nesting instinct
Pre-baby preparation drive
The nesting instinct is an urge to prepare one's home for a coming change, especially the arrival of a baby.
Pregnant women in their final weeks often feel compelled to clean, organize, and arrange the nursery: The nesting instinct kicked in and she spent the weekend reorganizing every closet.
The term borrows from bird behavior—building and preparing a nest before laying eggs.
- maternalOf or like mothers
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- pregnantGestating offspring internally
- third trimesterFinal pregnancy phase
- due dateWhen payment is required
pregnant belly · cozy · homemaking · home sweet home · nurturing · burrow · den · shelter · safe haven · feathering · warmth · preparation · expectant · motherhood · incubation · mother hen · protective · settling
- instinctsprimal urge, fight-or-flight, fight or flight, self-preservation, inherited traits
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- Pregnancy Symptomsmorning sickness, baby bump, cravings, nausea, fatigue
- whimswhim, whimsy, caprice, fancy, impulse
- pregnancy mythsold wives tales, Chinese calendar, Mayan calendar, eating for two, mooncalf
nesting instinctwanderlust
Craving for distant places
restlessness · itchy feet · travel bug · escapism · perpetual motion
nesting instinctrootlessness
State of having no anchor
transience · impermanence · non-attachment · minimalism · detachment
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