I seriously don't know how I can do 6 more weeks of this. Since Thursday evening of last week I've been having BH daily and throughout the day. They still aren't consistent or regular. I'm drinking a ton of water, and I'm relaxing as much as I can. I'm simply miserable. Add in nausea, vomiting every morning still, RLS, pelvic pain/pressure, trouble sleeping and I'm a mess.
Hugs ladies! I cried a little this morning thinking I still have 6-7 weeks of this. I want baby to stay put as long as possible but part of me wishes I could sleep right through to the end of this pregnancy. Extreme fatigue is setting in, heartburn continues to be a monster. Pelvic pain and BH seem to be daily now.
I keep repeating its all going to be over soon and worth it. I am trying to remind myself to enjoy these last few weeks with DD as her time as an only child is ending and also enjoy these last few weeks of baby kicks and movements because I do not intend to be pregnant again. We can do this!!!
SPD can suck a bag of dicks. I'm pretty sure that's what I'm dealing with at this point. I had to run home from daycare yesterday because it started to downpour as we walked out and the dog was standing in the driveway like a fucking idiot. I booked it (for a whopping distance of two houses carrying my 2yo) and I literally can't lift my legs or walk without some pretty serious pain now. I couldn't even carry the kids this morning, and I just limp everywhere. I've had to quit running because of it, and I'm just fucking done.
Same. Same. Same. 34+4...headaches, nausea, dizziness, restlessness, congestion, pelvic pain, constant BH. I could go on. I was only pregnant for 37 weeks last time. While I am so grateful I am in good health and have no signs of early delivery, I keep asking myself how I will make it 3 weeks+ longer this time. I whine and complain to everyone. I hate when people respond "I loved being pregnant!" STFU! This is like a post that doubles as BF, Thankful Thursday and UO. Ha.
I'm sick of sciatica preventing me from sleeping on my left side to help with my acid reflex that wakes me up chocking! I'm sick of peeing every 5 mins. I'm sick of my vagina feeling swollen all the time and the sore varicose vein there. 6 more weeks of this?!
Me 33 DH 41 TTC since 2016 Due: October 12, 2018 Location: Ontario, Canada
34w 6d and just like everyone else I'm having a so effing over it kinda day. I'm in the NE and we're back to having weather that's 95 and like 100% humidity. The heat effects me so much just walking to my car from work, then getting DD into the car from daycare and out of the car into the house completely destroyed me yesterday. I still feel like crap today. I'm so weak and nauseous. I also cried this morning bc I just want to feel normal. I keep telling myself that the heat will break and I only have around 4 more weeks. I'm also having a ton of congestion and sinus pressure, I can't breath, I think I'm having some BH.
I am with everyone of you, how can there still be 8 weeks left!! It feels like it went so fast until now. I am exhausted, last night I woke up at 12 and then again at 230 and was awake until 530 when I fell back asleep for an hour then had to get up for work. Dragging my ass today!
I've been having these weird episodes of dizziness and disorientation followed by what feels like a sinus headache. I finally realized today that I'm probably having migraines since it always happens when there is a change in weather. It's storming today and I had one as soon as I got to work. I've never had migraines before, so I had to do some Googling to confirm. I called the OB and told them I thought it was migraines so the nurse recommended taking the Tylenol with caffeine in it. It's been maybe an hour since I took it and I feel a lot better. I still have a slight headache and somewhat blurred vision, but I can deal with it. Anyone have ideas on how to possibly prevent these from happening though? I know I only have a few weeks left, but it has happened twice while driving which really freaks me out. I basically can't drive anywhere far from home at this point which is really going to put a damper on my IKEA trip in a couple weeks. lol
@acciocoffee I assume from your username you like coffee! With DS, I made sure to drink coffee every morning and it helped with the headaches. I added Tylenol on some days. You may already be doing that. Another thing that helps me is a neck massage pillow.
Had horrible sciatica last that woke me up from my dream yelling in pain, still have reflux, so much overheating at night, my stomach hurts/aches whenever I take the belly band off, and work is stressing me the eff out today trying to force two projects to meet the world's tightest deadlines and there is like a 1% chance we can make both work. Idk if I'm gonna make it 6 more weeks with all the work stress!!
Not the best day. +1 to being done with this heat, seriously I don't know how you southern moms do it. Went in for my routine appointment and had higher than normal BP so I got sent to L&D for a stress test and blood work. Once I was there my BP went back to normal so I was able to leave after a couple hours, thankfully, but it was still unnerving after having a pretty boring pregnancy so far.
So now I've been instructed to stay out of the heat as much as possible, stay off my feet as much as possible, don't exert yourself, etc. Don't know how that's going to happen since there's still so much to do, and honestly I don't think walking around is raising my blood pressure as much as work nowadays, especially since being out for an extra couple hours meant a total disaster when I finally got in the office.
