Yeah i been looking for a new mp3/ipod, just looking on ebay at the moment, not sure my music is so much calming though lol my fav's are lady gaga, britney & pink lol
as long as it's music YOU can lose yourself in, it doesn't matter what it is! i find staying anywhere other than my own bed, i don't sleep well because of the change of noise - we use music all night at home (we have milk tankers go past all night) and i need that distraction to sleep properly. it doesn't have to be loud (in fact i can always hear the background noise anyway) but it's enough to lose myself in it

i would be thinking you'd be better off taking more than 2 packets of pads - if you're having a c/s you're likely to be in hospy several days, and i've read a lot of threads of people using a LOT of pads those first few days - so unless you want to be sending someone shopping, i'd have them - better to have too many than not enough...