u/TheFoolWithDreams

Hi friends!

I'm 32 weeks today and really starting to lock down on the details of my labor plan. I got a chest freezer and am hoping to fill it with easy meals that my birth team can throw in the microwave for either myself or them in the moment, would love your recommendations! Especially for quick snacks.

I'm diabetic so snacking through my labor is going to be incredibly important to keep my sugars managed.
Current plan is to have mild cheese, fruit, veggies & hummus. No major dietary restrictions beyond the diabetes, but carbs are important in labor because glucose can go low!

Additionally, those who have had a successful home birth, what do you wish you had planned differently? I just ordered my birth pool, we have candles, music, puppy pads & towels galore, I'm due in July so we're getting an AC unit for our living room. I want to be sure I have everything to support me, my midwives & my birth team through the whole process.

Let me tell you right now, I was SO WORRIED when I was making my moodboard for my maternity photos that I wouldn't look pregnant, that I would just look like I don't know how to dress with a fat belly.

We did my photos yesterday, just with my Mum and her phone because I cannot afford a professional right now & we forgot the good camera at home (hormone brain is real at 32 weeks) and I cannot stop crying over how beautiful they are. Yes, my belly hangs over my skirt in a couple pictures but it's so special to immortalize this incredibly special time, and even with the apron I am still very obviously pregnant.

So if you were on the fence & unsure... Do it. It's so so so worth it.

Driving up to Duncan today and someone's truck has been dropping stuff all along HWY 1, bags, full of stuff, boxes, sheets.

No idea who it is but make sure you use caution, especially on the malahat.