WEBVTT - Must haves for pregnancy and birth 📝 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.120 When I was pregnant, I was like, you know, what 0:00:03.200 --> 0:00:04.880 am I even going to need? What am I going 0:00:04.960 --> 0:00:07.360 to use? I feel like there's so much out there, 0:00:07.840 --> 0:00:12.039 there's so much you know, marketing, and yeah, you just 0:00:12.160 --> 0:00:14.360 you don't really know what you need until you're actually 0:00:14.440 --> 0:00:17.239 using it. So I thought it would be helpful to 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:31.880 do an episode on that. Welcome back to the Rise 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:36.040 and Conquer Podcast. I'm your host, Georgie Stevenson, former lawyer 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:42.040 turned entrepreneur, social media personality and personal development junkie. This 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:44.760 podcast is for my girl gang who want to feed 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:48.720 their mind with positive and expansive thoughts to help them 0:00:48.720 --> 0:00:52.400 step into their power and live their most authentic life, 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:57.760 which had a variety of topics including mindset, business, relationships, health, 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:02.200 and so much more. Basically, wherever you are on your journey, 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:05.360 I want to help you feel inspired and empowered to 0:01:05.520 --> 0:01:08.760 rise up and conquer your next bold move. I know 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:11.440 that's going to look different for everyone, but just no, 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:14.280 I'm right here by your side and that you have 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:27.479 the RNC community behind you. Let's do this. Hello and 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:31.440 welcome back to the Rise and Conquer Podcast. Guys, I 0:01:31.480 --> 0:01:34.360 am back in your ears in a bit of a 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:37.479 real time that didn't make sense, but you know what 0:01:37.520 --> 0:01:42.240 I mean, I can officially say baby brain. So it 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:46.720 is twenty twenty two. I'm a new mum. Baby Ivy 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:52.240 is nearly nine weeks and I'm slowly easing back into 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:56.400 work with Tim being at home with her full time 0:01:56.520 --> 0:01:58.120 and me just going back to work a couple of 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:01.919 days a week. And I hope you guys are loving 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:05.040 the mini episodes where we're just bringing you the really 0:02:05.160 --> 0:02:10.239 golden nuggets from really epic interviews we've had over the 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:13.440 years on the Rise and Conker podcasts. And yeah, I 0:02:13.440 --> 0:02:16.600 hope you've been enjoying them. But I thought, before we 0:02:16.639 --> 0:02:21.200 get into the new and very exciting season, I just 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:25.120 wanted to feel some film. I wanted to record some 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:31.519 real time podcasts for you about motherhood. This is something 0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:35.320 I did not plan even when I was pregnant. I 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:38.840 you know, never well, I don't plan to be like 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:41.680 a mummy blogger or you know that sort of thing. 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:44.760 Of course, there's going to be motherhood and Ivy in 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:48.880 my content and life, but that is no, it's not 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:52.200 like I, yeah, plan to do that. But if I 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:55.400 have learned anything in this short amount of time of 0:02:55.440 --> 0:03:00.200 being a mum is. It can be super isolating, and 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:05.240 it can be just really informative when you find out 0:03:05.320 --> 0:03:07.840 what other people are doing and you get little tips 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:11.520 and tricks from other mothers. And obviously my dms have 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.520 been a little bit full and I haven't had a 0:03:14.560 --> 0:03:17.400 lot of time to get back to everyone. So there's 0:03:17.480 --> 0:03:20.480 just a couple of podcasts that I wanted to record 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.600 for you guys, just to chat about new mum life, 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.760 and you know, a couple of questions that you guys 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:29.280 are asking me. I do apologize if the audio isn't 0:03:29.280 --> 0:03:32.240 the best. I'm in my office at the n H Warehouse, 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:34.920 which is not There's no car or anything, so the 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:39.040 audio is never that good. But definitely struggle to record 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:42.640 at home with Ivy at home. So look, we're doing 