How Much Did You Do When 9 Months Pregnant?

I guess everyone and every pregnancy is different. I had #2 3 months ago and I did everything I normally do plus more. You are so lucky to have such a helpful husband!!! My husband doesn't lift a finger to help with anything (so lazy and always puts stuff off). I also repaired and painted the baby's room myself (with some help from my mom and sister) in the last 2 months of my pregnancy. I know I did more than I should but if I didn't do it, who's gonna? If I waited for my husband to do it, my baby still wouldn't have a room to sleep in. But that's me, I'm a do-er, always have been. I will say that I got a little 'lazy' with the weekly cleaning. I just wasn't up to doing a super good job. It got done and whatever didn't was still there for later. One thing you might want to do that really will help you out after the baby comes is make up some casseroles or something that you can pop in the freezer. This way you have a meal made and all you have to do is bake it. Good luck with everything.

I worked full time in child care until my last day before maternity leave started, which was a Friday and then went into labor early Sunday morning. So I had one full day off before having the baby.

I cared for 15 three year olds in my classroom. It was Fall but still nice weather out so we had play time outside every day in the morning and afternoon. Plus all the time running around in the classroom.

I took it easy I do have 3 kids now & with everyone of them I went into extreme cleaning mode but dinners & everyting else went to a hault.I rested every chance I had

Better to feel "guilty" about the house (and boy, what a wasted emotion there!!!) than guilty about stressing both of your babies out! I'd call growing one human and caring for another MUCH bigger jobs than washing dishes or cooking formal meals. ;-)

Hi Meg---I say listen to your body and rest up. You will be quite busy very soon now. I know that it is not always easy to do that, though. Maybe just pick out a chore or two and do them at half-intensity, if that makes any sense. Maybe you make dinner and hubby cleans up. That way you'll be less likely to feel like you are being lazy.

Be sure to take care of you by eating a healthy plant-based diet, mostly fresh fruits and veggies, whole grains, beans/legumes and nuts and seeds (sparingly, as these contain lots of fat). Minimize animal protein and dairy as these provide mostly fat and calories and with too much, increase the risk of degenerative disease (explore www.pcrm.org and put dairy in the search box).

Good luck and have fun with all of the good things that will be happening the next few weeks. D.

At the end my sleep patterns were soooo messed up I was lucky to get anything done. I would TRY to go to bed at 10:00 pm and it would be almost 4:00am before I actually fell asleep.

My husband would come home from work at 1:30 am and I would be doing dishes or folding laundry. He'd take a shower and go to bed and I'd still be wide awaken so I'd do things in spurts.

Take it easy! There will be plenty of time for that stuff later! Take care of yourself and your baby, and enjoy these last weeks of "quietness" before life changes again with a 2nd running around.

I remember my last weeks being pregnant with #2 -- I'd just "push" toys around with feet in efforts to clean up. And don't want to sound like a downer, but it'll be even harder then next 6 months. Cleaning and meals are the last priorities when you have 2 little ones to take care of.

Prepare yourself and your husband now as it'll be hard -- my 2nd is now 11 mos old and I still struggle with getting things accomplished during the day. Best of luck and hugs to you and your family!

I was lucky and was not tired at all during the pregnancy. I worked full time until 1 day before (it was a weekend so I actually did not miss any work). I painted our bathroom at 8-1/2 months because I was pretty sure I wouldn't paint it once DS was born. You should not feel guilty about the house. I am sure there are times when you do most of it, so occasionally DH should do the majority. You can get back to an even split once the baby is born.

Well for me my nesting was doing home improvement projects with the first three. We moved into our house when I was 7mos pregnant with the first. No, I didn't move furniture, but I cleaned an painted! When I was pregnant with my 2nd I was hanging drywall, spackling and painting. When I was pregnant with no 3 I built a chicken coop for my dh. The only part I didn't do was put the shingles on. When I had #4 I didn't do a thing LOL!

You do what you can to survivie, and thats it. It's different for everyone. I napped A LOT in the 9th month when I had the chance.

If you're exhausted, then don't push it... but sometimes a lack of activity will make you "more tired". At the end of my pregnancy I was working full-time and making casseroles to get into the freezer. Then again, it was just the two of us- no one to chase around and if we ate sandwiches it was no big deal.

Try to see this time as "get ahead where I can" time b/c in just a week or two, your free time will be gone altogether!

