I've started putting meals and baking in the freezer already now, so I have some things to pull out after baby arrives. And, you can always throw in a few extra freezer meals from the grocery store - some frozen pizzas, or something easy like that. Not the healthiest, necessarily, but perfect for a quick easy meal that DH or someone can throw in the oven for you. The cleaning will just have to slide for a little bit. It drives me crazy, and my DH does do a pretty decent job during the week he stays home post-baby, but there's always stuff that will just have to wait until later. Or, you can arrange for a cleaner to come once or twice a week for a little while after baby, or you can line up a couple good friends to take care of a list of cleaning that you can prepare for them. You kind of have to mentally prepare yourself for a few weeks of just getting by after the baby arrives, and remind yourself that it is just for a time. There will come a day when you're up and at it again, and your house will look the way you like it, but that just has to wait for a little bit.
WM, :hugs: I bought a second hand freezer that sits on my deck (still) before DS was born so I could have meals ready to go. It was a life saver in the early days.
It is perfectly acceptable to ask visitors to bring food when they visit. I don't remember all the presents that I got, but I certainly remember who brought food. I try to remember that when friends have babies and take a meal or some bikkies.
I also found the middle of the pregnancy a bit weird, cos there wasn't as much urgency or kerfuffle as when going through the hospital. It was way more natural, but it did require a mindshift to be comfortable with it. The realisation that you don't have to stress about when to leave for hospital and other changes can be both scary and liberating.
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