What “nesting” feels like

I’m 3 months pp as a FTM and I didn’t realize I had been nesting until after I was in labor. I thought it would be like an undeniable urge to clean and organize, but for me it had just been a day of doing any and everything to induce labor I could think of which included some cleaning.

When my DH got home I was cleaning the bathrooms, because I hadn’t in far too long and it needed done. I didn’t feel like I NEEDED to, it was just on my list and I heard all the movement from a good deep clean could help induce labor so two birds, one stone.

He didn’t feel well so he went to bed early and I FINALLY went and put the car seat in myself. Which made me angry and emotional because have you ever put one of those suckers in?? I went inside and made some food and literally couldn’t take a bite because I was crying so hard out of nowhere? It was the most intense wave of emotions I’ve ever felt and I could not describe it to you if I tried. I started timing my contractions because I had been feeling them for a while and woke up my DH after an hour and told him that the app wanted me to go to the hospital. Off we went to find out I was 1 cm dilated 80% effaced which I stayed at for about 15 hours before my water broke and things actually progressed.

Still didn’t realize I had been nesting until my DH was telling my mom about how he found me intensely scrubbing the tub and giving him one word answers I was so focused on cleaning when he got home 😂