When did nesting kick in and when did you start to feel tired again?

[Cherished]

Hi girls, just wondering when your 'nesting' kicked in during this (or other) pregnancies? I feel like i want to have everything done as soon as possible, ie any house chores or clean ups etc before I start getting too large and uncomfortable however some people I've mentioned this to said I should wait because when 'nesting' kicks in I will just do it all again anyway. I can't see that happening to be honest. I only have a small list of things to do and if I do them now why would I do it again?

Also when did you start feeling tired again (if you did at all) I have really started to feel worn out again, similar to the 1st tri and I guess it will only get worse. For example today I am ready to fall asleep at my work desk and I need a nana nap!

[Kazbah]

I finished up at work at 36 weeks and slept the first week off. Prior to that, I was falling asleep on the drive home from about 32 weeks. (lucky for me DH was driving!!!).

As for serious nesting, I started about 3 days before Pip arrived, I was already o/due at that stage ... I did however do a lot of washing and stuff from about 34 weeks.

[Visitor7]

With both of my previous pregnancies, I didn't 'nest' until the night before I had them. I think that's my sign of impending labour! Tiredness, with this pregnancy it hit about 5 days ago. Up until then, I had so much energy and felt fantastic. I now feel like I'm 38 weeks pregnant, but I'm only 31!

[sloane]

i finished up work around 33/34 weeks & i was pretty tired when i got home from work (it was an hours drive each way) but i wasn't too bad. from there on, because i was at home, i could have a nana nap most afternoons & i was fine.

with the nesting - i never got it in the cleaning form so i'd say do the chores now if you want/feel motivated! my nesting was only ever really to do with cooking...i didn't know it was possible to bake so many batches of muffins & cookies! my DP put on about 3kg

[Visitor7]

my nesting was only ever really to do with cooking...i didn't know it was possible to bake so many batches of muffins & cookies! my DP put on about 3kg

I can't get enough of baking at the moment! I'm having a forced break from it (which means I haven't baked a cake in 4 days) and dh asked me last night where the cake was as he's getting cravings for cake every day now lol

[deletedit]

I renovated a house pregnant with my first, and added a bedroom pregnant with my second (with 12' ceilings, I had some issues hauling myself up onto the scaffold to paint). This time ... meh. I've sorted the old baby clothes out, made sure we've got everything we need, and I'm trying to get the backyard landscaped so we can sell this house to pay for one we actually all fit into. But nothing so dramatic as the last two times. I guess building an entire new house for the baby counts as pretty extreme nesting but it is very hands off

But right now I have a nasty cold so slobbing around in my pajamas honking my way through lots of tissues and spending a lot of time snuggling with a sick toddler on the couch is taking precedence over nesting.