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@twodoghouse: I don't have much time but I can elaborate after work. I wore contacts then switched to glasses when my induction rolled into the evening hours. I pushed with glasses but my eyes were closed anyway. Leave your rings at home. Yes we brought our bags in.

1. I wore my glasses but had my husband take them off and then give them back to me after he was born.
2. I wore my rings. I didn't even notice they were on.
3.They wrote down the stats on his bassinet in the hospital room but my husband also remembered them.

@twodoghouse:

(1) I wore contacts but brought my glasses. If you end up having a c-section you'll most likely have to wear glasses. I wore contacts because I didn't want to be wearing my glasses in pictures after she was born! And I do think glasses would've been annoying while pushing.

(2) My rings didn't fit but I wore my cheap $10 stand-in ring.

(3) I know they wrote the time of birth on her hospital bracelet...I can't remember if they wrote her length and weight on there. I know they wrote all of it on the little announcement card that was in her bassinet. Can your DH make a note in his phone and type it out as they say it?

(4) I wasn't induced but we did bring our clothes and toiletries in with us. Our hospital had a small closet in each room to store stuff like that.

Good luck!!

@twodoghouse: I love questions about delivery!! I wish I had asked more before my first!!

With my first I wore glasses and took off my rings because that's what people told me to do. With my second I wore my contacts (and kept a case, saline, and my glasses by my bedside in case I had to take them out) and my rings. I got super swollen with IV fluids with my first, but I figured that if my rings got tight with my second I'd just take them off and put them on the chain around my neck, or ask Wagon Sr. to wear them on his pinky.

For my deliveries they wrote down the stats on a card and attached it to the bassinet. Weight, length, head circumference, and time of birth. They did not do hand and foot prints. If your hospital doesn't do this, maybe you could bring cards with spots to fill out and ask a nice nurse to fill it out for you after delivery?

We brought just one bag, a rolling suitcase. Easy to roll through the hospital and went with us everywhere. I didn't want Wagon Sr. to have to go back out to the car since our hospital is in the city and he'd have to trek out to the parking garage. With an induction it's a pretty easy, breezy process so you have plenty of time to bring your bags in and set everything up.

My biggest thing? Don't listen to other people when they tell you what you will and won't need. I packed all kinds of things to prepare for labor and delivery, and did not use a single thing. I didn't pack makeup and asked Wagon Sr. to go home and pick it up the next day because I wanted to look and feel as nice as possible, especially because he was taking a million pictures. I went home in the clothes I wore when I checked in, both times. We packed tons of snacks and ate them all!

1) I wore my contacts during labor--I thought if I was sweaty, my glasses would be annoying and I'd have to take them off, and I didn't want anything to be blurry! It was totally fine, because I had a relatively short labor. If it has been longer and I had slept at all during it, I might have switched out for my glasses.

2) I didn't wear any rings--I was more swollen after delivery than I was before, so I"m glad I didn't.

3) Yep, the nurses record all that stuff! Although I don't know how exact the time is--for my LO, we kind of were all like, oh wait, what does the clock say? BUt height and weight are definitely recorded.

4)/ I wasn't induced but I went into labor in the morning. I would just bring everything--you don't know how quickly things will progress, and that way you don't have to worry about it.

1) I wore my contacts (daily) to the hospital and didn't even think about taking them out or changing them. I had them in for 36 hours or something before I took out for bed the night we had her.
2) I think I left my rings at home. Don't remember wearing them. I was only wearing one bad at that point ( some days none)
3)Yep! They wrote it down for us.
4) I wasn't induced but we brought everything with us. DH didn't go back to the car till we were ready to leave to get the car seat.

I want to preface that I was not induced.

1. Glasses all the way here too. I ended up with an emergency C-section and was glad to have them with me.

2. Wore my wedding rings b/c they still fit. EDIT: I gave them to my DH when I went into surgery along with my earrings since I couldn't wear any jewelry when I had the C-section.

3. The nurses will get the stats. They need the babies' birth weight to ensure that they don't lose too much before going home. Because my LO went to the NICU, they didn't get his length right away.

4. I went into labor at 10:30pm, but didn't go to the hospital until about 2:30am. We brought everything with us. I was glad too...there were things in my bag that I wanted while we were waiting to push after I got my epidural.

So I haven't done this yet (obviously!) but I'll give you my plan/opinions anyways

1) Glasses. I'm worried if I'm squeezing my eyes shut a lot during contractions it will irritate my contacts and the last thing I need is one more annoying thing. I also figure I might just labor with nothing for a bit. Honestly what do I need to see? They can give me my glasses back when LO is born.

