what to do on maternity leave before baby

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So you've only started your mat exit, and have an indeterminate amount of fourth dimension before your baby is due… It could exist days, a week or a calendar month, or more. I had 3 weeks, just infant H arrived i calendar week before her due date. This got me thinking, I had loads of things I wanted to practice in those 3 weeks, some I managed others, I didn't. But I did prioritise what I did and how soon I did information technology! Of class sleep every bit much as y'all can…

one. Go out for dinner with hubby and/or friends. Dinner is the keyword here, yeah, you can go out for dinner with a newborn, but, once routines kick in it'southward much more hard. Nosotros've tried, and failed miserably. Aye, nosotros were the couple with the screaming baby. Yeah, you were looking at us similar we were mad, appalling parents taking our baby out afterwards bed time, but most of all, we did see the glances between diners in the pub maxim "how inconsiderate are they!" I'm sorry, we tried, we failed, but we'll probably try once again in a calendar month or so.

2. Get to the movie theater. Unless you have a bodyguard or go to a babe movie theater screening, you won't go again, ever. So take advantage run across annihilation and everything, get popcorn, sweets, hotdogs and huge drinks.

3. Read a book. I wish I'd done this. I think in retrospect I could have during all the newborn feeding, but I didn't… So please if you lot're significant read a book for me!

iv. Be spontaneous. Get out, simply decide on the spur of the moment to practice it and go. It's near impossible with a baby… One time baby is here there's a bike of checking for poos, milk, nappies, wipes, muslins, more muslins, and, oh yes modify that nappy once more…. And finally yes, y'all're near to leave, ah no, it's milk time again!

5. Prevarication in. Yes I know with a huge crash-land it'south incredibly uncomfy to sleep, but if you can stay in bed, even if you're sitting…. do information technology. Only enjoy sitting and knowing you don't have to exist anywhere else.

6. Coffee and block. Meet other nearly new mummies and new mummies for coffee. Have in all the advice those new mummies have, look at their little teeny tiny babies and know that in a few days or weeks, that volition be yous. I remember that feeling so well: surreal, a fiddling daunting but very exciting.

seven. Organise – brand photograph albums of by holidays, tidy up, pack your hospital bag fourth dimension and time again.

8. Clean up your telephone, make sure y'all have as much room on information technology as possible. Even if you have a super expensive super-duper camera, you will utilise your telephone camera and video ALL the fourth dimension. You lot'll use all the space on it, Actually, you will.

ix. Quick Meals. Make meals you tin can freeze and estrus up in the oven or microwave…. Yeah, anybody says this, but when yous're immersed in all things baby, and realise it'south 9pm and y'all've not eaten since 12, it'll be the easiest solution. Ok, frozen pizza and fries might work too. Or a food delivery from Granny!

10. Have 'you' time but likewise y'all-and-your-other-half-time. Relax. Walk. Do things.Go for a walk, or shopping, or to the pond puddle, actually do whatever yous similar, equally yes, you can do all these things with a infant, but information technology's nice to do them and say, "I wonder if this volition be the terminal time it's the 2 of us." Yes, a walk near the end of pregnancy is uncomfy, just it helps. It'due south practise and existence out of the firm getting fresh air will be expert for yous, remember y'all might be stuck inside in a hospital ward or room for several days very very soon! Information technology's probably a proficient idea to take your other half with you in example information technology does bring on labour, only also then you tin have a conversation.

eleven. Take a night away. I'm talking almost when y'all're 37+ weeks meaning, so the VERY end. Stay in a hotel, have lovely dinner and a huge breakfast, relax, and just exist the two of you. Ok, you might have to take a dozen pillows with yous, but this is one thing I retrieve hubby and I didn't practice. Fifty-fifty if nosotros'd booked into the hotel 10 minutes down the road, we probably should take had one final get away right at the end. Nosotros went away at 34 weeks and had a lovely time, we fifty-fifty had the automobile seat and hospital bag sat in the back. Yes I was paranoid, only we did get to Scotland, vi hours from home!
There were loads of other things I was going to practice, some I did, some I didn't, merely I tin't retrieve them all at present. These are the ones I recall, so, I'll take it these are the chief ones… If you can recollect of any others, please comment!

Lyn x

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