1. Date nights and dinners with friends. A few hours before my waters broke, I was sat in a pub restaurant having lunch with my husband – we went out at least 3 times a week, if you can’t afford to go out a DVD and a cheeky pizza is just as good. This is what we were doing the very moment my waters broke! We also had lots of dinner plans with friends, we went for dinner and to see a movie on my due date!
2. Soak in the bath for HOURS. If you’re like me and you love a good soak in the bath, get them in while you can because they will be few and far between these luscious soaks in the tub! You get to have time to bathe when you have a baby but usually it’s short or with baby.
3. Buy yourself something nice – not something you need, it has to be something you WANT that isn’t baby or pregnancy related. It will be a long time before you treat yourself after baby arrives, you’ll find your clothes interest shifts to baby clothes etc!
4. Read a book if you love to read because when baby is here, you’ll spend your spare time doing everything you don’t enjoy. If you’re not a book worm, watch a few DVD’s get your feet up and enjoy a good weepy, apparently good for bringing on labour (old wives tale!)
5. Dress up. I’m not talking fancy dress, although if that’s what floats your boat do it! I wanted to be heavily pregnant at Halloween so I could paint my bump up as a pumpkin! Seriously though, go out and get dolled up because for the next few months and even years your clothes will be covered in baby sick/poo/wee/milk/food/spit. Dressing up also makes you feel good about yourself so do it yummy mummy J
6. Pregnancy massage – I can’t recommend this enough! Whether you suffer with a bad back or not it’s fabulous for helping you to relax. Pregnancy massage is safe from 12weeks + by a trained professional – some essential oils aren’t suitable during pregnancy but if you go to a reputable beauty spa that offers pre/post natal massage they will advise accordingly.
7. Cook meals and freeze them in advance – I wish I’d taken this advice myself because for the first few weeks of Alfie’s life we lived on takeaways, not great especially if you’re breastfeeding. Make up big batches of meals that can be frozen and it’s a life saver for a quick meal because you need to keep your strength up mummy!
8. Have a heart to heart with your partner. Pregnancy can be stressful on relationships but having a new baby to look after can put even more strain on a relationship. Work out how you plan on getting time together, tell each other how you feel, let each other know that if things get tough you’re going through it together. This was a life saver for me and my hubby as I knew I’d be irate at times if I was tired.
9. Have a baby shower/ get together with friends baby related – I wish I’d done this because it’s something nice for you to enjoy with friends before baby comes that gets you and them even more excited for your new arrival. Friends can often become a little distant after you have a baby especially if they don’t have them themselves because they can’t relate/you don’t have time etc…spending time with friends now especially at a baby shower helps them realise they are still important to you and your baby. It also helps friends feel involved.
10. Blog it! Do it how I have or in a personal diary but either way I really recommend blogging from pregnancy. Writing things down helps you work your thoughts out, it helps you get things off your chest and it records all those magical and not so magical moments for you to tell baby when he/she is here. I also started a personal diary for Alfie that’s handwritten.
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