hi Jess,

Foods it is good to stay away from anything that carries an extra risk of food poisoning esp listeria (deli meats, pre-prepared salads, soft cheese - camberet, etc)

We were given 60% girl at our 19wk scn (which isn't that good as it's 50/50 anyway right) My OB did scans at every appointment and at 26wk he said he thought it was a girl but would say with certainty. By 31 or 34wks you could see clearly it was a girl and I was ready to go out and buy some pink stuff.

Clothes - my son was born 7lB at 4wks early and went into 00000. I think he was in them for maybe 6wks before he worked his way into 000 by 2mths. My dd on the other hand was 8lb 12 and wore 0000 for about a week. She was in 000 until 2mth, 00 until 4 mth and now in 0/1 at 5mths. We didn't buy a lot of clothes before hand as we didn't know what size and temp it would be which was great as then I could go shopping with her and her daddy had lots of fun shopping with her as well.

we had:
going home outfit 0000
going homw outfit 000
(just a note, if you are going to have them in a dress for going home don't pick one with spagetti straps as skinny newborns look a bit out of place in spagetti straps)
short sleved all in ones 000 (x5)
singlets 000 (x5)
3 rompers short sleved in 0000 and 000

We knew we would have a few days while she was in hossy to get smaller things if needed.

All the best!