Syndrome of nesting in pregnant women

The life of pregnant women is hard: they want strawberries in February, then mandarins in July ... With the approaching date of the birth of changes in the mood and desires of the future mother becomes even greater, because it is overwhelmed by the "nesting syndrome". What is it? What is the cause of this syndrome? On these exciting future mothers (and especially future dads) questions will be answered in our article.

What is it?

The nesting syndrome of pregnant women is nothing more than an exacerbation of maternal instincts . A woman in the last trimester of pregnancy begins to feel an acute need to prepare her house for the appearance of the baby, to provide the crumb with everything necessary.

Manifestations of nesting syndrome:

  1. Interior renovation. Very often, the nesting syndrome is poured into an acute desire to urgently repair the entire apartment, buy new furniture and new textiles. In this, of course, there is nothing wrong. But because the mood of a woman during this period often changes after the tide of hormones, lovingly chosen and bought only yesterday wallpaper today risk appear terrible and disgusting, and the cardinal rearrangement will be terribly uncomfortable in everyday life. To minimize the risk of possible losses to a minimum, it is worthwhile to direct the destructive and repair energy to a peaceful channel: it is best to start repairs on paper or a computer monitor. Now a great number of computer programs have been developed to help visualize how this or that design decision will look in real walls. And certainly not worth the woman in the last period of pregnancy itself to carry weights, breathe paint or move furniture.
  2. Spring-cleaning. A sharp need to clean everything, throw out extra things, wash up the windows and chandeliers to shine - this is another manifestation of a pregnant nest. The desire is commendable, but very often a woman overestimates her abilities, trying to achieve almost sterility throughout the house. Instead of devoting the last few days before giving birth to her beloved, the future mother spends them in company with a rag and a cleaner for tile. One way out is to delegate authority. Do not be embarrassed to involve your husband, mother or older children in business matters. Yes, let them not do the cleaning as carefully as you, but the goal will be achieved - the house will be clean and the health will be preserved. Simultaneously with cleaning it is necessary to get rid of frankly unnecessary or difficult in the care of things, replacing them easily with washing and cleaning. After the birth of a child, this will help reduce the time to keep the house clean to a minimum.
  3. Purchase dowry for the baby. Now, when there are so many different clothes and items for grooming on the shelves of stores, it is very difficult to resist the desire to buy more and more for your crumbs. Commercials and pages of magazines only pour oil on the fire, inspiring the future mother with the idea that without a lot of different attributes her baby will be unhappy ... In fact, the newborn crumbs need very little: a few bodikov and little men of every size, dress suit for trips to the polyclinic, overalls ... The rest of the same tons of clothes will remain unclaimed, causing only a slight puzzlement about the reasons for their purchase. Avoid unnecessary waste will help ahead of time a compiled shopping list for the newborn , which will be prepared by more experienced friends or even our online resource.
  4. New hobbies. Another manifestation of the nesting syndrome is new hobbies: someone passionately sews or knits, someone spends whole days in the kitchen preparing a new culinary masterpiece, someone from morning till night weeds are weeding ... Whatever hobby would bring the future mother pleasure the main rule is one - it should not harm the baby. Well, about the rest should not be forgotten.