Nesting instinct - how long before the birth did your start?

[BettyBi0]

Or do you think it's just an old wives tale? After procrastinating for weeks I've suddenly got a massive urge to start cleaning and chucking out all my hoarded stuff.

36+4 today so I'm hoping I'm not about to go into labour just yet. Last time the urge didn't strike me until at least 38 weeks

[Diddlydokey]

I got a burst of energy at 38 + 1 but I didn't do any extra cleaning. I went walking all day.

Baby born at 39 + 5 after 10 days of early labour though.

[Paperblank]

I cleaned the house from top to bottom at 37 weeks pregnant. I was like a woman possessed - when I realised I had just polished the outside of my bin I went and had a lie down!

[Sparklycat]

Following as I've been pathetic and in tears this morning about the state of my house and how much cleaning I need (want) to do and am stomping around with a bin bag chucking loads of 'stuff' out.

[Junosmum]

About 3 weeks. It's continued for 12 weeks post birth too!

[BettyBi0]

Sparklycat- I don't think you're pathetic at all. Nesting is a really weird sensation. I've been huffing and puffing around the house thinking "how can we live like this?" when normally all the mess and chaos doesn't bother me much.

[ALongTimeComing]

I was about 6 months pregnant and threw away so much stuff it covered my living room. I had a mad burst of it one weekend and totally over did it. I couldn't feel my hands by the end of it.

[Howtocatchastar]

I'm just over 37 weeks and its definitely started for me this week! Obliterating everything in sight :-)

[Sparklycat]

It's so strange!! I even want to chuck my toddlers toys out as they are cluttering the living room (even when neatly stacked) but I won't as that's mean

[TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams]

Never. Both babies were early

[NickyEds]

I didn't think I "nested" at all with ds but then dp reminded me that we re decorated the entire house when I was around 28 weeks. I definitely did not nest with dd, I could barely muster up the energy to stand up let alone tidy up!

[mrsmugoo]

Not at all with my first!

Already madly nesting at 31 weeks with this one.

[JayDot500]

Mine kicked in on the morning I went into early Labour (had him early hours next morning). That morning, I gathered a lot of crap from my house and lifted it all into my car and took it directly to the dump. My husband was watching me with a raised eyebrow and I nearly left him at home because his slowness was irritating me.

[Raines100]

Didn't happen with DC1 or 3, but had a crazy burst of it with DC2 the day before I went into labour. Cleaned like a woman possessed all day- last thing I did was make and remake the crib 3 times before I was happy- went to bed at 11pm and woke up with a show 90 mins later

[P5zcfz8F]

37+2 today and I feel like I can't stop. It is great to feel energetic after so many months of tiredness and the last month of extreme tiredness

[allfurcoatnoknickers]

Never, I kept waiting for it to show up and it never did! Then suddenly I was 30 weeks pregnant and had no baby stuff so I ordered some bits online and made DH build the SnuzPod

[Viletta]

Mine was week 36 and 38. I gave birth week 41, last few weeks no nesting instinct

[Meepmeeep]

Still waiting and my baby is a year old.

[BeautyAndTheBump1]

From 38 weeks I turned into the crazy 'cleaning the kitchen drawer that's full of shit' physco 😂