My wife and I have our hospital bags packed, ready to take with us when we're heading to the hospital to have the baby. We've got the various odds and ends like a change of clothes, toiletries, chapstick, devices & chargers, camera, etc. If you've done this before, what do you wish you'd brought (or what did you make sure you brought the second time)?
posted by davebug on Jan 8, 2013 - 68 answers

How long after having a baby would food delivery be appreciated? [more inside]
posted by bquarters on May 5, 2012 - 21 answers

Please tell me about your hypnobirthing experiences. I would like to hear if it worked for you or especially if it didn't - why and why not - and I am specifically looking for information about your hypnobirthing classes. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 17, 2011 - 13 answers

This is not my first baby. I am close to one week past my due date. No signs of labor. First, tell me how to survive because my first baby was here by now and I just cannot do this much longer. Second, why haven't I gone into labor yet and what if I don't? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 14, 2011 - 28 answers

Looking for an outstanding, but deliverable, gift in Germantown, Tenn., area for new parents. [more inside]
posted by fijiwriter on Mar 21, 2008 - 1 answer

What can I do to help my wife during the delivery of our first child? She is due in the next few weeks, and I would like to have some ideas of how I can help her through delivery so that I don't feel like I am standing around doing nothing. [more inside]
posted by procrastination on Feb 11, 2008 - 28 answers

Having no health insurance, how can we possibly afford to pay for the delivery of our coming child? How do freelance/self-employed American families survive without health insurance? Anyone have any experience with Medicaid? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 9, 2005 - 19 answers