Would it be wrong......

**Emmi** · 17-08-2008 15:41

Hi All.

Im just wondering if it would be bad/wrong of me to ask some family of friends to help me clean around the house? Im 30 weeks this week and in so much pain I can hardly move so cant do any work. And I get tired extremely easily. I try to do stuff (just finishished in the kitchen and need a rest)!

TIA

**our little treasures** · 17-08-2008 15:42

Depends how well you know them but I don't think it's wrong

If my friends rang me I would leap at the chance

I know how you feel as I suffer SPD which makes cleaning very very hard

**La Que Sabe** · 17-08-2008 15:47

depends how well you know them!
but definitely! if you feel you can't do it, don't hesitate to call some friends/family to help.
i should think they would want to help. =]
all my family and friends actually offered to help me and i felt bad but they did it anyway

and i was like

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**Emmi** · 17-08-2008 15:47

It would probably just be my sister. Now just to see if she is able to help me.... DH works full time so only has weekends and thats when he does other stuff.

**delirium** · 17-08-2008 15:49

If it's your sister, I say definately. I regret not asking family and friends to help me more during my pgs. I had chronic MS, backpain, carpal tunnel etc etc and the help would have been so great.

**ExpectantKatie** · 17-08-2008 18:02

Hey,
I definately see no problem asking family friends to help out! I am still ok at this point but we have just bought a house and will need help later as we were planning on renovating (not nesting just yet)... Things are going to have to speed up!
lol

**Ana Gram** · 17-08-2008 21:08

I personally wouldn't be comfortable in ringing people up and ask if they could help with housework, however, I would certainly take them up on any offers of help. You know when people say "If you need anything, let me know" type thing.

**WorkingClassMum** · 17-08-2008 21:10

If you don't ask you don't get...

I think your sister will be understanding.

Maybe you could also get a cleaner for the next few months?

**MandaMommy** · 17-08-2008 21:30

Definitely yes... if you need help then ask. It is really just the way you ask that matters.

I'm 35 weeks and asked my sister to come on Sunday morning to help get things ready for my baby shower in the afternoon.... she offered to come stay for the whole weekend to help. She cleaned everything from the bathroom to the kitchen... vaccumed the entire house this morning (I was soooo thankful for this one because I can only manage one room a day, lol..) She helped prepare all the food and she helped all weekend with my 10 month old as well.

I think most sisters love helping and feeling needed

I have had a pretty good week for house helpers, on tuesday morning I called the MIL and asked her to come over and look after my 10 month old because I thought I was in labour and it was only early and my 10 month old would sleep for another few hours. We got back from the false alarm and she had cleaned the entire house, done all the washing and the baby was fed and bathed and it was only 9.30am in the morning, lol....

P.S the other good thing about asking is they come back again... my MIL left today saying she would come over probably on wednesday and help out. She said she will call and organise it and I will definitely not be turning it down.