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[mamaharrison]

Ahhhhhh...I just looked at the next few weeks and realized that I have plans every weekend from now until i am 37 weeks! Which means that I am going to have a baby REALLY SOON! I need to get it all together NOW! hahahaaa--super nesting in effect!

anyone else wanna freak out?!! haha

[kaliki_kila]

Yeah!  I only have four more weeks of work before my maternity leave starts... crazy!  I am nesting and my dh is even more so.  I caught him scrubbing down the kitchen walls yesterday!    He keeps pacing around, talking about rearranging this and getting rid of that.  So excited for baby to be here!

[mamadiamond]

yeah, it just hit me that i'm 10 weeks from my due date. we just moved into a new house/city/state on tuesday so i have a ton of work to do in those 10 weeks. not great for getting rest before baby comes, but great for putting all the nesting urges to real use. what will probably happen is that anything baby related will be carefully unpacked and obsessively organized, and the rest of the house will stay in boxes....dh is doing what he can this week, but then he's leaving for the next two months for some training and won't be back till 4-5 days after i'm due. i've been coasting along in denial, but realizing the 10 week thing has suddenly dropped me into a sea of "ohmygod ohmygod, i have to get ready for this baby!". it's exciting though, that the wait to meet my new daughter is so short now.

[Mamabeakley]

No, no we are not.  I am totally in denial, :-P

Realistically, given my history, everything that I HAVE TO DO must be done by Thanksgiving.  That's SIX weeks.  If I allow this reality to become too real I will panic and not get anything done.  Progress, progress, baby steps, baby steps!  Oh, DH will be gone for work 2 of those weeks, too.  And we still have lots of non-baby related stuff that just hasn't happened because I have been too sick/tired/stressed/overwhelmed to keep up with stuff that normally I would be rocking through.  Like DD still needs a winter coat, and it's starting to get cold here.  Like I need a winter coat, that closes over my middle!

Part of what I love about the newborn period is how I just absolutely CAN'T do any of that stuff on my to-do list, so I have to let go of it.  Not my normal modus operandii, but it's a nice change of pace every once in a while.

[mamaharrison]

Originally Posted by Mamabeakley 

Realistically, given my history, everything that I HAVE TO DO must be done by Thanksgiving.  That's SIX weeks. 

Yes, I am 32 weeks now and that was the realization that I made today when looking forward to our local Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day! I realized that I would be 37 weeks then! So, Thanksgiving is my timeline for having 'everything' done, too. So...SIX WEEKS! Ahhhhhhh!!!

I really want to save some time to just BE and relax and not have an agenda for myself since last time I worked until the day I went into labor. So, Thanksgiving Day we do the Trukey Trot 5K in the very early morning and are home having pancakes by 10am. Then I start the big meal prep and DH and DD start the x-mas decorating! After that, I plan on everything being ready and being able to just enjoy the days and weeks left of this life, as it is.

[phatchristy]

Gosh I haven't thought about everything here...thanks ladies.  LOL

Actually, with my fourth my water broke at 38w3d....and I had gone over 40 weeks the three times before.  So...I was completely NOT ready.  I had to get mentally really quickly for his birth!

I want to have everything ready by 37 weeks, and if possible by December.  Meaning that in reality I have like one month to do everything the way that October is so packed! 

[lulubikes]

I know! My DH and I both freaked out a bit this weekend. Being due at the beginning of December we have less time than most of you. Our goal is to be mostly ready by the end of October, which is, gulp, 2 weeks. I think that may be a bit unrealistic. We'll get done what we can...

I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed actually... sigh. I can't wait for my nesting energy to kick in!

[stegenrae]

aw, geez. I feel completely unprepared. I don't have diapers lined up. I don't have a diaper bag even picked out, much less in hand. I don't have any place figured out to put baby's things (don't even know if they will go on the main floor or in our bedroom upstairs; probably both, but no idea where on either level). I am finding that it's hard for my brain to really grasp that I am going to have a baby in arms in a couple months; I feel like I'm still playing pretend or something. (Occasionally less than happy thoughts enter my mind, but I push those out before I get a chance to dwell on them.)  I don't even know if my mom is coming to visit before or after baby comes. AAACK! 