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.800 our best. So I just wanted to give you a 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:51.680 short and sharp episode with my must haves for pregnancy 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:55.760 for birth, you know, our hospital stay and the first 0:03:55.840 --> 0:04:00.440 six weeks. If you guys missed it, I have recorded 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:05.400 Ivy's birth story with Tim in our previous episode, so 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.680 you can go in the show's feed and have a 0:04:08.760 --> 0:04:11.880 listen to that if you're interested. But yeah, I think 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:16.080 a big question I get is like, well, especially when 0:04:16.120 --> 0:04:19.120 I was pregnant, I was like, you know what am 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.240 I even gonna need? What am I gonna use? I 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:24.400 feel like there's so much out there, there's so much 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:28.480 you know, marketing, and yeah, you just you don't really 0:04:28.520 --> 0:04:31.520 know what you need until you're actually using it. So 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:34.240 I thought it would be helpful to do an episode 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.520 on that. None of this stuff is sponsored or anything 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:40.120 like that. This is just generally what I've used, what 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:43.000 I'm using, and my thoughts on it will be super 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.359 quick and this will be really easy for me in 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:49.480 DMS to direct people to this episode. So let's get 0:04:49.520 --> 0:04:54.680 straight into pregnancy. So, like, probably the two main things 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:59.520 with pregnancy is I feel like I've raved about this 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.400 a lot, but I didn't get any stretch marks on 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:09.039 my belly. And I truly obviously, you know, genetics and 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.640 stuff plays into that, and there's nothing wrong with stretch marks. 0:05:12.640 --> 0:05:15.320 I've got stretch marks on my hips and bum because 0:05:15.320 --> 0:05:21.160 that's where I get it. But I used Eco Tans 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:25.560 Glory oil religiously on my stomach through my whole pregnancy, 0:05:26.400 --> 0:05:31.320 and yeah, I just can tell like the way my 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:34.200 skin felt, the way it was able to stretch and 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:38.120 then also after I had IVY, I've been using glory 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.640 oil and the way that it has like you know, 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:45.279 gone back into shape and just how it feels and 0:05:45.400 --> 0:05:49.520 looks has been really great. And it just feels really 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:53.200 good and really nourished. So glory oil is something I 0:05:53.240 --> 0:05:56.120 actually used to use on my skin for acne scars 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:58.040 and I also have used it on my under boob 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:03.360 scars and it's just really new. It's really it's all natural. 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:07.000 So you guys know, I rave about Eco tan Eco 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.800 based on your products because they're all natural, they're organic. 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:12.400 I was big on using all their products through my 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.479 pregnancy just because your skin, you know, is an organ 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:21.640 it absorbs everything. But yeah, I cannot recommend glory oil 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:25.560 enough for belly oil. I know there's lots of like 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:29.560 specific belly oils, but that's what I use, and yet 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:33.640 it was amazing. Again, this is not sponsored, but I 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:36.320 do have a running code with Ecotan that you can 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:39.080 use if you want. It's for twenty percent off and 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:41.960 it is Georgie Loves. I will put in the show 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:45.240 notes if you want to Dissy. Another thing in my 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:50.159 pregnancy which I found really helpful is because especially towards 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:54.480 the end, I was still working out, and when you 0:06:54.600 --> 0:06:57.640 are to the point where you are bigger, just getting 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:00.280 a bigger size of things doesn't really cut it. And 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:05.800 I was living in my Lorna Jane maternity shorts. So 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:08.880 obviously you're not going to go and buy