First time pregnancy and I have noticed recently that I have an impulse to clean EVERYTHING and I'm not sure if this is what "nesting" is or if I may have developed some sort of cleaning compulsion.
It seems like I will find any excuse to clean something, whether it's doing the dishes to then all of a sudden going so as far as to deep clean the sink after putting all the dishes away. To then proceed to clean the hob, oven, clean/sort the fridge and then next thing I know it's 2/3 hours later and I've moved onto cleaning and sorting the cupboards.
I don't know if it might be the smell or the scrubbing, the soapy foam or rinsing and wiping all the surfaces down that urges me to clean so much.
Since finding out we were expecting, the impulse to nest or clean wasn't as strong. But it served as a good motivator the sort out things in the house nursery ready for baby. But I feel now there's nothing else to clean or sort out and yet I seem to be finding excuses to clean and sort out more.
I don't know if it's because I only have a few weeks to go before the babies here and my nesting instincts have hiked up a lot or if this might be my minds way of comping with some sort of anxiety I might not be aware of.
I will say now, I am very excited and I feel prepared for the big day and of course I feel nervous about it all going well. But if anyone who is or from past pregnancies had this happen and whether I should be aware of anything my mind might be telling me please let me know. Thankyou ☺️