I will b visiting Farm Foods b4 bubs arrived 2 buy a few frozen staff and will make some myself as well coz i won't have time 2 cook when bubs is here. Will b defo baking as well and freezing them.

My official start date is the 4th October, but I have 5 days leave I can take. I think I would have gone made being off for too long, especially as I'm sure baby will be late.

At the moment as I work from home, I'm enjoying watching the olympics, but will probably get depressed when that finishes...

I baked a cake the weekend before last, I would suggest stocking up the freezer with nice meals and cakes. My nanny used to bake fairy cakes, jam tarts etc then freeze them in ice-cream tubs. Just think how yummy they will be when you get out of hospital and don't have the energy to cook.

I'm hoping to stock up on some other simple meals.

What about doing a big online supermarket shop to make sure you have all the basic cupboard stuff you need so you'll only need weekly basics afterwards...

Coz i wanted as many full paychecks as possible as we have backlog of bills from when OH was out of work. plus i want to get as much time afterwards as possible.

no haven't yet hun, she is still in hospital at the moment i believe, but hoping maybe to get down this weekend, or weekend after! xx

How come you starting so late? I'm starting late cos I can only afford 12 weeks off and want as much time off with bubs as possible instead of sat at home listening to my dp snoring away lol (he works nights) .  Have you been and met your friends lil girl yet? xxx

i don't start mat leave til then either b3ckie!! boo!

haha temby, its all my crap though, but i am terrible at throwing stuff away. Plus we can't get into our attick, and knowing there is all that storage space that i can't get into wound me up even more!! xx

ha ha Bex. I was furious with dp for absolutely nothing simply bcoz everything is everywhere and can't find space 2 put the wardrobe we buying bcoz of his stupid cabinet. He's obsessed with it and wants it in our bedroom. It was his dads and i guess we stuck with it.

Bex hun i'm the same, the back bedroon and under the sairs are full of jnk and i can;t do nothing with it!  Hoping we get a bit more organised once his nursery is finished.  Hugs xxx

I'm not starting mat leave until 12th sept but i have next week booked off to do exactly that, lol.  Clean the house, wash his clothes and bake a cake lol!  I hope i do it.  I'll be so angry with myself if i don't.

i felt urge to get everything ready yesterday too, and then sat there and cried as house is so full of crap and there's nowhere to put anything. so kinda felt useless and wondered how i will be ready in 6 wks time!! xx

perhaps i need to go and borrow a baby from someone to get back in the swing of things !

perhaps i need to go and borrow a baby from someone to get back in the swing of things !

i feel like doin that sometimes and clean from top 2 bottom ut dp won't let me touch a thing which can b frustrating. Atleast 2day i'm having my friends son (1 yr old) 2 babysit till 6pm. Its goin 2 b fun seeing as i won't b sleeping and there'll no peace all day lol lol. And changing nappies which i haven't done in ages.

washing bubs clothes is what i have started today but now sat down to play on here whilst it is doing, feel like i should be superhuman and cleaning house from top to bottom whilst baking cakes and stocking up the freezer too !

hi i know how u are feeling ive been of 4 weeks now and not sure how im goin to cope with another 10weeks before bubs is born ,sometimes i wished i had stayed at work longer but the travelling was knackering me out and long hrs .

i know people keep saying to be just take in quietness and rest because you wont have the time for yourself when little one comes  but seriously its now getting boring i have started to get babes clothes and bedding washed but what next !lol when this is all done .

oh don't u ever feel guilty for don nothing. if u could c me i wake up every morning get dd ready 2 go childminders then i come bk have a bath then afta i'm doing absolutely f***all. all  do is watch telly, eat, fall asleep, wake up, eat, watch telly, fall asleep lol lol....that won't happen when the bubs is here so i'm taking advantage of the time i've got.

that is why i am trying to resist all urges - lol

do not want to burn myself out this week and be left with nothing to do, just feel a bit guilty for sitting doing nothing

lol loli bet u won't feel likethat afta a few days. I've bin off for 3 weeks now and its horrible. I enjoyed it at 1st but now i am so bored got nothing 2 do.

Well today is my 1st day of maternity leave, and have an overwhelming urge that i need to get everything sorted - like yesterday !

is it just me or does anyone else feel like this ?