i had "piles" of stuff ready to go at about 30 weeks - i packed bubba's bag and toiletries etc, but the stuff for me, i was still using so i kept it all together, and replaced it after i'd used it each time. i had bags in the car from about 36 weeks after having a trip to hospital with PE issues. before that, they were just sitting there, ready to be filled and easy to get at. my bags then kinda lived in the car after that - mainly cos, for me to go anywhere visiting family/shopping etc, it was at least a 40k round trip, hospital 65k from home - so i'd rather be prepared! in the end, it was good that i'd done that - had OB appt on tues, was told i was to be induced on wed, went to mum's for dinner on the tues night and got a call asking me to come in that night cos my results for BT and BP combined made the doc more inclined to get things started early. if stuff had been home, i'd have had to do an extra trip home before mum could take me to hospy - DH was away for work and didn't get to the hospital til about 1am next morning (and bubba didn't arrive til friday!)