My bags are packed

Last week I finally “finished” packing my hospital bags. I suppose it was about time, considering I’m past 37 weeks now and considered full term. It still doesn’t feel like it will happen that soon though. I have a gut feeling I’ll go over term, but you never know.

Here are my bags

This is what the Clinique St. Michel said we should pack:

3rd trimester today!!

I’m 26 weeks pregnant today, which means that (at least according to Baby Centre) I’m now in my 3rd trimester. However, my What to Expect book says the 3rd trimester doesn’t start until week 28… Anyway you look at it, I’m now circa 6 months pregnant and getting close to the big day. Which means I should be getting prepared…

So, I finally got my “Baby essentials” list together and plan on hitting the shops on Friday Saturday. You can see the list I came up with here. Items in Green are things I need for when baby arrives, Yellow is for things I’ll be needing shortly after (about a month), Blue is for things I’ll only need later on and Peach is for things I’m not sure I’m getting yet. I have the names of everything in English and French and will be checking prices, brands, etc. Maybe this could be useful for other expat moms-to-be in Brussels. I don’t really have any nursery furniture on there yet since we still don’t have a house and therefore don’t know the size of the room. I might add that on later though.

Here’s a pic of the stroller we’ve decided to get:

I have to thank my sister who is buying it for us!!! We still haven’t decided on a colour yet, so any suggestions are welcome! You can find the colourways here.