https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:28:19 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827720 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:30:06 +0000 emg86 827720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was starting to feel really uncomfortable and for the first time felt super excited about meeting our baby instead of nervous about how she was going to get here. Once I stopped doing baby stuff around the house cause I was so exhausted, she decided to come! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827612 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:46:59 +0000 Modern Daisy 827612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone keeps asking if our nursery is ready and I'm always baffled that we get asked this so often while I'm not even in the third trimester and neither of my showers have happened yet. I don't think I'm in the minority at least waiting until the shower before setting it up! </p> <p>for example my first shower was yesterday and I was so thankful that we controlled ourselves and didn't make any purchases because I got so much stuff!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827585 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:36:16 +0000 GreenThumb 827585@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 37 weeks, I'm READY to be done being pregnant, so we are ready for her to arrive! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827550 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:19:59 +0000 lemondrop 827550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When my water broke and we didn't have a choice anymore, we were resigned (and excited too, of course) that it would happen in the next 24 hours. </p> <p>Ultimately it was the weekend I hit full term, on that Fri, Sat, Sun: my work went on Christmas break, our work Christmas parties happened, we went to the NFL game we'd been looking forward to (Go Browns!), our birth class finished, and I decided I was uncomfortable enough for him to be evicted (he made me wait 2 more weeks). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827543 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:16:16 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 827543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: yep.</p> <p>"ready" to me meant: I am not willing to be pregnant ANY longer :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827509 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:04:55 +0000 Smurfette 827509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was in labor though and still didn't feel ready! But after the car seat was installed, I felt like it was ok for her to come. That and DH stopped traveling at 38 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827367 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:23:12 +0000 edelweiss 827367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: i became obsessed with getting the car cleaned first before installing the car seat base. we have two dogs and they created a huge pile of fur back there. of course, the car's gone back to looking like crap but whatever, it made me feel good at the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827326 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:11:37 +0000 Cherrybee 827326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@edelweiss: Oooh, the car seat base is a good one! Ours is in the loft! I want to Hoover the car first, that can go on the list!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827315 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:07:01 +0000 edelweiss 827315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>being ready for me meant having the car seat base installed, having somewhere for the baby to sleep, and diapers/wipes. of course there was a lot more, but the ones i mentioned where the items i felt like had to be done.</p> <p>if i had to do it again, i would have been prepared to rent a professional pump from the hospital and taken it home after birth. i didn't think i would need one and i was wrong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827311 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:04:47 +0000 looch 827311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I went on maternity leave with 6 weeks until my due date and I was worried I wouldn't have enough things to do, so I :</p> <p>Went swimming, a lot<br /> Packed my hospital bag<br /> Took an inventory of the clothing we had and what I thought we needed<br /> Painted a decorative alphabet in the nursery<br /> Went to lunch with other pregnant friends<br /> Walked around town/Christmas markets<br /> Began accupuncture, drinking red raspberry leaf tea</p> <p>Just having things to tick off a list made me feel ready, in retrospect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827294 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:00:01 +0000 Mrsbells 827294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: For me it meant having all the basic gear ready such as crib, bottles, pump, sheets, clothing, diapers etc</p> <p>ETA: I also used Mrs bees Newborn essential check list </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827290 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:58:44 +0000 fairy 827290@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me, being ready meant having all the things necessary for her to be here (nursery done, plenty of diapers, clothes, blankets, all the gear, etc). And in the past couple weeks it has been getting harder and harder to move around without bad pain and the painful belly stretching have made my body definitely feel ready for her to get the heck out haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827252 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:46:55 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 827252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once I wasn't working, I felt ready. I knew I would never feel completely 100% ready until he was here, but once I was forced to stop working 2 weeks before my due date, I was ready to get the show on the road. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827238 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:42:11 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 827238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For me it was that we had a carseat and I was so uncomfortable that I didn't want her in anymore :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827233 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:41:02 +0000 Cherrybee 827233@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsCB: Ooh, good point about the dog gate, that needs to go on my to-do list! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827225 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:38:56 +0000 Cherrybee 827225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmm, so I've been thinking. If I did the following things, I might just feel ready: </p> <p>1) Pack my hospital bag. </p> <p>2) Wash all the baby clothes.</p> <p>I might do those tasks this weekend...! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827218 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:36:36 +0000 ShootingStar 827218@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a lot we need to do before I'll feel ready for baby. We're moving our bedroom to another room, so a bunch of stuff in that room needs to be removed, then we need to move our furniture to the new room. We also plan to buy a new mattress because we hate ours, and we want to do that when we move to the other room so the bed can be delivered directly there. Then we have to move all of the baby stuff out of the room it's in, and move it to ours (where his official room will be). I'd like for the closets to be all organized and for some clothes to be washed, but I have no idea how much to wash, haha. And all the cloth diapers will need to be prepped. </p> <p>Then in the living room I'd like swing to be set up and ready to go, as well as the PnP we're using as a changing station. And a gate between the living room and kitchen needs to be installed so I can keep the dogs out of my way if needed. </p> <p>Just thinking about all these things has me overwhelmed, lol. Good thing I have almost 6 months to get them accomplished. And by "I", I mostly mean DH ;). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827187 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:24:55 +0000 Foodnerd81 827187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha-- I'm totally not ready! I'm 32 weeks too, and the nursery is not at all ready. I think of the things you actually NEED right away, the only thing we are missing is diapers, but my shower isn't for a few more weeks and we aren't buying anything until after that. I'm borrowing a rock and play for the beginning, but don't have it yet, and our crib and rocker are in the stores waiting for pick up. But we have some little onesies, a bunch of receiving blankets, and the carseat, so everything else we could pick up quickly if needed. </p> <p>I still need these last few weeks very badly though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827167 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:21:10 +0000 junebugmama 827167@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There were so many things that I thought I needed. We moved 3 weeks before he was born and I was in full panic mode. I had a honey dew list a mile long! Then he got stuff and the majority of things I spent stressed about getting done for the baby, we still haven't really used and he's 1 years old lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827156 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:19:10 +0000 fancyfunction 827156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: I agree! At one point I was just so ready to not be pregnant anymore! That's not to say I wasn't scared of L&amp;D but the fear was much worse than the reality of it.</p> <p>I also agree that we were physically and mentally as ready as we could possibly be -even though I still had so many moments of doubt saying, how are we going to do this? Once the baby's here, your instincts will take over - you'll see! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827152 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:17:40 +0000 Espion 827152@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have next to nothing for this kid because we have a huge move coming up (so no nursery, no nesting, no nada). But I did panic a little and realized that we have nowhere comfortable to change the baby (at table/dresser height). So we went out and bought a changing pad. And now, somehow, I feel ready, heh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827150 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:16:45 +0000 Cherrybee 827150@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FutureMrsMcK: Hahaha!! That made me laugh!!!!! Im ready then!! Baby isn't quite ready (32 weeks) but mama sure is!!! I thought Id be one of these glamorous prenant ladies who totally rocked it from start to finish but ugh I couldn't be more wrong! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827133 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:11:48 +0000 lovehoneybee 827133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha for me "being ready for baby" meant the moment when my desire to not be pregnant anymore ("over it") outweighed my terror of L&amp;D and taking care of a newborn :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-being-ready-for-baby-to-come-mean-for-you#post-827129 Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:10:15 +0000 Cherrybee 827129@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This weekend we went to a 4-day wedding celebration and all weekend people have been asking us if we are "ready" for the baby. We, of course, smiled and said we were... but it got me to thinking. Are we??!! </p> <p>We have almost finished the nursery but its not like she is going to be in there for a few weeks at the very least! We have a few clothes and nappies and creams etc but there really is nothing we could need that DH can't get from the 24 hr supermarket as and when the need arises! We have our car seat and pushchair.....</p> <p>..... but I can't shake the feeling that we are not ready!! All of the above - its just stuff. What did "being ready" for the baby mean for you? </p>