Nesting during pregnancy
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Baby's bassinet and sheets are clean. Bottles are collected and in the cupboard. Clothes are sorted and placed in clothes baskets, waiting to be put away. Master bedroom cleaned and organized. Downstairs closet will be taken apart and cleaned today...
What has gotten into me?
Nesting has invaded my pregnant system. At 28 weeks, I'm getting the nest prepared for Baby #3, and boy is there a lot to do! I don't seem to have the urge to super clean as I did with my other two (perhaps because those two just now continuously make a mess any way and tire me out), but I'm getting ready for baby.
Ever get that urge to tear apart your house before your baby came? It's a funny feeling that takes over your entire body and forces you to react and behave in ways you never imagined when in reality you should be on the couch with your swollen feet propped up on pillows.
In the midst of that urge to be prepared, I also need to count the kicks and movements of the baby. I have a handy little chart from the doctor to mark every ten movements, which I need to feel before 3 pm every day (closing hours at the doctor's office, you know...). Luckily, this kid is pretty active, which coincides with how active his siblings were in utero and are now.
Most days, I get all ten movements before 10 am. On the days I am running (okay, waddling) around the house like a nutcase cleaning, I don't feel him as much, but then again the kid is probably being rocked to sleep during that time.
But then he says, "Hey Mom! Chillax!" with a swift kick to the rib cage.
T-minus 10 weeks and 3 days. Here we go!
~Marissa
Marissa is a stay-at-home mom who writes pregnancy and parenting articles on HubPages, as well as shares her motherly escapades on Mommy Knows What's Best.
