For an hour, we'll talk about some things to prepare before the baby is born. I recommend you complete the following before you're eight months along to plan out your meals in advance or a meal plan for the remainder of your pregnancy and for your first two months postpartum. And that doesn't mean you need to have all the ingredients right now, but try to mark down what you're going to make so that you don't need to think about it later. And if possible, go for simple meals that are either fast or take minimal effort. You can prepare these freezer meals that are easy to cook or that reheat quickly for after you have the baby and choose meals that are known to be freezer friendly and that will last for several months in the freezer. The more you can get ready in advance the better and you'll definitely think yourself later.
Purchase any baby items you need but didn't receive yet. Wash them put away any baby clothing and items and get the nursery area ready. Provide your doctor or midwife with your finalized for Plan and discuss the exact details will have your hospital bag packed and ready to go. And you can see section nine part four for tips, which is the next lesson in this course. Select a pediatrician for your baby. Of course, you want to choose an experienced and qualified pediatrician that provides care in a way that you're comfortable with.
But here are three other things you'll also want to consider. One, you'll want to double check that they accept your baby's insurance, and that they're taking on new patients. To find out if they have staff or an on call provider available to answer questions after office hours in case you have concerns about your child that you need to call in about. The downside of not having this option is that if there's ever an issue with your child's after hours, you may be forced to decide if you need to take them to the emergency room or if you can wait until the office opens to address the concern. Of course if you were already sure that a situation was emerging You'd want to call 911, of course and take your hand or take your baby or child to the emergency room immediately depending on the circumstances. However, at times when a situation is not immediately urgent, but you aren't sure how serious it is, it's always nice to have an access to an after hours answering service at your pediatricians office if they offer this.
So that doesn't mean you absolutely have to choose a pediatrician that has this available, but it's something to think about when you're deciding. And three, consider how flexible the office hours are for appointment times. You'll be taking your baby there multiple times when they're an infant. So ideally, you want to pick someplace that works well with your schedule. So a couple of other things that you'll want to prepare before your baby is born. You'll want to pick out a name for your baby If you haven't already.
And if you don't want to make a final decision until actually you've seen your baby, you may want to at least pick out a few names to have in mind. And you'll want to make any final maternity leave preparations. So if there's anything left to finalize with your employer to get things in order for your maternity leave like paperwork, etc. Make sure that you get that done. You'll also want to communicate with your co workers or management about anything else they need to know while someone is covering for you. Like the status of certain projects where essential items are located, how to do certain things, etc.
You don't want to get panicked calls from your boss or a co worker while you're on maternity leave. So to do not complete any items in the to do list in the third trimester workbook concerning the things we just discussed, and then when you're ready, move on to the next part of the course.