like a 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:13.080 whole new wardrobe of active wear and clothes. But if 0:07:13.080 --> 0:07:16.400 I can recommend anything is to invest in a pair 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:20.040 of tights or shorts that's maternity so they usually have 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:24.720 extra material on the stomach, and it's just so comfy, 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.040 and like, towards the end of my pregnancy, I was 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:30.200 just wearing those shorts with a t shirt, you know, 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:33.080 and sneakers, even if I wasn't working out, just so 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:37.840 it was comfortable. And yeah, that was just something that 0:07:37.920 --> 0:07:41.680 I thought every goal needs. This just towards the end 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:45.040 of the pregnancy is just very uncomfortable. And also, I 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:50.080 the specific pair of shorts that I'm thinking of, I 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.640 got when I think I was about twenty weeks, so 0:07:52.760 --> 0:07:54.520 you know, you're not really showing that much, and they 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.400 fit then, and then when I was, you know, forty 0:07:57.480 --> 0:08:00.600 forty one weeks, they were still fitting and they were 0:08:00.920 --> 0:08:04.040 my same size, you know, before I was pregnant, so 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:07.640 they just really lusted me the whole pregnancy. So definitely 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.800 recommend that. And I also do have a code for 0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.240 Wuna Jane, which is just GS twenty if you need it. 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:16.200 That's kind of the only thing I can think of 0:08:17.040 --> 0:08:22.040 with pregnancy. If you are going to buy new bras 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.760 in pregnancy because of your boobs getting bigger, don't bother 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:31.160 just buying bras. I would definitely invest in maternity nursing 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.840 bras because oh my god, you need so many when 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.720 baby actually comes, so you may as well buy them 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:45.359 if you plan to breastfeed or pump so hospital after hospital, 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:51.800 I definitely recommend getting a couple of those, like disposable underwears. 0:08:52.240 --> 0:08:54.640 I think I just used a brand called Bubba Bump, 0:08:54.960 --> 0:08:56.960 but I'm pretty sure you can just get any you know, 0:08:57.040 --> 0:09:01.240 in the chemists and whatnot. That was really helpful because 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.079 you're just like so sore, You're in a lot of pain, 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:06.800 and just to like put on a nappy. I know 0:09:06.880 --> 0:09:10.760 it sounds odd, but it's just yeah, it's just comfortable. 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:15.800 It's better because there's just a lot happening down there. 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:20.400 And I personally found that like pads weren't cutting it 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:24.719 so just using a disposable you know, postpartum underwear or 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:28.679 nappy is necessary. You only need a couple for like, 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.000 you know, the first three days and then you can 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:36.080 go to period undies or pads. But yeah, those first 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:38.880 few days you definitely need a bit more. And then 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:42.960 obviously when you go to hospital you need nappies, onesies, 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:46.679 wraps for bubb A mistake that we made is I 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:48.920 only had enough nappies for a couple of days and 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:52.600 we were actually in the hospital for two nights, and 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.520 so by the last day we needed more nappies f ivy, 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:57.160 and we had to go down and buy some just 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:01.160 at the chemists in the hospital. But definitely recommend And 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.960 that's also another thing is like makes you bring stuff 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:07.120 and clothes just in case you are there a couple 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:12.360 more nights. Something in hospital that was very handy. Two 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:16.840 is using the Hauker hand Express breast pump And it's 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:20.679 just like this silicon thing that you put on your boob. 