28 weeks pregnant & toddler, self isolating tips

[Somewhereovertherainbow85]

Hi,

I’m currently 7 months pregnant & have been advised to stay home. I have a 3 year old who is now not at nursery, any tips on how to stop myself going mental?!

My husband is working from home & having him around constantly is slightly annoying me also because I can’t even talk to him while he’s working, he’s just there taking up space haha (sorry)

I’m desperately trying to get everything ready for baby & having my 3 year old with me 24/7 is making it so hard to get much done.

How literally are people taking this isolation? Can we really not see family? My husband is great regarding shopping & does it all so I don’t have to go into any shops but I just feel like I’m going to go insane stuck here for at least the next 12 weeks, plus keeping my little one busy all day is going to become a challenge.

I know many of us are in the same boat & plenty even worse off so I’m not looking for sympathy, just looking for any tips on what others are doing.

Such an awful state the world is in right now, I’m trying to stay positive but the news is just terrifying & quite disheartening. I really want to enjoy the end of my pregnancy but I just feel so on edge!

Hi There Somewhereovertherainbow85,

We're sorry to hear how disheartened you feel - we know everyone is feeling lost and scared right now.

We wanted to nip in, say hello give this a bump for you. We're sure some of our supportive users will be along shortly to talk this over with you.

We hope you feel a lot brighter really soon

Hi @Somewhereovertherainbow85 i'm in a similar situation, 7 months pregnant and with a 5 year old ds. I think the key to sanity is going to be routine, planning on maybe setting him up with drawing or aquabeads in the morning for an hour after breakfast, maybe some reading time? Im planning to get out in the garden as much as possible with my son and make it pretty, and maybe little walks where we can too...i'm not so good at long walks now! i'm bloody terrified of giving birth in a hospital which is packed and something going wrong (i needed an emergency C Section last time), and it's going to be a lonely stretch i think. Me and my partner have split up, he's a good dad though and will help with our son so that's something. take it one day at a time and Good luck x