My mat leave started today and I'm up earlier than I ever was for work 😂
I've been nesting for weeks so not got much left to do in preparation, what are people doing to fill their time? I had grand plans of lying on the sofa watching TV all day but I'm so bloody uncomfortable all the time I don't think that will happen 😂
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I'm the exact same, was looking forward to a bit of downtime, but pelvic pain is making staying in one position painful 😖
I think I'm going to go for lots of walks and just take it easy doing a few bits around the house (I really want to do some baking, think the nesting instinct has finally kicked in at 37 weeks!)

Same here, mine started today and typical I’ve been awake since half 5 🙄 was hoping to have a nice lie in and relax but my body won’t let me stay in one position!
Will be doing lots of little walks with my dog to keep me busy and making flapjacks as that’s my new obsession x

My mat leave started on Tuesday and enjoying every minute of it!! We are all ready for our little one, everything washed, put away! I’m enjoying Netflix series ☺️✌🏼

I'm at the end of week 1 of mat leave and have been so busy with hospital appts and seeing friends 😂 Wednesday was a no plans day though so I spent the day playing ps4 on my birthing ball (aka yoga ball oops) - best purchase ever as I can still maintain movement to avoid too much pain whilst still being able to be a potato

My mat leave started today officially.. so far I’ve slept in until 11, got a massage booked tomorrow, pregnancy yoga booked for Sunday.. and then I was hoping the baby would be here by Monday as I haven’t planned anything else 😂

Great to hear! It was my last day at work today and it's clearly the right time, it's been so hard to come in the past 2 weeks. But I do feel nervous about suddenly having all this alone time. Lots of nesting and laundry and exercises to do!