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I'd like to say I read loads of books before Zaphod arrived, preparing myself for parenthood, but for whatever reason, I couldn't think past the "come into hospital now" moment.

However, I would have liked to read (an extremely short) book that said:

get your washing machine serviced: you'll do more washing than you ever imagined

stock your freezer with healthy food, otherwise you'll really only have time to eat junk

line up all the DVDs you want to watch while you're feeding baby, it'll be a lot of time

be prepared to think that going to the post office with Zaphod is like a whole big deal: everything will take longer, lower your expectations

take your nipple cream into hospital with you

stock up on Oliva soap, which is great for getting baby-shit out of your baby's clothes

practice a lot using your pram/buggy before the baby arrives: you need to practice and also, the buggy needs to practice being not so stiff

buy your changing bag before the baby arrives

take dried apricots with you to hospital - they help with the post-partum constipation (apparently...) (I like the M&S ones)

be prepared to be totally amazed and overwhelmed by how incredible your personal baby is

... more, I'm sure....