So I'm nearing panic mode. Hopefully when my dh gets back from his latest trip we can achieve some baseline of cleanliness on which to build the rest of what we need done. And then he only has one more trip scheduled before my EDD. 

...for some reason, it just popped into my head that we don't even have our insurance plan chosen for next year. (My thought process: dh's flights > miles/points > free flight to NYC > how cheap can I fly to London next Summer? > Shit, we'll need passports. > Shit, we'll need a social security number for baby. > Shit, insurance will also need an SSN. > Shit, are we going to go with dh's work insurance, or buy our own?)

I'd say I'm not *nearing* panic mode, but IN it, now that I see that!

It's no fair that so many of our partners are gone for stretches of this last trimester! (especially yours, mamadiamond!! I can't imagine.)

...and I'm only due the 15th! (though I'm sure many of you have WAY more stuff figured out by now than I seem to)

[cieloazul]

~ ~ ~ deep breath ~ ~ ~

Yeah, it's all coming up pretty quick, isn't it? My EDD is mid-month so I've had it in mind that baby will come in...December. DH and I set the goal of being baby-ready by the end of November, which still seems ok. We need to get the baby stuff out of the garage, wash things, install the carseat, that kind of thing. I've got a couple more baby purchases to make, and a few administrative details to work on like maternity leave paperwork and that sort of thing. Overall, I'm feeling pretty organized. Whatever doesn't get done before she arrives will just have to wait or go un-done.

La, la, la, everything's great...then yesterday it hit me... 

Between now and the first week of January -- in addition to, oh, you know, BIRTH -- our family also celebrates Halloween, Dia de los Muertos, Thanksgiving, four Sundays of Advent, Solstice, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, NYE, New Years Day, and Reyes Magos; as well as three five family birthdays (not counting baby's...EDIT: and see, I just completely forgot two people), and a dear friend's graduation. Oh, and a couple of local holidays that we may or may not observe.

All along, knowing my EDD, DH and I figured we'd keep the winter holidays low-key. But by low-key I didn't mean completely neglect them all together. I'm feeling a little pinched to make plans, prepare what I can ahead of time, and figure out which holiday-related things I can delegate to the family/friends who will be with us around the time DD is born. It was a relief to realize that I can ask someone else to be in charge of stockings or whatever, and enlist other people to plan/execute the holiday meals. Yesterday I let go of the idea of handmade gifts. I felt kind of sad about that until it occurred to me that, this being our first winter in the UK, we can give people local things that will be quite novel. So it's tea towels for everyone this year!

Sending you each strength, energy, perseverance, and patience as we make our way though these last few weeks of preparations :)

[tropicana74]

OK, is it weird that I am not stressed? I am 32 weeks. Maybe I am crazy but 8 weeks feel like plenty of time (well, I guess 6 weeks if I am going to be on top of it and just enjoy December). I am actually excited for all the happenings in the next 8 weeks....it is going to make time go so fast!! Between Halloween, DD's birthday, Thanksgiving, getting all the Christmas presents ready to go, decorating, washing baby clothes etc. I feel like it is all just fun until baby comes! I have a huge sense of anticipation and excitement about everything that I get to do until December! 

That being said I still have no idea what to do about the diaper situation but I figure if it comes to December 1st and I still haven't decided then I can buy a couple packages of NB size disposables to have on hand and revisit it all in January when baby will be moving into a bigger size. 

[Mamabeakley]

No, Tropicana, maybe you just have a less stressful life than some of us! LOL!  Good for you :-)

My small, possibly manageable goals for today, the first day DH is away (but he will be gone most of the next 2 weeks): thrift shop for the things DS1 and I need for the winter and take my grandpa to a doctor's appointment.  My brother is planning to watch my younger two for me - woo hoo!  However, our plans almost never work out, so I'll believe it all works this way when it's bedtime and all is well.

