We are moving out of our house for renovations and can't move back in until I'm 37+3 weeks. I wasn't planning on packing a hospital bag but now I think maybe that's not very smart!! With my son my water broke at 38+6 and he was born at 39 weeks.
When did you pack yours?
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I packed some of it around 37 weeks. But most things got packed while I was in labor right before I went to the hospital!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@QBbride: We moved at 35 weeks. So I was probably 37 weeks before I packed my bags. My water broke at 39 weeks and then we threw last min stuff in the suitcase.
pomegranate / 3438 posts
I started gathering stuff around 34-35 weeks. Didn't pack until I was in labor which happened at 37+5. Thank goodness I started getting things ready a little early, even if they weren't actually in a bag yet.
honeydew / 7303 posts
I packed some stuff around 38 weeks and grabbed the rest when I was headed to the hospital
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
I had it started with stuff I could pack away pretty early on (like t minus 1 month). Then I found out I was having an induction so I was able to pack that day.
apricot / 477 posts
I bought the stuff I needed to supply (diapers/wipes) and put them in my suitcase with the baby clothes at 36 weeks and I packed the rest at 39 weeks after my water broke.
pomegranate / 3192 posts
Thanks ladies. You're making me feel better. I'm planning (hoping) to not spend much time in he hospital so I'm hoping to not need much. The hospital supplies diapers, wipes etc. Our house is a 2 minute drive from the hospital so I can always send hubby home to get things I've likely forgotten in a rush!! Last time if packed a few things but also didn't really cram the rest in until my water broke.
papaya / 10560 posts
36 with 1, I was grabbing stuff on way out to hospital with 2, didn't even have shoes on!
pineapple / 12566 posts
4 weeks early for both! Luckily I had it ready so early because LO2 arrived at 37+2!
hostess / cantaloupe / 6486 posts
30 weeks for my first! (Not kidding). I'm 39 weeks today with my second and only Lo2's bag is packed. I have check lists ready to go for the rest of us but that's probably as far as I'll get until something happens!
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
Probably around 38 weeks? I dunno...*shrug*. I'm almost 37 now and still don't feel an urgency to do it!
clementine / 950 posts
DS came early and so I hadn't packed anything at all (35wk)! I just sent DH home/drugstore to get stuff for me after baby was born.
I was just thinking about this and wondering if I should start getting stuff together!
bananas / 9229 posts
I'll probably start around 34 weeks? Mostly just making sure I have things on hand that I'll need - food/snacks for DH, certain laboring supplies I want, etc.
hostess / papaya / 10219 posts
I had gathered some things, like the baby's going home outfit and a robe for me but didn't really pack until I was in labor.
pomelo / 5041 posts
With my first son, we had a scheduled c-section so I had half packed my bag around 35 weeks and then finished the night before at 39w1d. With the twins, I had half packed my bag around 28 weeks and planned to pack the rest at my scheduled c-section at 38w but I ended up going into labor after an NST at 37w3d and never got to go back to the house so my husband and sister had to pack the rest of my bag for me. Luckily I had made an excel spreadsheet of all the items I needed to still pack, so they were able to use that to make sure nothing was forgotten.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I had it like half packed at 37 weeks (like his coming home outfit, and receiving blankets) but the bulk I packed when I was in labor.
eggplant / 11287 posts
35 weeks? I had PIH and was being monitored for preeclampsia so I wanted to be ready to go in case that moment of "oh crap, we have to get her out" ever came.
With #2, I packed it as we were heading out the door to go to the hospital. haha!
persimmon / 1385 posts
In labor... Someone warned me to pack it early, I wish I had taken their advice. We live close to the hospital though, so it wasn't a huge deal.
cantaloupe / 6630 posts
40 weeks on the dot, the night before my scheduled c section. I remember my sisters thought I was nuts.
pomegranate / 3658 posts
Packed gradually from 36-39 weeks and made a go-list of stuff we couldn't pack until I was in labor (like my glasses). I ended up using very little of the stuff I packed. On the other hand we also packed a big bag of snacks and those were fantastic to have around post partum.
nectarine / 2054 posts
I didn't pack anything until I was in labor and about to go to the hospital. Actually, I never packed anything - I was curled up on the bed in pain, and DH packed everything. Oops! It wasn't a big deal though, I didn't really need that much.
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
I started gathering stuff and making lists at 36 weeks and started packing at 37 weeks after we installed the car seat. I had a 10 foot iPhone charger cord, our digital camera, 2 sleepers and hats for DS, a muslin blanket, nursing pads and lanolin, chapstick, fuzzy socks, my own bathrobe, a basic makeup and toiletry kit, a hair brush, a ton of hair ties, shower flip flops, and a yoga pant/nursing tank/hoodie outfit to wear home. We kept towels and a nursing pillow in the car. We also packed an overnight bag for DH and left it in the car because he was most likely the one who would forget something he needed.
Good thing we packed ahead because my water broke at 38w5d and DS was born at 39w after a 36 hour induction and emergency c-section...and then needed to stay in NICU for jaundice. We didn't get home for a week, so DH ended up going home and hauling a LOT more stuff back to the hospital, but we had all the essentials there. One thing DH did run out and buy was a sleepmask and earplugs. I would highly recommend those. DH really stayed on top of his sleep during our hospital stay so he could be fresh and run around getting things for us during the day.
pomegranate / 3401 posts
Um, I never packed one for DD because I went into unexpected preterm labor and went directly from my dr appointment to the hospital. I had to send DH home with a list to pack one for me!
This time around I'm going to have a bag packed at 30 weeks. Just in case.
pineapple / 12053 posts
sometime around late week 36. we were traveling for christmas and a babymoon, so we wanted to make sure we had everything ready just in case we went to the hospital 2 hours away from home! i think i repacked after we got back though.
cantaloupe / 6610 posts
I kind of halfway got mine together for this pregnancy at 37 weeks. I didn't use much that I packed the first time so it hasn't been a priority. But I mainly wanted to make sure I had the stuff for LO2 packed, so that motivated me to get a few things in the suitcase.
For LO1 I was all nerdy FTM and I think I had my bag packed at like 34 weeks.
nectarine / 2994 posts
I had started packing at 35 weeks and made a list of what would need to go in my bag when it was baby time.
This time I've already started making a list and I'm 24 weeks, I hope to have most of it packed and organised at 35 weeks.
grapefruit / 4712 posts
When I was pregnant with N I had put one together the week Monday or Tuesday before I had him at 37 weeks.
When I was pregnant with E I didn't have time to pack one. Little man came at 35 weeks 4 days, so I thought we had more time. I was wrong. 
persimmon / 1367 posts
I packed around 34 weeks because there was a decent chance of an emergency c section anytime from 35 weeks on because of a medical issue. Fortunately, I didn't need it until my due date!
pomelo / 5258 posts
I packed in labor. The only problem was that I hadn't walked DH through the bags and the stuff. There was a labor bag and a baby bag. DH brought my baby bag into the hospital when I was in labor and insisted there was no other bag. So I had nothing I planned to have during labor and just a bunch of baby clothes. It turned out fine. The hospital has everything you need.
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