To want to be treated with kid gloves one minute and to do a skydive the next?

[Spice17]

Not literally.

Am 20 weeks pregnant (first one) and one minute I get a bit affronted if people don't help me or if I have to do too much myself e.g. I was on hands and knees yesterday grumpily hoovering under the bed and moving furniture.

And then the next minute I want to jump down six stairs in my office to be quicker or when I was on holiday, climb over large rocks in my flip flops as a kind of 'see I can still do this!' sort of thing.

I also keep thinking if I want to take up running I will do THANK YOU VERY MUCH! (I won't, I would die and it would look bloody hilarious!)

What on earth is that all about? Anyone else have this weird affliction during pregnancy? I seem to feel much braver (or stupider) than I was before!

Can i let you into a little secret..... it carries on until the late stages, im 36 weeks today ive spent the last god knows how many months on my knees sanding and painting my whole house as we moved into it in december and had to totally start from scratch, at 4 months pregnant i was digging out a brick floor with my dp and wouldnt listen to anyone who told me to take it easy.

just last week i was sanding my stairs and painting them, got up in the loft to store stuff away and yet for some reason i just dont have the energy to go and get the box of cat food from the boot of the car

And woe betide anyone who actually recognises that im pregnant, a stranger asked me recently how long i had left and i nearly cried to my mum that she had obviously assumed i was fat and pregnant, my mum just stared at me in disbelief, good luck getting through the next few months, seriously though enjoy your time while you can and relax whenever the pportunity presents itself!

I think it's called Preggers Princess Syndrome

Blimey Mrfreeze, that's mental. But I know what you mean about not having energy for the small things. Saturday, I just could not be arsed to even wash up (or move all day!)

But yesterday, I went to an NCT sale (mad) then food shopping, then I put 3 new chests of drawers in the bedroom, cleaned out the old and put stuff in the new. Was on a bit of a roll then, so also cleaned out bathroom cabinet and then emptied a huge wooden box in the spare room (soon to be nursery) and transferred the contents elsewhere. I would have also sorted out the cupboard under the stairs if the light worked in there. Also made DH a packed lunch ffs!

And I'm forver getting this strange, itchy urge to sprint down the road or do a cartwheel:)

Worra, PPS - I defo have it!

My ds2 is only 5 weeks old and I still have it.

When pg I wanted the special treatment (usually not getting it) and if DH asked why I hadn't done loads of jobs during the day because I was surfing on mumsnet busy doing something else I would trot out the "have you not noticed I am x months pg" or "I am growing a human being in here and that is a full time job". However if I was doing something (like dancing up a storm at a wedding when I was 4 days overdue) and somebody mentioned that I should be taking it easy then I would dance more to prove I still could.

Now that DS has arrived i am still doing it. My mum kept saying I should take it easy and I was adamant that I was fine. However I have said to DH on more than one occasion "I have just had a baby you know.

Don't know what it is but it can't last for long so take advantage of the double standards while you can get away with it.