As a new parent, while you wait for your child to arrive, your thoughts are probably preoccupied with daydreams of playing with Baby, nightmares about affording Baby, and careful research about how early is too early to start teaching Baby how to speak Latin/learn violin/play football.  The little things are overlooked, things that do not even occur to a new parent until you are standing there, with Baby, ready to go home, and you realize you have no idea what to DO with Baby. 

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If you have chosen to give birth to your child at a hospital, you are probably wondering what you should bring with you when it is time.   A lot of new parents will pack a “go-bag” or an overnight bag for their hospital stay.  Pack this bag well in advance of your due date – you don’t want to be caught off guard, especially if you do not have someone you can have run home for you.

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The Lamaze birthing technique (sometimes spelled La Maze) is named after a French obstetrician named Dr. Ferdinand Lamaze.  Many people are familiar with the word ‘Lamaze’ with regard to a breathing technique used in childbirth – how many movies have a birth scene that involves the mother doing “Lamaze breathing” – the almost Morse Code sounding huffs and puffs?

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The best thing you can do to protect your baby is to protect yourself. That’s why it’s twice as important to wear your seat belt while in a moving vehicle—you’ve got two lives to keep safe. Safety belt protocol during pregnancy isn’t one of the first things most women think of when preparing for motherhood, but it’s an important one.

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