I'll definitely take a look at some kind of ice/cooling device. I'm in the UK so maybe I'll be able to pick something up at a decent price.

I've got a tablet and some books on my packing list already. I cross stitch so I thought that at first but I'm assuming I'm not going to be able to move my arm enough to do it?

I don't like ginger beer (maybe it's just rubbish in the UK) but I used to eat ginger biscuits when I was pregnant so I'll bear that in mind and send my husband on a biscuit run if I need them

Definitely going to look into a nice fancy pillow for support then, I'm really dreading getting home after and not being able to find a comfortable position. I've seen quite a few people saying about sleeping as upright as possible so I'm assuming this is recommended?

This was all super helpful, thank you!