Just call me "Mrs. Clean"! I never truly believed the fabled "nesting instinct" would ever kick in for me...but, HOLY COW, has it ever!! Although my co-workers might think I'm something of neat-freak, because of how I stay fairly organized at school, they might be surprised to know that the trait doesn't exactly carry over to my home. We don't live in squalor by any means, but I really hate housework and will usually find a way to skimp on it at any chance.
However, pregnancy hormones seem to trump all of this! Just ask Darren...I have been on a serious cleaning spree for about the last 2-3 weeks. What really sucks about this happening at this point in pregnancy is that you physically can't really do much. Forget about getting on your hands and knees and scrubbing floors, toilets, or tubs...it ain't happening! After hearing my plans to hire somebody to come scrub the kitchen and bathroom floors, Darren's urge to "pinch a penny" kicked in, and he offered to do the job himself...so long as I didn't "boss him around" (his words). He did a wonderful job, too! I am even so obsessed with cleanliness that I insisted that we needed brand new toilet seats...cleaning the old ones wasn't enough.
Now, I know that the babe won't be crawling around on the floors for quite a long time, but I guess the need for clean comes from the fear that I'll never have time to do it again once she arrives. I was working on that hypothesis myself when I read almost those exact words in my favorite pregnancy book "Pregnancy Sucks". I highly recommend it to any preggo girls out there! Along with "The Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy". Both tell you all the little secrets (as well as the well-known basics) of being a preggo girl...but with a generous dose of humor mixed in. I just picked up "The Girlfriend's Guide to the First Year" last week. I am sad, happy, and scared about the prospect of entering this new phase...moving on from pregnancy books to parenting books.
Being pregnant is one thing...being a PARENT is a whole 'nother thing!!
What have I gotten myself into?
Now you know for sure you're really pregnant...I WAS on my hands and knees in my tub scrubbing the morning we were supposed to go into the hospital that night at 9pm (between contractions, I might add). Welcome to the club!
ReplyDeleteYou'll be a great mom! What you've gotten yourself into is a whole new world of fun, tears, smiles,and enough poo to make a person crazy...but it's wonderful! I myself am in a cleaning frenzy right now, too. Our house is officially on the market and realtors will tour tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteDitto to Amy's comment! I was also on my hands and knees mopping my kitchen floor as my loving husband watched. As for the Pregnancy Sucks book, that was by far my FAVE! My brother always recommended Jenny McCarthy's Belly Laughs. Congrats on your "engagement"! Don't you just love the way they can reach all the way up to their elbow? Amazing!
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