I took it extremely easy the first time around, especially at the nine month mark. Now, I'm expecting baby #3, and my husband and I work opposite shifts to both be home with our 2.5 year old twins. My husband is so understanding about how exhausted I am at the end of the day (I'm 26 weeks). I take care of my boys, but by the time they're in bed, after a full day of work and playing/taking care of them all evening, I crash on the couch until bed time. He totally gets it and doesn't want me to over do it.

you don't get to feel guilty about this :) of course you're going to have less energy...take it easy. there will be time to be supermom later.

The only thing I did was a little picking up , and cooked dinner. I was huge and miserable, had to be off my feet for swelling etc.
Don't push it that stuff can wait and others can help.

Listen to your body. If you are exhausted, you need to rest. Take advantage of those little spurts of energy that almost every woman gets towards the end of pregnancy but also rest when your body tells you to. Don't feel guilty, though it's harder to do than you think. I know, I'm pregnant, 35 weeks with my 4th baby and my husband has been shouldering a lot of stuff since I found I was pregnant. I feel guilty for having so many dishes in the sink when he comes home from a long day at work so I force myself to wash them. He scolds me because he knows how uncomfortable it is for me at this point. Imagine I'm hunched over the sink, trying to wash. My back kills me! But I DO try to do a little something every day, even if it's cleaning the windows. I'm nesting now so I want the house clean, tidy, and organized before I have my baby but when I feel the need to sleep, I sleep because I surely am not sleeping well at night.

I worked up until the day before my due date. At home, I didn't do much. I did the bare minimum of chores. We had hamburger helper or frozen dinners most nights for dinner.

I did almost NOTHING for ALL 9 months of my 2 pregnancies. I was so exhausted with number 2 that I would spend most of the day laying on the living room floor & my older son would crawl all over me & bring me toys to play with or books to read. We also watched a lot of tv. Getting up to make us lunch was a big deal & would wipe me out for hours afterward. I don't think I cleaned anything. I did minimal cooking. Do what you can do, & don't feel guilty about it. Remember, you are growing a whole life inside you! That is a HUGE job in and of itself & something you unfortunately can not trade with your hubby. Let him help you out.
I just wanted to add that for me, things got soooo much easier once baby 2 was born. The exhaustion went away. I was tired from lack of sleep (getting up to feed the baby), but the exhaustion was gone. I could make lunch with out being wiped out for hours afterward. So, I slowly got back into our routine.

Rest. Your body hadn't even had time to catch up from the first baby and now there is a second one. You need every minute of rest and good food you can get. Take care of you and your daughter and the heck with the rest of it.

I did almost the same things I did when I was not pregnant. I did not have another child to look after. The apartment was spotless. You could eat off the floor,lol. You need to take extra naps and rest at this point because you will be tired when the little one gets here. I would imagine it is exhausting having a little one and being pregnant at the same time. Take it easy and enjoy. Sounds like you have a great husband. Congratulations and good luck.

I am about 6 weeks out from my due date now. I have a hard time doing anything because I get light headed after 10 minutes of standing, I get winded faster and have a hard time picking our almost 1 year old up. I do the best I can with cleaning (although right now the dishes are piled seeing as we don't have a dishwasher and both of us hate doing them) My husband tries but he's tired too with helping me with our son. So we do a little at a time. Don't over exert yourself, do what you can. Or if you must do a lot do it in stages. Use your knees to bend when picking things up and not your back or you'll be in a world of hurt trust me there. hahaha. I am sure I will be back up in no time once I have my second son and the same with you. Don't stress over it, as long as things are getting done who cares how long it takes. My husband and I have a lot of cleaning to do in the next couple of weeks since his mom is coming to stay with us for 2 months. It's going to be such a big help seeing as we live in South Korea and have no family around. Good luck and be careful with your cleaning hahah. :)

I worked right up until I went into labor i was exhausted and still had to do the normal household chores. I think it's best to stick to your normal daily activities when pregnant.

With my first, I was a retail manager for a national women's clothing chain. I was the ONLY manager in the store...I HAD to do everything as normal. With the twins, I had more energy than I knew what to do with in my last trimester...I was doing everything possible.

Worked FT right to delivery and I think the only thing I didn't do was get on my hands & knees to scrub the floors!

I continued to work full time up to my due date. I'm not a daily cleaner by any stretch (more like once a week) and I'd say that continued that way. I exercised each day and pretty much kept up like normal. Truly, it was easier to have momentum keeping me going - that and my chiropractor. Ha!

Don't worry for now. Allow yourself some much needed rest. I'm sure your hubby will take it all in stride - if he has any sense at all of how you feel, he would be a jerk to make you feel bad about it. Doesn't sound like that's the case, so just go with it!

Take care and be well - congrats to you.