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:25.000 It can express, but also it just catches the let down, 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:29.599 which is very helpful, especially if you're trying to express 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:34.960 colosserum or if baby bump doesn't latch it first. You know, 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:37.920 just to make sure they've got something that was super 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:41.600 helpful for us. And then obviously you need stuff like 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:47.680 a car seat, very obvious. That's kind of all I 0:10:47.720 --> 0:10:49.440 can think about. And then yeah, for me, it was 0:10:49.520 --> 0:10:55.280 just comfy clothes, slippers, you know, hair ties, water bottle, 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:59.560 that sort of just general stuff. In the first six weeks, 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:02.800 so some think Ivy lived in was a Docker Talk, 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:08.280 so one of those like baby bed things, I think 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.400 they're called like sleeping lounges, and so we just had 0:11:11.400 --> 0:11:15.240 the brand Docker Talk and Ivy slept in between me 0:11:15.280 --> 0:11:18.000 and Tim in our bed in the Docker Talk for 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.959 probably the first week, and then we took the Docker 0:11:21.040 --> 0:11:24.640 Talk out into her cot next to us and she 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:28.320 slept in that, and then to transition her into her 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:33.120 cot in her own room, we also used the Docker Talk. Now, 0:11:33.720 --> 0:11:35.920 I do want to say, makes you do your own research. 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:38.600 I know they are sleeping guidelines and they do not 0:11:38.760 --> 0:11:41.760 recommend baby to sleep in the Docker Talk. Obviously there's 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:45.160 the SID guidelines where it's you know, baby on the 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:50.800 flat surface, nothing around them. Just personally, we found Ivy 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:54.400 really needed the you know, if you think about it, 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:57.120 they've been in this like womb for nine months and 0:11:57.160 --> 0:11:59.360 then they're like out on their own. And she really 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.840 was comforted in the docker talk. So when she was 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:03.880 very new, for the first couple of weeks, we did 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:08.000 use it. But otherwise, like you know, if she's now 0:12:08.080 --> 0:12:10.640 just sleeps in her cot without it, but we do 0:12:10.840 --> 0:12:14.200 use it, you know, downstairs or whatnot when they're just 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:17.840 with you, but they need to be laying somewhere, So 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.760 that was really handy. Then oh my god, guys, a 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:26.840 must is the Hacker Lady Bug milk collectors. So when 0:12:26.840 --> 0:12:29.440 you're breastfeeding, what I didn't realize, so Ivy will be 0:12:29.480 --> 0:12:32.640 on one side and the other side has a letdown, 0:12:32.760 --> 0:12:38.199 And my letdown was hectic, Like I'm talking about seventy mills. 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:42.480 So if I didn't have a Lady Bug collector on there, 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:46.520 it would just be all over me. So every breastfeed, 0:12:46.960 --> 0:12:49.360 before I put her on one side, I would have 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:52.880 the collector on and then put her on and I 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.640 would yeah, let down about like sixty mills. And then 0:12:55.679 --> 0:12:59.560 I would also keep that for the bottle that she 0:12:59.760 --> 0:13:05.920 had that she took with Tim. And with that though 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:10.960 just an FYI don't just feed them that sixty mills. 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:14.640 It has to be mixed with other expressed milk that 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.959 is just not the fore milk, because the foreur milk 0:13:18.040 --> 0:13:22.040 is very sugary and has a lot of lactose. And 0:13:22.080 --> 0:13:25.439 then the hind milk, which is milk that comes after 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:28.760 like ten minutes, has a lot more nutrients and is 0:13:28.800 --> 0:13:32.160 a lot more dense and heavier for their stomach. So 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:35.240 we found if we fed Ivy that for milk with 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:39.240 that sixty milk from the Lady Blood Lady Bug Collector, 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.320 she would be super gassy. So we would have to 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:45.920 mix that with other express milk that has been expressed 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.040 the whole time, not just the fore milk. I hope 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:55.600 that makes sense. 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So I 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:19.040 personally got mine from bras and things from Moody Body. 0:17:19.200 --> 0:17:22.720 Definitely recommend the Moody Body. It's like leakproof, it's really good. 