So last week my husband randomly bought this pillow “system” that is supposed to help with Reflux. He spent like 2-300 on it and I thought that was insane but he was able to use his HSA for it. It looks like the most luxurious maternity pillow I’ve seen. I don’t know if it actually works (he thinks he feels less acid-related crumminess in the morning). Even if only for the body pillow part I would buy this for myself if it were closer to the start of my pregnancy. It feels like a ridiculously soft and higher quality Snoogle.
So sorry that everyone is feeling like crap! I'm right there with you, although I feel like every day is different. Yesterday and Tuesday I felt like complete crap. I was so tired, even though I felt like I slept well, I was so moody and was just done with everyone and everything. However, today I feel like a whole different person. I generally felt pretty good until about 3pm when I hit a wall and am super tired again.
@sammierose464 +1 to everything you just said and add in constant coughing to the point of peeing and/vomiting. I'm so over this pregnancy at 34 weeks today. Plus the move last weekend thrown in for good measure has thoroughly exhausted me. Someone else mentioned being overheated at night. I thought I was imagining it at first. I have low iron so I'm almost always cold, but lately I have had to sleep practically naked because I'm so hot. Totally out of my norm so I can only assume it's pregnancy related.
Had a UTI at the beginning of pregnancy. Never had one before that. I have a new one this is not my week. I was given the option of a shot or meds. I went the meds as the shot did not sound pleasant lol hope I picked the safer route for baby!
@spartan4life same here. 33+2. I'm thankful I'm not having any horrible symptoms but I am SO tired and don't understand how everyday seems to getting worse and worse! I take naps, I go to bed super early and even though I still toss and turn I feel like I should be getting an okay number of hours?
Yet no matter how tired I am I absolutely hate lying down or reclining. Nothing is comfortable and if I lie on my left side I get an awful pain at the top of my rib cage. I'm seriously considering buying an inflatable donut and plopping my belly in it so I can finally find peace
I'm sorry so many of you are feeling so shitty. 6-8 weeks used to feel like such a short amount of time and now it feels like foreverrrr
Also dealing with BH. I feel like they last way longer this pregnancy. They’re inconsistent and infrequent, but when they come it’s a least a minute.
My biggest issue at this point is my swollen feet. They’re not causing problems, they just feel weird and look terrible. I wasn’t having any issues until I went back to work and now they’re terrible. No other swelling, BP is normal.
Also, I think I have pregnancy carpal tunnel. My hands hurt so bad in the morning and I can’t make a fist or grip. It gets better throughout the day.
35.1 still feeling good having BH the past couple days. Still have no a/c in my car so the whole summer ive drove home in 100+ weather. Need it fixed asap we cant fit 2 kids in the mustang.
@momoflogan20 HOW DO YOU MANAGE WITHOUT CAR AC?!?! I'd be dying! The remote start on my car is my best friend right now because I can turn the AC on before I get in.
I guess I’m glad I’m in good company but I’m sorry you are all having the same shitty time as I am. I think my biggest issues are acid reflux and restless legs. The restless legs keep me up at night (as does general discomfort and then of course I’m tired all the time. Sighhh at least it’s finally a little cooler out.
Oh man, I spent 1200 bucks to fix my car a.c. best money ever spent! I drove through the first heat wave for just one week when the ac broke and it was all I could bear.
Lord I'm tired! Working full time, keeping a house clean, and wrangling a wild toddler all whilst 35 weeks prego is exhausting! 4 weeks of work left and 5 weeks until baby! I remember thinking the first time I was pregnant about how hard it would be to have a child and be pregnant. Yeah. It's hard. Poor kiddo is puking all over the place today.
Oh and +1 to no ac. We tried to have it fixed once and they couldn't seem to find the issue. It's a nightmare because it's our van which has no other problems so it doesn't make sense to get rid of it. Our other car won't fit everyone once the baby comes so I suspect dh will want to rectify this at some point when he gets tired of a crying baby and an angry wife lol. Good thing the weather will be cooled off by the time the baby comes so we can put off dealing with it at least another year.
32+5 I feel like absolute crap this morning and do not want to be back to work after 3 days off. I woke up twice in the night gagging with terrible acid reflux so I think it’s time I stop resisting and start the Zantac. I’ve been nauseous all morning and just overall don’t feel well. I’m done with being pregnant today...I even counted out how early I could go out from work and still be off through all of the holidays and am seriously considering changing my leave dates.
34+5, I hate to complain much about how I'm feeling because my pregnancy has been overall easy. And even now, I'm not necessarily physically miserable. But I'm currently very MENTALLY miserable. Basically since I turned 34 weeks, I'm irritable af. Literally everything is pissing me off, and I hate it.
Is it over yet??
Except as much as I want the pregnancy to be over, I'm also terrified of actually having to take care of a baby, so that doesn't help much either.
