Visiting family; do I take hospital bags?

I’m 35 weeks and going to stay with some family 2 and a half hours away. Should I take the car seat and hospital bags just in case? Not high risk or expecting earlier arrival. Is my first baby so likelihood is to go over but who knows 😅

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She’s here 🎀

So after a 40 minute birth, not making it to the hospital & out in 2 pushes my darling girl is finally here. Was hoping for a VBAC and had a c section booked in for today. Labour started spontaneously 🥹 couldn’t be more grateful 🩷

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GDM and small baby

I got diagnosed with gestational diabetes and when I had my growth scan my baby was too small. Does anyone have any advise on how to increase my baby’s size without effecting my GDM.

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I can't do this (31w1d)

I have no quality of life. I can barely get around in my home because I'm always in pain and exhausted. Tylenol is a joke as pain relief. I have severe HG and am about to start a medication made for fucking cancer patients. I have so many complications and I'm so tired. Someone please tell me there's an end in sight

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My family don't like baby's name

I love my baby boys name, my friends love it and my siblings too. Everyone else in my family are not crazy about it and keep saying because of its strong African sounding-ness baby will be judged and loose opportunities in the future blah blah blah.
For an African family we've got pretty bland European favoured names with our African born day names.

I respect their opinions but I love the name my other children love the name and I'm very happy to keep it.
I'm married to a European with middle easter roots and they'd prefer if we went down the Mediterranean style of name.

It makes me frustrated and sad because people in UK and maybe abroad favor names like George, Charlotte, Sarah, James I can't branch out? It's ridiculous we have artists with tough Russian or Germanic even Polish names which everyone just gets on with but something more African inspired isn't okay?

Baby hasn't got a birth certificate or official documents yet. Should I keep me baby's name which he's used to and his siblings? Or shall I confirm and listen to my elder family members and change it to a European favoured name?

I'm 95% sure I want to stick to my guns, after all on this pretty traumatic & difficult pregnancy journey it was only myself I could rely on and therefore who has the right to try and "re name" my baby?

Advice welcomed thanks 😊

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Visiting family; do I take hospital bags?

I’m 35 weeks and going to stay with some family 2 and a half hours away. Should I take the car seat and hospital bags just in case? Not high risk or expecting earlier arrival. Is my first baby so likelihood is to go over but who knows 😅

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