Kate Middleton is surely feeling very excited (and uncomfortable) as she waits to welcome her third baby.
The duchess is due to give birth any day now.
While we know that she’ll be taking a break from her royal duties for a while, we wonder what else she will be doing in preparation for the arrival of baby number three as she approaches the final days of her pregnancy.
Like any expectant mum at this stage, we’re sure she is very much looking forward to the arrival of her baby.
And, like any mum who is expecting a new baby, we’re sure she is spending as much one-on-one time as possible with her older kids George and Charlotte before they get a new brother or sister.
As she’s royal, however, there are several things that we reckon she WON’T be doing. Such as…
1. Getting George’s baby clothes and bedding down from the attic and washing them all.
2. Painting the nursery for the third time because she keeps changing her mind about the colour. (It’s a pregnant woman’s prerogative.)
3. Making excuses as to why she can’t see the in-laws. (It’s a heavily pregnant woman’s prerogative.)
4. Waking Prince William in the middle of the night and sending him out to the 24-hour Tesco Extra for doughnuts.
5. Waking Prince William in the middle of night to pretend she has labour pains. (Not that ANYONE would do this…)
6. Making several last-minute dashes to the shops for bits that her and William have forgotten to pick up for the new baby.
7. Asking a friend to pop over and paint her toe nails before she goes into labour. (These things are IMPORTANT.)
8. Batch cooking and freezing meals for those first few whirlwind weeks.
9. Cleaning the house from top to bottom. And again. And again.
10. Checking that the car has fuel.
11. Trying desperately to find the camera for those first snaps of the newborn.
12. Giving William a list of people to call when the baby arrives (just in case someone doesn’t hear the news).
13. Installing a car seat.
14. Assembling a cot.
15. Putting on her Out Of Office.
16. Wondering who she will be sharing her hospital room with.