[kel]

Tropicana - I don't think it's strange at all - it's great that you aren't stressed out about it!  And I don't think it's based on how much stress is in your life, but rather how you react to it - and you clearly have a great attitude.  I kind of feel the same as you - I realize I still have a bit more time on my hands than some of the gals on here;), but of all the incredible stressors in my life - this baby isn't one of them.  Aside from cleaning the house and buying a car seat and hording some more baby clothes - all fun things to me at this point - there isn't much else that needs to be done to be ready in my mind.  And I've got 3 winter birthdays in our family before the birth as well, plus sewing our Halloween costumes and making x-mas presents, remodeling and opening my shop back up - it is definitely a busy time of year!  But I guess I'm just so happy to be going home after a long tear filled summer, and so happy to be pregnant with mine and DP's first baby together - it just puts everything in perspective for me. 

[mamaharrison]

Originally Posted by tropicana74 

OK, is it weird that I am not stressed? I am 32 weeks. Maybe I am crazy but 8 weeks feel like plenty of time (well, I guess 6 weeks if I am going to be on top of it and just enjoy December). I am actually excited for all the happenings in the next 8 weeks....it is going to make time go so fast!! Between Halloween, DD's birthday, Thanksgiving, getting all the Christmas presents ready to go, decorating, washing baby clothes etc. I feel like it is all just fun until baby comes! I have a huge sense of anticipation and excitement about everything that I get to do until December! 

 

I think my 'ahhhhhhhhh' got mistaken as stressed, but I actually feel exactly this way! I am happily plugging away at the mundane and I have saved much of the stuff that I wanted to devote my soul's intention to for this last bit of time--like herbal preparations, bedding in stuff {making meals}, and getting the birthing space set up plus birth prep {hypnobabies}--so, I am really enjoying the last of it--I am SO incredibly happy for it to be super soon! I can't wait to be holding my wee babe ; )

i basically just need to make a birth/pp book for myself and family--I like to put together a spiral bound {costs a few bucks at office depot} and in it I put the important info for this time. Like I type instructions on how to make teas for myself {so hubs and visiting friends can do it the way I prefer and I don't have to feel like I have to get up and do it myself}, I put our tear away ER birth info in it--which is basically a large print line by line, bold document that is easy to read {NO VACCINATION, NO CIRCUMCISION, NO FORMULA, NO CORD CLAMPING, and then I add my hubs power of attny for my medical care just in case} and then like instructions on making me a sitz bath. how we do laundry--we use non commercial detergent--and how to wash diapers--so that when people come over to help they can HELP without needing directions ; ) and a meal plan for me--so that hubs knows what I want to eat and when and can just make it up for me without me having to think about it. 

i am going to do some of that now.... ; )

YAY DEcember!!



So yea....easy stuff

[tetiana]

Our EDD is dec 3rd, so 7 more weeks to go! It's pur first baby and I can not wait for her arrival. Even though the crib has not arrived yet and the nursery is not ready at all, hoping to to put up a basinet and wash all the baby clothes in the next three weeks. I can not wait to see a thread with all our dec2012 newborn baby pictures, that will be so much fun!!!

[cocobean]

Glad to hear I'm not the only one freaking out!!! I'm 33 weeks tommorow, and have so much stuff still to do! We move on Saturday and need to get settled quickly as we're having a homebirth. I have to redo my diapers since the velcro was all worn out. I have all the seams pulled out but still have to sew them all on. I also need more diapers, a diaper bag, clothes, I need to side car my crib. The list is way bigger but these are most pressing. Plus my hubby is working tons of hours from now until after the first of the year. So he's not much help right now. Ahhhh! O well, the baby just needs me and my boobs and he/she will be happy! :)

[travelmumma]

Lol i was not at all worried as such until I just read tetiana post lol! Newborn pics! OMG lol

One way for me to deal with the amount of jobs that I have to do between now and then is I have created a "To Do" list on Pinterest! Lol!!! I was feeling all prepared about it, then looked at my list and its about 40 jobs long. Some of these "jobs" would take more than a day mind you!!!!...... So if thats 40 jobs at a day each... And its less than 70 days til baby is "due"...... UMMMMMMMM *beeeeeeeeep* Lol (meant to be me swearing)