Share your last minute to-do tasks, rituals, etc. at the end of your pregnancy

[sophmama]

I've held off on several things that I felt like having done would jinx me into going early. I'm 38 weeks now and probably won't be waiting too much longer.

My big thing is finishing my pregnancy painting. I have little cleaning things around the house and I am out of groceries, and I should get my thank you notes done, but the painting is the emotional one for me that I hope to be able to complete.

[DreamsInDigital]

The only thing I really want to do is get the birth tub from my midwife and give it a good cleaning before I go into labor. It doesn't feel terribly urgent though and if it doesn't happen I don't really care. I'm so ready to have my baby now!

[sarah_bella1050]

I've been feeling very obsessive about everything. Trying to make everything perfect and piling loads of to-do lists on my poor dh. I even wake up frequently during the night thinking of new things I need to do. I'm suppost to be relaxing, reading Ina May's Guide to Childbirth and practicing my hypnobirthing, but it's not really working out that way .

[yonit]

I just need to finish up some laundry and fill up the birth tub. I am basically ready.

[mooliette]

The list keeps on growing everyday lol My DH is about to kill me too. I write a new list every day. I did really well yesterday and completed everything on the lists. Today there is a new list.

I have to wipe down the bathroom, sweep the floors in the bathroom, hall and kitchen. I need to do a quick livingroom and bedroom floor vacuum, do a few loads of laundry and the house is looking stylin'.

I bought 3 poster boards and printed out over 100 photos, I'm about to start my first collage. I'm going to hang 2 of them in the birthing room and one in our bedroom. Hopefully I can get out later this afternoon to buy the poster frame.

I've also got to restock my fruit and veggies, since I didn't give birth since the last time I went shopping, my fruit salad is only going to last a few more days. And I need some fresh avocado for guacamole.

Other than that I'm good to go, this baby can come whenever she wants, mama is ready!!

[mamabear&babybear]

I've got laundry to do today and grocery shopping tomorrow. I also need to clean out the fridge; I've really been procrastinating on this one. : Other than that I'm ready. Dh just finished writing his two grants that are due today, so he gave the baby permission to come anytime.

[timneh_mom]

I just need to get the cosleeper set up, wash the linens for it, pack a bag for me and one for DS, finalize and print out our birth plan, clean up the car seat and wash the cover, and that's pretty much the major stuff. If I am feeling really ambitious I might make cookies or brownies for the nurses (they like food LOL) and stick them in the freezer to grab on the way to the hospital. But I don't know if I am feeling that generous or not! Nothing like bribing the staff with sweets...

[phillychiquita]

I think I went through the last minute craziness last week, I rearranged furniture, did all this work around the house, and basically made myself crazed trying to get stuff done....this week I have felt much calmer, and less worried about getting everything done. I am doing calmer things like sleeping in and writing thank you notes from the shower. It probably also helped my psyche that I hired a cleaning lady to come in yesterday to do the house...it was the best $90 I have ever spent!!

The only things we haven't done yet:
1) put the carseat in and have it checked (have an appt to do that next wednesday);
2) get the birth tub from the mdwifei (we're doing that this weekend) and,
3) started to stock our fridge/pantry up. The fridge/freezer stocking I am not all that worried about though...we have a lot of family close by who will help if baby comes early and we have no food. Plus we have three grocery stores within blocks of our house, and they all deliver, so if we get stuck, we'll be able to make a call and get stuff pronto.

[pinksprklybarefoot]

Just found out yesterday that I will be having a hospital birth instead of a homebirth (at 37 wks) so my whole to-do list just changed. We moved last week and I was trying to get the house unpacked, paint furniture, organize and obtain homebirth supplies. Now I have to completely switch gears and figure out what the heck you even bring to the hospital and purchase/pack a bag for that, find a place for the dog to go, meet the new midwife and try to avoid getting induced.

To make matters worse, bf's 4 yo, who was supposed to be going back to her mama's today (they split custody 50/50), is now staying through Sunday. She's driving me crazy! I am not sure how I am going to get all of this crap done with her constant tantrums. I swear, she takes so much attention that I am going to be a single parent two weeks a month. Grrrrrr.

[PixelDust]

We're about as ready as we're going to be. We still need to get a diaper pail, and we haven't packed our stuff for the hospital, but we have the baby's little bag packed and everything else is all set. Things are organized, and the house is mostly clean; there are a couple of dishes in the sink, some clean clothes that need to be put away, but that's it. I did some cooking yesterday, and Julie did some last week, so we have quite a bit of food stocked up in the freezer. We're still waiting for our attorney to finish the documents we hired her to do before his birth, and that has me stressed out, but otherwise we're ready for him to make his debut.

[illinoismommy]

All I want to do is lay in bed with a couple of books and a big cup of RRL. Unfortunately my toddler won't allow it.

[libragirl]

I'm 38 weeks too - still have to install the car seat and pack the hospital bags. I might leave the packing until the last minute, I figured it would be good distraction during labor, but now I'm rethinking that plan. I was thinking about baking for the labor nurses as well, and I need to clean. other than all that, we're pretty ready, I think.

[goodygumdrops]

Well,
I am 39 wks and 4 days......I am ready Honestly, I can only think of last minute things, like dishes, vacumming, etc. I have been nesting in strange ways though....went to garden store yesterday and bought 5 plants that need go in to the yard in the next 2 weeks. Yeah, hope we can find the time

[reducereuserecycle]

I'm also driving DH crazy with lists. : I actually typed one for him earlier. I thought maybe if it looked really neat and was printed on cloud paper and I added some stickers to it that it would look more appealing and he'd get it all done this weekend. I keep telling him that now that I am almost 37 weeks that the baby could easily be born anytime and he says he wants me to wait until the due date ( Feb. 27 ) As if I can control this... We'll see if he gets his list completed this weekend... I, on the other hand, have been trying to get lots done in preparation for the little baby. Here is what i still have to do:
-put all homebith supplies together in one place
-wash sleeping bags that i'm going to use as cushions/covers for floor
-clean out car (when the snow melts) and install carseat
-get DH and his friend to move dresser down from upstairs where it has been stored for 7 years since my grandmother passed away and DH had to carry it up there by himself
-take bed off frame and take frame upstairs. I want to give birth close to the ground and I feel like the bed being lower will be safer for cosleeping (this is actually another one of DH's jobs, but of course I'll supervise
-I really wanted to clean the garage and basement but I may just have to settle on doing that later in the spring or something, we'll see...
-rearrange furniture in living room because I hate the way DH put it and I want it to be different
-wash all rugs and mop floor in kitchen and bathroom
-wash dishes.. it is such a neverending thing
I am so ready to get all this finished so I can actuallly feel ready to have my baby.