Thursday, November 27, 2008
Nesting?
I've read that the 'nesting' instinct is primarily coined for the sudden impulse that some pregnant women will get in the week or so before she goes into labour, to clean, to paint, to organize and re-organize.
Maybe what I'm doing is that, maybe it's just a desire to organize the house, but either way, I'm calling it nesting.
I have a STRONG urge to get the baby's room ready NOW. I still have 4 months to go, but in the back of my head is a little pregnant version of me, saying "It will go by SOOO quick, and you might not feel like doing some stuff later. DO IT NOW."
I also have an urge to clean up and organize the rest of the house. Just generally sick of boxes and STUFF being everywhere. Today, we had a big step taken care of. We had some stuff we weren't going to bother to sell, but was still useable by anyone else, and tried to offer it to people via Freecycle. After living with this stuff in our house for a few more weeks with zero interest, finally called the local Neighbour Link. (Group of Churches that work together to pick up donated furniture/appliances/random other stuff and they distribute it to people in need. We've given them stuff before, and they are very nice people, and usually my first thought when we have stuff we no longer want. Depending on what it is, I try Freecycle first. Gotten a lot of stuff via Freecycle people, and like to offer them what we have, in case they can use it.)
All random tangents aside, I'm starting to lose the battle with the little version of me in my head...
She's starting to drive me crazy. I guess it's not so bad, I can block her out fairly well, but for the most part... I still find myself wishing I had another 24 hours each day. (Some days, for sleeeeeeep.)
Going to resist the urge to fold the little tiny baby blankets/ towels in the dryer, and go back to bed.
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A belated add on to the supposed nesting instinct towards the end of pregnancy. Nature is very wise.
In the last weeks/days of pregnancy the baby drops or falls to birthing position, which allows baby much less movement, in turn allowing mother and her organs more breathing, energy space. This is a real bonus for both mommy and baby. They get more rest for the big job ahead and mom has renewed energy to prepare. Love grmma
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