32+3 and have been having some really painful cramping for the past couple hours. I can barely walk and can't sit comfortably at all. Currently chugging water to see if that helps anything. My H is still in Europe until tomorrow night, so I'm really hoping this settles down soon.
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I seriously don't know how I can do 6 more weeks of this. Since Thursday evening of last week I've been having BH daily and throughout the day. They still aren't consistent or regular. I'm drinking a ton of water, and I'm relaxing as much as I can. I'm simply miserable. Add in nausea, vomiting every morning still, RLS, pelvic pain/pressure, trouble sleeping and I'm a mess.
Hugs ladies! I cried a little this morning thinking I still have 6-7 weeks of this. I want baby to stay put as long as possible but part of me wishes I could sleep right through to the end of this pregnancy. Extreme fatigue is setting in, heartburn continues to be a monster. Pelvic pain and BH seem to be daily now.
I keep repeating its all going to be over soon and worth it. I am trying to remind myself to enjoy these last few weeks with DD as her time as an only child is ending and also enjoy these last few weeks of baby kicks and movements because I do not intend to be pregnant again. We can do this!!!
TTC since 2016
Due: October 12, 2018
Location: Ontario, Canada
33+6
I can't sleep. It's incredibly frustrating. My mind goes a mile a minute....i toss and turn all night....i sweat buckets!! Over it.
I am with everyone of you, how can there still be 8 weeks left!! It feels like it went so fast until now. I am exhausted, last night I woke up at 12 and then again at 230 and was awake until 530 when I fell back asleep for an hour then had to get up for work. Dragging my ass today!
I've been having these weird episodes of dizziness and disorientation followed by what feels like a sinus headache. I finally realized today that I'm probably having migraines since it always happens when there is a change in weather. It's storming today and I had one as soon as I got to work. I've never had migraines before, so I had to do some Googling to confirm. I called the OB and told them I thought it was migraines so the nurse recommended taking the Tylenol with caffeine in it. It's been maybe an hour since I took it and I feel a lot better. I still have a slight headache and somewhat blurred vision, but I can deal with it. Anyone have ideas on how to possibly prevent these from happening though? I know I only have a few weeks left, but it has happened twice while driving which really freaks me out. I basically can't drive anywhere far from home at this point which is really going to put a damper on my IKEA trip in a couple weeks. lol
Had horrible sciatica last that woke me up from my dream yelling in pain, still have reflux, so much overheating at night, my stomach hurts/aches whenever I take the belly band off, and work is stressing me the eff out today trying to force two projects to meet the world's tightest deadlines and there is like a 1% chance we can make both work. Idk if I'm gonna make it 6 more weeks with all the work stress!!
So now I've been instructed to stay out of the heat as much as possible, stay off my feet as much as possible, don't exert yourself, etc. Don't know how that's going to happen since there's still so much to do, and honestly I don't think walking around is raising my blood pressure as much as work nowadays, especially since being out for an extra couple hours meant a total disaster when I finally got in the office.
TLDR; I'm done.
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ETA: it’s not really a symptom but reading people mentioning sleep comfort and acid reflux made me think of it!
Someone else mentioned being overheated at night. I thought I was imagining it at first. I have low iron so I'm almost always cold, but lately I have had to sleep practically naked because I'm so hot. Totally out of my norm so I can only assume it's pregnancy related.
Yet no matter how tired I am I absolutely hate lying down or reclining. Nothing is comfortable and if I lie on my left side I get an awful pain at the top of my rib cage. I'm seriously considering buying an inflatable donut and plopping my belly in it so I can finally find peace
I'm sorry so many of you are feeling so shitty. 6-8 weeks used to feel like such a short amount of time and now it feels like foreverrrr
Also dealing with BH. I feel like they last way longer this pregnancy. They’re inconsistent and infrequent, but when they come it’s a least a minute.
My biggest issue at this point is my swollen feet. They’re not causing problems, they just feel weird and look terrible. I wasn’t having any issues until I went back to work and now they’re terrible. No other swelling, BP is normal.
Also, I think I have pregnancy carpal tunnel. My hands hurt so bad in the morning and I can’t make a fist or grip. It gets better throughout the day.
Lord I'm tired! Working full time, keeping a house clean, and wrangling a wild toddler all whilst 35 weeks prego is exhausting! 4 weeks of work left and 5 weeks until baby! I remember thinking the first time I was pregnant about how hard it would be to have a child and be pregnant. Yeah. It's hard. Poor kiddo is puking all over the place today.
My my biggest issue is my lower back and insomnia. I started PT last week, for the first time ever.
7 more godforesaken weeks.
Is it over yet??
Except as much as I want the pregnancy to be over, I'm also terrified of actually having to take care of a baby, so that doesn't help much either.