Anyone else obessing about having things "just right" before labor? - Page 2

[momto l&a]

Originally Posted by stacey0402

I am always either hugely pregnant or taking care of a newborn when we move Dh jokes that I like to get out of helping that way. At least we aren't moving for another year this time around.

Now that is a good thinking

[Willzmama]

Originally Posted by jakesmama

If you think you guys are obsessive.....
The whole 'messy house' thing is THE reason I'm not birthing at home!:
I just feel like I won't be comfortable knowing there are things to be done (like I'll care in labor, but hey) and the birth center is pretty and CLEAN!

That is SO me! I have said, "I'd have a homebirth except that I don't like my house." My luck my lawn-obsessed neighbor would get on his ride-on mower during my transition. Or the neighbors on my other side would have one of their warm-weather parties. And then, like you said, things needing to be done in my house - ugh!

[Meg_s]

yep.. every night I go to bed after making rounds of the house and cleaning up thinking am I going to be ok with the midwives seeing this?

[Willzmama]

DH has dedicated this weekend to working on our tile floor in the baby area. He is cutting the edge tiles today and might get to grouting, not sure. So my Mother's Day...uh, yeah. When the tiling is done, I get to paint the ugly wood paneling. THEN maybe I can get baby stuff out of the attic and get organized. This project has been painfully slow going. It will look great when it's done but IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY that it's not done yet.

[Glitterbeam]

Originally Posted by DoulaLes

I am right there with you guys--except to make it worse...I am birthing at home, so its not about the baby caring about if its clean or not--its about me thinking about all the people who are going to be in and out of house once labor starts!
I keep thinking---gotta have the floors vacuumed, dish washer emptied so they can find silverware, refridge organized so they can find drinks and snacks, bed ready to be made with “birth” sheets, pool ready to be filled, yada, yada, yada.... It is kind of making me crazy! I know that all of them probably wont care if the floor is freshly vacuumed or not---but I will be thinking about it!!
So yes I am with you all on becoming obsessive about the cleaning!!! I too have vacuumed more in the past two weeks then in the last year!!

This is me too! I'm washing towels all the time so they'll all be clean for the waterbirth, and making sure my floor is spotless, and that I have the fridge organized.