Comments on: Feeling Restless

By: Jen Walsh

Jen Walsh — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:36:05 +0000

I know exactly what you’re talking about. After the showers are over and things start to trail off, there is a lull where you just want something to happen. It’s a good sign. A good sign that you’re ready. I went through all sorts of emotions: terror, happiness, anticipation, fear and then anxiousness.

Enjoy finishing up the nursery. I had that all done early too and had nothing to do but sit in the rocking chair staring at the walls and imagining my little in the room. I think I folded and sorted clothes for two weeks before he was born.

Everyone is right. Take time to do things that you want to do before the baby comes. Relax and pamper yourself. Although, I never took any of that advice. )

Good luck! It’s an amazing amazing journey once the baby arrives that just gets better and better with each day.

By: Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com

Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:53:36 +0000

You know what's really odd? When you bring the baby home from the hospital and find out that life on the outside didn't come to a complete standstill while you gave birth. I have never felt more restless than that first afternoon back home. .-= Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com´s last blog ..My boobies need to go night-night too. =-.

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:24:44 +0000

It may just be the monotony of being indoors while you are sick. Every winter I get what I call cabin fever and warn DH that I have it. I want to do something but I don’t know what it is. In the meanwhile I am a little bit crabby and weepy. Eventually it passes. Living in an area with the longest winters I have ever known(snow in 7 months of the year) knitting has saved me.Nothing fancy, just knit, knit knit. Thank heavens that Goodwill will take all the scarves I make.
And Carolina Baker hit it right on the head when she said that the journey matters so much more than the destination. There will be days that you feel trapped at home with never ending housework and difficult children. You will ask yourself ‘is this all there is to life?’ The answer is yes. The daily process of living and how well we do it – with love and patience and tenderness- is it.

By: Dalnapen

Dalnapen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:18:03 +0000

I hear you FSTM. Can totally relate. Just stick to your routine, but try to get out and walk a bit–get some fresh air and some perspective. In some ways there is no way to prepare except to be really rested up at all times. There is a certain anticlimactic sensation you feel when winding up for the Big Day. And did you know that normal gestation for humans is 9 to 10 months? I was one of those who clocked in at 9.5 months and thought I would always be pregnant!

Keep your chin up–wonder awaits!

By: Dustin | Engaged Marriage

Dustin | Engaged Marriage — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:55:43 +0000

Oh yes, my wife went through these same uneasy, “in a bit of a funk” feelings with both of her pregnancies. In her case, they were followed-up in the last few weeks by some intense “nesting” time. That was the time where she worked like crazy, and “strongly encouraged” me to do the same, to make sure every last detail was covered before the new gift from God arrived.

Maybe it’s nature’s way of giving you a timeout and period of rest before you switch into intense mommy mode?
.-= Dustin | Engaged Marriage´s last blog ..Weekly Round-Up of Interesting Reads #6 =-.

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:28:50 +0000

Never felt that way due to pregnancy obviously but we’re closing on our first home on Tuesday. The past month was very limbo-y. Plus, I am going to have to start looking for a new job so that makes it even more so. I have no advice for you though. Sorry.
.-= Julie´s last blog ..Our First Home =-.

By: Carolina Baker

Carolina Baker — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:07:11 +0000

I really think this not only applies to awaiting the birth of your children, but also to life in general. When I graduated college, I was restless for the fast track, for results, for everything good to come my way, immediately! I felt like I was wasting my time, I had places to be, and everyday was a waste.

Needless to say, I was in a bad place. I recognized it and started…Knitting. I signed up for classes and I think Knitting with sixty year old women really gave me perspective. That Christmas, I completed a blanket (well, half of one) for the hubby (he still wants the other half) and was well on my way to realizing that the journey matters so much more than the destination.

Enjoy every moment. Relish every second. Know that soon enough your life will be even more fantastic. The anticipation, the build up, the nurturing you’re doing right now: breathe it, live it, welcome it.
.-= Carolina Baker´s last blog ..Get Health and Fit, Part 2 – Diet Edition =-.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:54:49 +0000

I can totally understand feeling this way. Although I’m not there yet, I had similar feelings when I was taking pregnancy tests. I felt like, “I am about to do something that will change the rest of my life. How can everyone else just be stopping for coffee or going grocery shopping or doing laundry like normal? HOW CAN I?!”.

I don’t know how to cure the restlessness (although painting the nursery might help, or at least distract you to the point of comfort), but I do know it’s perfectly normal

Let it happen. Be restless. I bet in a few months you’ll wish you had some of this free time back!
.-= Kate´s last blog ..She Says… Trial and Error =-.

By: Terra

Terra — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:54:04 +0000

I think everyone feels that way. We feel that way when good things are happening as well as the bad. After I lost my mom I felt like it wasn’t fair that people were going about their lives with smiles on their faces, doing their every day things like grocery shopping and going to work. Then when I got pregnant I felt that way too, that I was carrying around a little secret or something. And once your beautiful baby arrives, you’ll feel like you’ve kind of been taken out of the world for just a little bit of time while you adjust to your new life. But… it’s amazing.
.-= Terra´s last blog ..Our new family =-.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:00:33 +0000

Use the time to pamper yourself. Not just sleep, but do what you want when you want, and take care of yourself. Because just as something huge and big is starting and that is huge and awesome and great, there is a part of your life that is ending too (the freedom part). You will enjoy your baby when he is here, but for now, enjoy your free time and sleep.