What do you class as too much?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Everyone keeps telling me i need to SLOW DOWN, rest a little and take it easy but i just can't.. i know if i stop i wont get started again.

As an example this week goes as follows:
Mon - 9:20 need to be at an appt 40min away to get the carseats fitted, so will get DD up, fed, showered and head off by 8:40.
ON the way home have to stop at every shopping centre until i find RICE FLOUR, get home clean and tidy before a friend from school and her little girl come round.
Cook tea, bake shortbread and stained glass x-mas cookies for MG on Tues.

Tues - MG girls coming for lunch, need to vac and dust the lounge, tidy the dining area etc, clean both toilets and the bathroom.
Then obviously cater for 10+ women and children.

Wed - OB appt 45min away, then have to stop and see a friend from work who not long had her 1st baby, come home and sort and fold all of #2's clothes and move furniture in my room to fit the basinette etc again.

Sat - Stepmum and Dad coming with little brothers to do x-mas pressies, putting on a BBQ, sat night possibly BBQ at DP's cousins.

Sun - Mum & Stepdad coming with 2 brothers, staying until the wed b4 x-mas.

Obviously in b/w all this i vac and dust every 2nd day, do the dishes and stack the dishwasher every day, generally do 2-4 loads of washing every 2nd day, tidy and chase DD EVERY day, cook tea every night etc etc.

All the girls at MG tell me i need to slow down and rest more, they can't believe how quickly i move for someone that has just under 4wks left and that i act as though i am not even PG.
They all wanted to bring something to MG on tues instead of me catering.. are you kidding? i'm hosting so i will host!

Am i doing too much? i'm pregnant i'm not disabled is all i can say.

The only time i have felt tired etc is when DD is sick or teething, otherwise i feel normal and fine, that said this baby is taking a lot of room and energy at the moment as DD is teething... hmmmm

I had 3 ppl comment today that i was NUTS for going to a major shopping centre to do some final x-mas shopping with so little time left..... my answer was... i had to get DD's roller coaster!

Sorry prob not making much sense, am i doing to much? when should i slow down? do i need to slow down? when did you slow down?

[Tinks]

I didn't slow down until I was giving birth either. You've gotta do what has to be done pregnant or not. When you've already got kids and are pregnant life is alot more hectic. I remember when i was pregnant with my first I had loads of time to relax but with my other 2 pregnancies I was flat out all day every day, I'm surprised I had time to sleep lol.

[Lolli]

Hun, I powered on like a trooper until about a week before dd was born. then I just got this urge to sleep- every time ds napped, i would too. Did me the world of good

But, no, I would say not too much, if you feel ok, then soldier on

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

thank god... here i was thinking i am going nuts or something.

With DD i worked up until about 1.5wks before i had her and then when i got home from work i packed boxes to move and kicked them along the floor to the spare room... we moved 2 days b4 she was born... i unpacked boxes in those 2 days... hehe

I just feel bad as another mum @ MG is 12wks behind me and she is buggered, has no energy etc etc... she's half my size (weight wise and i wish i was as tiny as her) and she just wants to sit and do nothing... she doesn't know how i do it and says i make it look easy??????

[ss_storm]

You sound busy!!

But if you feel fine and that you can/want to do things, and your pg is also going ok then I don't see any reason why you should stop doing what you normally do. As you said, you're pregnant, not an invalid! If you were feeling exhausted and stressed out etc then that would be your body telling you that you need to slow down, you will know if you need to start taking it a bit easy.

And yep, you gotta do what you gotta do, life goes on and you have your DD to run around after, little kids stop for no one!

[studymum]

I think if you are handling it fine then go for it, just listen to what your body needs and take a break if you want it. Good on you for not using it as an excuse, we are just pregnant not disabled. I know people who milk it and use every excuse under the sun to get out of doing things, like cant carry the basket of washing to the line and put arms above their heads and stuff because it can twist the umbilical cord wt????

Everybody and every pregnancy is different. My first I was studying full time and was a mad hatter nester and clean freak for months. This one I have already finished studying for the year, DD keeps me on my toes but I have sacrolliac joint dysfunction so I cant go like I feel I want to, it drives me insane that there are things to be done (in my head anyway) because it gets to the point where I cant go anymore because I cant physically handle the pain or walk.

Getting sidetracked, but anyway, you go girl.

[Lolli]

Forgot to add before, but my mw reckons women who are really active during their pregnancy (as opposed to sitting round on the lounge) have much easier, faster labours and births. So maybe you should slow down a bit hun- you might make it to the hospital that way (joking, you know I'm joking )