https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 22:27:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-823086 Fri, 31 May 2013 20:31:56 +0000 Pepper 823086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm gonna go with feeling unprepared about the birth as well.... I couldn't even bring myself to watch "A Baby Story" until recently. It's not that I'm scared (or maybe I'm in denial about that), it's just that I feel like I can't process what's about to happen in 4ish weeks!</p> <p>I was really on top of product research... and buying cute baby clothes on sale :) Also, reading about how to take care of a newborn! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-823068 Fri, 31 May 2013 20:22:03 +0000 Cara M. 17 823068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: oh my goodness you are me exactly with the researching! I can't wait to actually start my registry and hopefully then I will stop compulsively reading amazon reviews on things I picked out months ago! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822715 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:44:22 +0000 .twist. 822715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: omg. I hadn't even thought of that. Our baby shower is this weekend and I have no idea where I'm going to put anything! Sometimes, if DH is working in there I will go in and start moving shit around and organizing papers and shuffling things and saying "we need to get this out of here" etc. hahaha I'm sure it drives him crazay!!!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822691 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:26:40 +0000 Alivoo01 822691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Our nursery is still a fully functional office as well. I'm hoping to at least get some of it cleaned out this weekend because our baby shower is next weekend and we need a place to start putting things. Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822677 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:18:20 +0000 .twist. 822677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: haha yes. I will let you know if winging it was worth it or if you should start reading L&amp;D books ASAP! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822674 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:17:37 +0000 Foodnerd81 822674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: Nah-- I'll probably obsessively read about it towards the end. But for now gear and nursery stuff is more fun. And we are taking a class. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822672 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:16:50 +0000 illumina 822672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: @Bookworm: @.twist.: well, you are all due before me... so let me know how it works out! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822671 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:16:48 +0000 .twist. 822671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: @Bookworm: Count me in the relief &amp; happiness club! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822661 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:13:55 +0000 Bookish 822661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@illumina: Agreed, this thread is making me happy lol. I thought I was the only one.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822658 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:13:11 +0000 illumina 822658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: I LOVE this! I have thought I was the only person contemplating just winging it through L&amp;D... maybe not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822655 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:12:22 +0000 .twist. 822655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Your logic is totally sound. I am with you 100%. Even on breastfeeding. haha... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822651 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:12:00 +0000 lilteacherbee 822651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm almost 16 weeks and we've had the name picked out since before we were TTC. I have his nursery planned out in my head/on Pinterest. We have already done our registry as well.</p> <p>I am NOT reading about labor or giving birth yet because I'm terrified. I usually need a Valium to get a Pap smear done (lots of medical procedures as a child, plus not gentle obgyn's in the past have made me really anxious when it comes to that stuff). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822648 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:10:58 +0000 Foodnerd81 822648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: @.twist.: The way I see it... the doctors/midwives are going to make sure the baby gets out, and you can only plan so much for birth anyway... but who but me will make sure I have the best greatest stroller and crib sheets?? </p> <p>Of course, that doesn't explain why I have yet to read anything about breastfeeding, other than on Hellobee. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822632 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:07:01 +0000 Bookish 822632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: @.twist.: Yeahhh I re-did my registry on a monthly basis. The registry that, mind you, was done *during* TTC, not after I got pregnant. I had spreadsheets on different gear. Lordy. And yet... not one book on childbirth has been read. Seriously guys, priorities ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822625 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:05:09 +0000 Foodnerd81 822625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Yeah... stroller was also picked out prior to TTC, yet I still spend hours more researching it to make sure I picked the right one after all. Then more hours researching to make sure I got the very best possible price ever. </p> <p>I can't tell you how excited I was when someone bought the Beco Gemini carrier off our registry though :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822620 Fri, 31 May 2013 16:02:56 +0000 .twist. 822620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Seriously, my stroller could not have been more researched. Priorities right? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822604 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:58:30 +0000 Foodnerd81 822604@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: @Bookworm: I'm actually really surprised at myself that I feel pretty unprepared about the birth too. I have books I could read, but instead, I don't even know what I do! </p> <p>Our nursery is still pretty much a junk room-- last couple unpacked things, plus hand me down gear kind of thrown in there, and the crib and rocker have yet to be picked up from the stores. Yet I picked out where I wanted to deliver like a year before TTC. And I've researched what carrier I wanted to death. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822587 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:55:38 +0000 .twist. 822587@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: Shiny things are the WORST. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822580 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:54:06 +0000 Bookish 822580@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Hahah I feel the same way. Every time I try to think about it my brain goes NOPE and I get distracted by something shiny. :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822575 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:50:42 +0000 .twist. 822575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookworm: omg. I have not prepared for birth at all. part of me is horrified and the other part is all "meh" about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822572 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:48:12 +0000 Bookish 822572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I planned everything, except learning about birth. At 34w I still feel really unprepared for it! Maybe that's normal though. But yeah, we started the nursery the week we got our BFP, and had a name picked out very quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822564 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:42:48 +0000 illumina 822564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LaughLines: I was the opposite... we had started thinking about names before TTC and now at 24wks pregnant we've not yet bought any gear (besides a few onesies) or started on the nursery! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822563 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:42:42 +0000 .twist. 822563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate names picked out pre-preg. My "nursery" is still a functioning office. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-822560 Fri, 31 May 2013 15:40:39 +0000 heffalump 822560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a huge planner, everything was planned! I couldn't actually execute the nursery until the end though because we moved when I was 8 1/2 months pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-did-you-plan-in-advancewhat-did-you-procrastinate#post-820606 Thu, 30 May 2013 21:58:06 +0000 LaughLines 820606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>During your TTC and pregnancy journey, what did you plan early and what did you put off?</p> <p>For example: I know exactly how I want the nursery to look, but picking out names seems really scary to me and I avoid even thinking about it or reading posts about it. </p>