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3rd Trimester
LDQAM516
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Any moms expecting their third?!
LDQAM516
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BFP this past Monday and am slowly starting to freak as the excitement slows down. If you have two little ones...how has the last trimester been treating you while chasing around two or more kiddos?
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Re: Any moms expecting their third?!
I have to say that I am worn out by the end of the day. My husband has to help me on the last minute things that I was not able to do. My back hurts a lot more then my past pregnancies. I am excited but nervous to see how I will be able to manage all three kids plus a house and husband...
What are your concerns about???
Right here!! It's my third baby but our 4th collectively as DH has a son (16) from a previous marriage.
My son is 9 and my daughter is 1. Things work out just fine. We are dealing with Emma and teething, she doesn't want to be left alone and if she can't see you she cries. This makes for very long homework sessions when you have to lug in a baby swing to the kitchen, set baby in swing, get back to homework and baby starts dropping the bottle to get attention. It makes for a long evening.
SS helps with Emma all the time. She loves her oldest brother and that gives me time to sort homework and school lessons out with my son. Once homework is done then I take over with Emma, making dinner, laundry, chores, etc.
We make it work.
3rd tri has been fairl easy up until this point. First tri was definitely the hardest on me because I had no energy to chase after my little monkeys. We did a lot of snuggling on the couch and watching movies (prior to the pregnancy we weren't big TV watchers) - I did what I had to do to survive it.
Just in the last few weeks my belly has started really getting in the way - picking up toys off of the floor and getting up and down to play with the boys is starting to get impossible. The BH contractions are also making it difficult to lift them and do things that require me to bend over, like getting their shoes on.
I've just resigned myself to the fact that I am going to be worn out for the next year or so. I imagine being pregnant with the two of them is cake compared to dealing with a newborn and the two of them.
The good thing for me is that both of my boys still nap (and at the same time), so I have been getting chances to lie down for a few hours in the afternoon. I used to use that time to get stuff done around the house, but lately it is almost necessary for me to rest at that time so I can function in the afternoon.
Good luck!!
I am on #3... I have a 7 year old and a 4 year old.
I have found this pregnancy to be waaaay harder than the other two. Although, I didn't have any sickness this time. The aches and pains seem worse. I still have a good amount of energy but I did quit my job at the end of September.
It is tough but you can do it... the rest of us are
I had a rough 3rd tri when I was pregnant with our second...Just curious about energy levels and dealing with two. Dealing with one while pregnant was pretty easy aside from the horrible pain I was in the last 13 weeks...so if Iam in that much pain again...dealing with two makes me a little nervous! Glad to read positive things!