Anyone else feel like you have a deadline?

Due date seems to get closer and closer, and I feel like we have a million things to do at home before baby gets here.....about 1/4 of it are house projects we kind of just put off, but now are trying to get them done, along with getting baby stuff and other random things done

I feel so under the gun!


Anyone else?

Re: Anyone else feel like you have a deadline?

surely you must be joking....

only part of my 'nesting' is because i'm enjoying it! the rest is because i feel i have this HUGE clock ticking over my head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i expected to go 40 weeks - so 39 surprised me - i lost a frickin' week!!!!!!!!!

back to the bedroom! i'm cleaning our room today - so we can get the bassinet in there...but i'm trying to be good - stopping once an hour and sitting....

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Maybe also because I haven't had my shower yet....its in 3 weeks and I'm part (well mostly) planning it so that itself is making me crazy

And I know some of my friends/family friends are very particular and notice EVERYTHING so I'm getting paranoid

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OMG!!!! I hear ya!!! i have htis HUGe list of things to do!!!!

Between the house things that I want done before the baby is here and then all the baby things. My shower is next weekend and I can't wait bc then I can seriously go and finish anything I still need.

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I really felt that way for DS. In reality, you need the following by the time the baby arrives:
some clothing sleepers are fine.
a couple of burp cloths
diapers
wipes
ointment
formula (even if you plan to BF it is good as a back up or for an emergency)
a place for the baby to sleep (bassinet or PNP is fine until the crib arrives) and a bed sheet.
you can change a baby on any flat surface. The floor will suffice.
car seat
fan for baby's room - circulating air is extremely important to prevent SIDS

would be nice:
stroller
bouncer
swing
tub

Everything else can be purchased after the baby comes.

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i absolutely feel like i have a deadline.. but its more of a internal dealine of like preparing myself. i feel like im totally not ready for the delivery of this child. like im completely uneducated about what to expect! im scared sh!tless to be honest!! im not woried about her coming or bringing her home at all im really excited!

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Absolutely positively feel like I'm under a deadline. That's why I spent the entire day out today picking up different things that I still need for . I'm absolutely exhausted now, but I have to get it done on the weekends since I'm still working -- my due date is still less than 4 weeks away but I really could go at anytime, you never know!

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Posted by Mere09

Absolutely positively feel like I'm under a deadline. That's why I spent the entire day out today picking up different things that I still need for . I'm absolutely exhausted now, but I have to get it done on the weekends since I'm still working -- my due date is still less than 4 weeks away but I really could go at anytime, you never know!

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Every day I feel like my deadline was yesterday!!! So much to do in the house, so much to do in the nursery, so much to do!!!!!

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I have 5 weeks left, and we are moving into our new house next weekend, which means not much is set up at all... And I have to clean my own place up for our closing!

And I teach college classes, and they want to schedule me for Fall, and if I go late and have a c-section, I will still be disabled at the start of the Fall semester, so I am getting pressure about WHEN i am going to have the baby since they would need to hire someone else if I go late....

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Posted by nov04libride

I have 5 weeks left, and we are moving into our new house next weekend, which means not much is set up at all... And I have to clean my own place up for our closing!

And I teach college classes, and they want to schedule me for Fall, and if I go late and have a c-section, I will still be disabled at the start of the Fall semester, so I am getting pressure about WHEN i am going to have the baby since they would need to hire someone else if I go late....

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Posted by brownie

Yikes, like you have much control over that!

I'm teaching a college class this fall and haven't taught it or taken it so I'm trying to read and do all the prep before baby arrives...so annoying

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Posted by nov04libride

Posted by brownie

Yikes, like you have much control over that!

I'm teaching a college class this fall and haven't taught it or taken it so I'm trying to read and do all the prep before baby arrives...so annoying

I don't know where you teach, but where I am, I can't teach while I am still considered to be disabled in the 6 weeks following a reg. delivery, or 8 following a c! So it's all up in the air, though my June due date wouldn't seem like I would be still disabled at the end of August....Sooooooo annoying....