How did you feel at 37 weeks

[Junosmum]

We're you well, happy, relaxed, happy to host a big event such as Christmas?

Were not we're. Silly autocorrect!

Bloody exhausted. Dc had arrived by then.

And you'd be bonkers to even consider it..... Let someone else take the pain.

I hosted my 4 year olds birthday party for 20 adults and 10 children, but it was a buffet meal and my Aunt and Mum helped with the washing up. I don't think that I would do a Christmas meal unless someone else was cooking!

I found it quite tiring afterwards but was fine during the day.

I had a ten day old... was pretty much managing to brush my teeth and make toast by that point. Christmas would have been interesting if I'd be hosting!

I would have been, though I see plenty of women at work (NHS) who wouldn't be for a variety of reasons. There's a chance you might even have the baby! Is there any reason why you have to host Christmas when you're so heavily pregnant? I would just try to rest up for your last few weeks. You'll have had a busy enough time sorting presents etc beforehand.

I am 36 weeks now. No way would I be able to do it. I am exhausted looking after dc1, my back aches, my hands and feet are swollen and everyone irritates me. And this is a much easier pregnancy than last time.
Don't do it op, you don't need the stress.

Horrendous.

It was a relief that DC decided it was time to be born at 37+2.

First baby- knackered - sleeping really poorly, awake every hour through the night, waking up having shower and breakfast and going back to bed for a nap. Also unable to drive as it was really uncomfortable.
Second baby - horrendous spd, on cocodamol and using walking sticks and pretty much sofa bound from 1030 every morning as it hurt too much to walk or stand. Thank god for my amazing family who took care of me and DC1 whilst DH was at work.

No way in hell would I have been able to host Christmas - don't do it.

No, and that's despite having a straightforward pregnancy with no additional health problems. I'm 37 weeks now and feel fine but have no stamina, so the idea of worrying about the prep, hosting on the day and being faced with all the clear up would be awful (even with help) That said I'm still working full time and maybe the commute is draining all my strength! I'd let someone else do it.

Do you have a partner? Why doesn't he host Xmas instead? You could always help on the day if you felt up to it.

I will have a newborn (all being well) by then, somewhere between 3and 6 weeks old unless he comes really early. If anyone wants to be in my house on Christmas day they are welcome to bring me food and cook whatever they want but I will not be either cooking anything or clearing anything up. It would be the same story if I was 37 weeks pg! Frankly if someone tried to host Christmas and cook for me at that stage I would take them firmly by the shoulder, sit them down on the sofa with a small glass of something and tell them not to move while I cooked dinner! Or at the invitation stage I would say 'no don't be daft, you'll be 37 weeks pregnant by then, come to us instead - or just stay at home & put your feet up & we'll bring it to you!'.

Nope. I was laid horizontally on the sofa, only just managing to take the dog for a half an hour walk.

I will be 35 weeks at Christmas

Not a snowballs chance in hell.

My contractions started 6pm Christmas Eve...ds came 6pm Christmas Day! I didn't eat until Boxing Day morning - a horrible sandwich. Gutted to have missed my Christmas dinner but I got the best present ever!

I must admit I laughed when I read the op I could not think of anything worse than to try and host Christmas at that stage.
Don't commit to it you would only end up stressed out and feeling a weigh on your shoulders that you don't need

If it's the fact your home is the best place for it id welcome the family to come and host in your home

I felt horrendous, I was swollen, emotional, tired and my patience was wearing thin. Hosting Christmas would have been a No, I'd find a nice pub and have s family Christmas meal there :)

If a person who was to be heavily pregnant at Christmas offered to host I wouldn't accept. Aside from the fact that it wouldn't be fair to put that pressure on you, I just don't think I'd want to rely on you at all!

I am 28 weeks pregnant and wouldn't host anything even now. I'm well, have plenty of energy and no spd or other issues. I still wouldn't do it!

Our Christmas plans therefore consist of opening some tasty treats from Sainsbos Ready To Cook range, and popping them in the oven.

The furthest I got in my 2 pregnancies was 37+2, so if I had been hosting something big like Christmas, we'd have had to cancelled that at the last minute.

I'd let someone else do it.

Knackered - I had a newborn

I expect I would still have been hosting Christmas (luckily he was born in April though) because I always bloody host Christmas due to our dysfunctional family set up meaning I have to have MIL and mum here every bloody year However if I had just had a baby I know my mum would step up to help more with cooking Christmas dinner etc and DH is good at pulling his weight too. MIL is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

Currently 35 weeks with DC2 and hope this one makes an appearance around the same time.

With DD I had excruciating SPD flare up at 35 weeks so hosting Xmas at 37 would have been a big no no unless everyone brought stuff over and I didn't have anything to do at all.

I'm 37 weeks now. I have to lie down after getting dressed. I sleep terribly, my hips and back ache so much and I have no bladder capacity. My braxton hicks contractions take my breath away and make me feel dizzy. I can barely fit behind the steering wheel of the car any more. Standing by the cooker cooking things makes me dizzy because it's so effing hot. I can't pick anything up off the floor unless I bend in the same way as a giraffe drinking. So no, not a chance in hell!

Agh. Just typed long response. Was actually quite well written. Disappeared! Short answer - don't do it!

Ah it's there! See, no typos!

I got from bed to bathroom, to sofa, to kitchen, to sofa, to bathroom, to sofa, to kitchen to sofa, bathroom a few more times and then to bed. Ten out of ten would not have hosted Christmas.