. If you can find a location that can save your cord blood and you can afford to do it, I believe it is a good investment. Also, I second Jenny's comment about the shower...it will be that last thing you will want to plan...let someone else worry about it! And again with what Jenny said...our hopsital provided everything we needed for the birth certificate and social security number. I do have to say however, that I am impressed with the "to-do" list...I wish I would have been that organized.
I looked into cord banking....number one-I can't do it while home birthing, two- since neither of us have a family history for the stuff they use it for usually I don't see it being worth it for us. three-I have other plans for the placenta (more to blog on that later!)
Ashley--who did your shower for you?
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