2)I've thought a lot about this and I plan to take my engagement ring off and leave it at home but wear my wedding ring. My e-ring spins a lot still and is also a lot more (monetarily) valuable so I don't want to worry about it bugging me at the hospital. But I really want my wedding ring on because it feels like a good luck charm. I figure if it bugs me I can either take it off and put it on my necklace or I can give it to my mom to wear.

4) I'd just take in what you think you'll need for labor at first. I (re)packed our bags so I have 1 bag of stuff I think I'll want during labor/delivery and the important stuff for after. I have a second bag of extra stuff I may or may not want. Then all the pillows/boppy/blanket. We plan to just take in bag #1 for labor and have my husband and/or dad run out once we're moved to recovery to retrieve anything else we want.

1) I don't wear glasses.

2) I had to take my rings off at 32 weeks, but was wearing them on a chain around my neck. I was really sick during L&D and felt like the chain was choking me so I took it off and had D hold onto it until later.

3) It was written down for me in several places, including on a card put onto his bassinet and on all of his offical hospital records.

4) I was not induced, but we left a lot of stuff in the car. I figured if I needed it D or my mom could run down and get it.

1. I wore my contacts the whole time. I only took them out the first night after DS was born.

2. My rings didn't fit since I was due in the summer (thanks swelling) so I left them at home.

3. The nurses wrote down the info.

4. I was induced in the morning and we brought our bags with us. When it was time to transfer from our L&D room to postpartum, they gave DH a cart to put all our stuff on it. DH made use of the pillows and blankets he brought while I labored.

1) i would wear glasses (i don't wear them). it was FREEZING in the room; i didn't break a very heavy sweat.

2) I would not wear my ring. Your hands may swell, what if you need a c-section....I wouldn't bring expensive stuff to the hospital. I wore a fake ring and they made me take off ALL my jewelry.

3) the nurses wrote it all down on the white board!

4) we brought all the bags in. Since our hospital doesn't transfer you to another room for recovery (they're all-in-one rooms), we just settled in for a few days

1) I wore my contacts. I can't see anything clearly without contacts/glasses and I didn't want to worry about pushing glasses up my face and wanted to see my baby as soon as he was born. I regularly sleep in my contacts (so bad, I know!) so the extended wear didn't bug me.

2) I don't remember what I did. I think I wore it? I never really take it off.

3) The nurses will write it down. It goes into the medical record as well. We got a little certificate with all his stats and his footprints.

**along these lines, bring their baby books with you if you want footprints in them. They will stamp the footprints into the book right after birth**

4) We packed a separate labor bag and hospital bag. The labor bag had snacks for DH, cameras, entertainment, the baby book, and necessities for DH. After we moved to our postpartum room, DH went and got the hospital bag (clothes for both of us, toiletries) and the boppy and brought them to the room. It was better than lugging all that around the hospital.

So incredibly excited for you! Can't wait for updates!

1. Wore contacts but brought glasses.
2. I had my rings on but that's because I went directly from a dr's appt to the hospital.
3. The nurses recorded everything.
4. We brought our bags in.

@twodoghouse: First of all, I'm SOOO excited for you and can't wait to meet "A&B"

1. I wore glasses! I don't remember having any issues with them.
2. I didn't wear my wedding rings (and couldn't anyway because they didn't fit but I also didn't wear the stand-in ring that I had either). I personally wouldn't wear them.
3. The nurses wrote all of the birth stats on a piece of paper that stayed attached to my baby's crib so it was always with us and we were able to take it home.
4. I was induced and we left our bags (other than my purse and the camera) in the car until we were moved to the postpartum side a few hours after birth. I never missed anything but if we'd wanted something it would've been super easy for DH to just run down and grab it. It was nice to not have to move them twice.

Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!

you got some good answers...but I wanted to say good luck!

No advice because I haven't been there yet, but I wanted to say how excited I am for you to meet your LOs!!! Best wishes!!!

Since everybody has already answered your questions I just wanted to say congrats and good luck can't wait to see the beautiful babies soon

I wore glasses but I don't wear contacts. I had them off during bad contractions but back on to push (I watched my lo's birth in a mirror)

I took rings off and all jewelry

All birth stats were written down officially

My induction was Unscheduled so bag wasn't packed; we kept having my parents bring more stuff each to e they visited since we forgot so much

Good luck!!!!

It's almost go time!!! Eee