Anyone else in the 3rd trimester of pregnancy and dithering over the logistics of decorating?

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33 weeks here and suffering fairly badly with SPD and the mere thought of putting the tree and decorations up makes me want to cry If I could get away without doing it I would just forego it for this year but the DC's would be horrified It'll have to be done next week because we have a very busy December and quite frankly, any later and I probably won't be physically able to do it.

I do have a DH and he's good for lifting and dragging the stuff out of the attic but shit at the actual decorating part. The kids will gladly help but are all under 6 so their powers are also limited.

It's the thought of folding out and attaching the eleventh billion bloody branches that's killing me

Ha I feel you! I'm 37+3 and although I don't have other DCs, I love my Christmas decs.

DP is back from business trip later this week, at which point I'll be sending him to the garden centre to purchase a tree - dimensions/shape etc all under strict instruction (in fact I might sit in the car and let him bring them over one by one for me to sign off 😂), and then he has been told, in no uncertain terms, that either I will be decorating (if I feel well enough) or I will be fastidiously supervising (and directing) him do it 😂

Hope your SPD dies down soon!!

I start my maternity leave next week (37 weeks) so planning on doing it little by little. Don't have other children so will have the time. I love my Christmas decorations so determined to get them up and house looking Christmassy before baby arrives.

Can you get your DH to get the tree out, put in position, attach and fold out all the branches, then you could do the lights together as a team, and finally, you could decorate the tree with hanging the baubles, etc? That way DH has done the physically hard bits? You could always have a little fiddle with the branches once he's attached them and opened them up, if you think he hasn't done a good job

I'm sure, that if your DH really put his mind to it he could get the tree out, pull down the branches AND obviously, with a bit of direction from you, even hang the lights, baubles and tinsel.

I'm 36 weeks and love Christmas so I've planned all along to go and get our Christmas tree on 1st December to make sure I don't miss out on decorating! I also have an 18 month old and I've booked to see santa the day before we get our tree, I can't wait! I'm definitely feeling pretty exhausted and huge at this point so after next weekend I'm not doing much more, I just want to get the house looking festive before the baby comes!

32 weeks ish here. Kid 1 booked to see Santa next weekend, 3 trips booked to local Christmas fairs, and 1st December trip booked to local garden centre to pick a small ish real tree and digging out giant plastic one from loft sort of isn’t appealing. All this and I am not even from the wear/christian heritage and we are largely atheists anyway and although partner is from here and from christian heritage he can’t really be bothered and 4 yr old DS isn’t particularly into Santa - it’s all for my my my hyper Xmas excitement even whilst waddling aroins

Ha, I am jealous of all of your festive motivation ladies! 😂 I'm usually super excited but out of the last 6 xmases, I have been in the third trimester of pregnancy 4 times so am a little battle worn from it now

I could of course get DH to do the whole branching shebang but we have a really busy month ahead and the tree is huge so takes ages to get together. Because of his working hours and other commitments it would probably end up being done over 3-4 evenings and there'd be bits of tree and crap everywhere for me to fall over (and the kids to play swords with) in between.

I'll probably end up being taken in just after New year's so have the added fear of having to get the decorations back down and house cleaned before the baby arrives 🙈