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:27.680 And then also the Lorna Jane maternity sport bras were 0:17:27.680 --> 0:17:30.160 really good. When I started to go on my walks 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:33.840 and then breastpeed her straight after, I was super handy 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:37.439 not have to change bras. Period undies you do bleed 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:41.639 for the first six months, well not six months, six weeks, 0:17:42.280 --> 0:17:46.560 so I already was using Moody Bodies period undies when 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.399 I got my period before getting pregnant, so I had 0:17:49.400 --> 0:17:50.960 a few of them and I just bought a couple more. 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:53.960 But they're super handy. I personally am just not about 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.720 the pad life and prefer period undies, but otherwise you 0:17:56.760 --> 0:18:02.240 would just use pads, so no pads and these I 0:18:02.359 --> 0:18:06.479 personally did the reusable ones, so they're kind of like 0:18:06.800 --> 0:18:09.560 a pad that you put in your bra that helps 0:18:09.600 --> 0:18:12.159 when you leak, and you leak so much at the start, 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:17.119 oh my god. And then you wash them so instead 0:18:17.119 --> 0:18:20.920 of using disposable ones, which you just throw out obviously 0:18:20.920 --> 0:18:24.280 not that great for environment, I just had probably about 0:18:24.400 --> 0:18:27.240 twenty reusable ones. Like, oh my god, you go through 0:18:27.280 --> 0:18:30.119 them and yeah, I would just like swap them in 0:18:30.160 --> 0:18:32.160 and out and then do a big wash on them. 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:36.800 That was really good. Oh, absolute life saver. I am 0:18:36.840 --> 0:18:40.600 a routine person. I love you know, this sort of thing. 0:18:40.640 --> 0:18:43.600 It may not be up your alley, but the Huckleberry 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:48.679 app is so helpful, especially at the tie at the start, sorry, 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:54.399 when you are so tired and so sleep deprived, Like 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:57.560 for example, if Ivy was unsettled, I would just look 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:00.480 at the app and it tells you the last time, 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:02.639 like you obviously need to log it, but you just 0:19:02.760 --> 0:19:07.160 log anytime they sleep feed or you know, we or pooh, 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:10.719 And it's really helpful because if she's you know, crying 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.199 and unsettled, I would look at the app and it 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:16.240 tells me, oh, she probably needs to feed, or I 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:18.360 haven't changed an app in a couple of hours. I'll 0:19:18.400 --> 0:19:21.600 do that, and it's just really helpful because the first 0:19:21.720 --> 0:19:25.560 couple of weeks is wild, so wild, and you're you're 0:19:25.680 --> 0:19:28.800 very sleep deprived, and you often there's a lot of 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:32.560 brain fog, and it's really hard to you know, stay 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.840 on top of it. And then I remember, I'd be like, 0:19:34.880 --> 0:19:36.719 why is she so upset? And then I look at 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:38.320 my app and be like, oh my god, she needs 0:19:38.359 --> 0:19:40.840 to feed or she needs to be changed, and I 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.159 do that and then she'd be okay, and I was like, 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:47.160 oh my And even what's really helpful is when you're breastfeeding, 0:19:47.440 --> 0:19:50.040 you click what side you last did and then you 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:54.480 start with the other side. So that was really helpful too. 0:19:56.000 --> 0:20:00.520 Ivy is a super gassy and burpie babe. She's a 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:03.440 bit collar ky, so she's got tummy issues. The pork 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:08.440 owl and we found very helpful is the cloth nappies 0:20:08.520 --> 0:20:12.160 from Kmart. So it's it's like the cloth nappis that 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:14.400 back in the day they used to use as nappies, 0:20:14.440 --> 0:20:16.320 but it's just a cloth. But we just found they 0:20:16.320 --> 0:20:19.440 were really good, a really good size, and when we're 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:21.960 burping her or even just holding her, we just have 0:20:22.119 --> 0:20:25.600 that on us because she often vomits. So that was just, 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:30.520 you know, random but helpful baby carriers. I really like 0:20:30.920 --> 0:20:34.040 the baby Dink, which is like kind of you know, 0:20:34.119 --> 0:20:36.840 the wrap situation, but it's already done. It's like you 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:38.600 put it on like a T shirt and you just 0:20:38.640 --> 0:20:40.720 pop them in the wrap and they're really close to 0:20:40.760 --> 0:20:43.840 you when they're a newborn. That is really great because 0:20:43.840 --> 0:20:46.560 they're so small they don't really fit in like the 0:20:46.600 --> 0:20:49.919 proper walking carriers. But if you want like a proper 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:54.840 walking carrier, I just got the baby born and a 0:20:54.880 --> 0:20:57.560 little cheetah one you've probably seen me in and that's 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:01.359 really good. And that's a newborn size which they're in 0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:04.960 until they're I think it's up to twelve months. Any 0:21:05.000 --> 0:21:09.600 baby carriers that are like the walking ones but just 0:21:09.760 --> 0:21:13.280 normal size, you generally will find newborns are too small 0:21:13.280 --> 0:21:16.440 for them. So I wouldn't even bother getting one until 0:21:16.600 --> 0:21:19.560 you know Babi's here. But if you are wanting a 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:22.440 carrier for when they're a newborn, definitely invest in like 0:21:22.520 --> 0:21:25.760 a rap sort of situation. And for me it was 0:21:25.800 --> 0:21:28.159 having the baby dan Que it's already done, was just 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:31.240 so much more helpful. And then obviously you just need 0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:35.320 like a prem We have an Edwardson Co pram, which 0:21:35.359 --> 0:21:38.479 is our New Zealand brand, was really good, and we 0:21:38.560 --> 0:21:42.000 also have a I think it's called a Stokey pram 0:21:42.119 --> 0:21:45.480 and that was gifted to us. That looks really good. 0:21:46.119 --> 0:21:49.400 We actually haven't used it yet just because we're using 0:21:49.400 --> 0:21:51.159 the Edwards one, but we plan to have one in 0:21:51.200 --> 0:21:54.359 my car and one in Tim's car, and that looks 0:21:54.400 --> 0:21:59.040 like a really good pram too. The baby born bouncer 0:21:59.840 --> 0:22:04.760 is really good to have Ivy in, just like to 0:22:04.880 --> 0:22:07.760 put her in if you know Tim's not home and 0:22:08.119 --> 0:22:09.959 or if I, you know, want to shower or go 0:22:10.040 --> 0:22:13.240 and do something to put her in that upright again, 0:22:13.280 --> 0:22:17.000 because she's a vomity baby, and if you put her down, 0:22:17.160 --> 0:22:19.919 like laying down, she often just vomits over herself, so 0:22:19.920 --> 0:22:23.040 I have to have her raised up and so putting 0:22:23.040 --> 0:22:25.560 in that while I have a shower or do some cleaning, 0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:28.679 she's pretty happy in that. And then my best friend 0:22:28.720 --> 0:22:33.600 who has a baby girl who's about eighteen months, says 0:22:33.640 --> 0:22:35.640 they're really good when they can get a bit older 0:22:35.680 --> 0:22:38.280 because they literally just bounce themselves and they love it. 0:22:39.720 --> 0:22:42.919 And then obviously, just like nappies and Whites, I personally 0:22:43.240 --> 0:22:46.040 have chose like an eco conscious brand. So the brand 0:22:46.080 --> 0:22:49.480 is just called love Me. I'm trying to think of 0:22:49.520 --> 0:22:52.240 this other brand. There's a couple of eco brands which 0:22:52.280 --> 0:22:56.880 are quite good we've just been using them, and then 0:22:57.000 --> 0:22:59.640 obviously you just need like onesies. A big thing I'll 0:22:59.680 --> 0:23:04.280 say with clothes is do not buy too many. First 0:23:04.320 --> 0:23:07.480 of all, you'll probably get quite a few, like newborn 0:23:07.600 --> 0:23:12.600 sizes from like your baby shower or gifts, and then like, 0:23:12.680 --> 0:23:15.679 do not buy because you just you don't know if 0:23:15.680 --> 0:23:18.520 you'll have a big baby. And I had so many 0:23:18.560 --> 0:23:21.800 newborn clothes and Ivy literally grew out of them in 0:23:21.840 --> 0:23:24.040 the first four weeks. I swear to didim get to 0:23:24.080 --> 0:23:26.439 wear half of them? And it's just so sad, and 0:23:26.480 --> 0:23:29.920 I wish that I had waited, not had many clothes, 0:23:30.000 --> 0:23:33.080 and then had her, you know, realize that she's a 0:23:33.080 --> 0:23:35.480 bigger baby, and I would have gone straight to the 0:23:35.600 --> 0:23:38.240 zero to three or even the three to six months. 0:23:38.920 --> 0:23:43.560 So she's in the zero to three now, but she'll 0:23:43.600 --> 0:23:45.800 easily be out of these in a couple of weeks 0:23:45.840 --> 0:23:48.760 when she's three months. But she's definitely not a small baby. 0:23:49.440 --> 0:23:53.040 And yeah, so that's just something I want to say, 0:23:53.320 --> 0:23:56.360 is like, don't go overboard with the whole clothes thing, 0:23:56.400 --> 0:23:58.000 because I kind of did, and it was a bit 0:23:58.040 --> 0:24:01.000 of waste of money. And I will know this for 0:24:01.119 --> 0:24:03.919 next time. I feel like everyone says that, but you know, 0:24:04.440 --> 0:24:07.800 you get so excited when you're pregnant. And then lastly, 0:24:08.119 --> 0:24:11.320 we are using the Doctor Brown's bottles, which are good 0:24:11.560 --> 0:24:16.920 for colic and burpiness. But I have recently been recommended 0:24:16.960 --> 0:24:22.040 by my lactation consultant to try the Pigeon bottles, which 0:24:22.119 --> 0:24:27.000 are recommended by like nurses and doctors. So yeah, look, 0:24:27.000 --> 0:24:29.480 I'm probably going to change to them, so maybe go 0:24:29.520 --> 0:24:32.920 straight to them. But the Doctor Brown's bottles have been good. 0:24:33.480 --> 0:24:36.320 We got told to stay away from the usual body 0:24:36.560 --> 0:24:41.480 bottles like Medella or you know Timmy, Timmy Triumpet or 0:24:42.600 --> 0:24:45.880