When did you start to feel REALLY uncomfortable?

tenfour · August 2011

This might be a really really dumb question, but about what week did you all go from feeling just "very" pregnant pregnant to SO-pregnant-that-you're-only-comfy-when-laying-down-pregnant? I'm only 35 weeks and starting to get to the point where I feel so huge and heavy that the bump is getting in the way of a lot - beyond not being able to tie my shoes or walk long distances, I just feel uncomfortable even while I'm sitting here at work typing. Everyone keeps saying the real growth comes toward the end, but how can I possibly get any bigger? So my question is, is it going to get a million times worse from here on out? Or is there some kind of gentle plateau I can look forward to?

I'm still deciding on when to start maternity leave so any answers are helpful!! TIA so much!!!!

vanessrose · August 2011

about 34 weeks.............

TchrJen24 · August 2011

This week has been it for me- I've been in pain and uncomfortable, but this is the week that has me yelling "GET OUT!" all Elaine from Seinfeld style.

spauhn18 · August 2011

Tuesday... I'm uncomfortable when I walk, sit, eat, lay down. Hoping this baby makes an early arrival!! My last shower is Sunday and I'm not trying to sound selfish but having a hard time looking forward to it b/c I don't want to feel miserable the whole time. I'm also hoping my Dr takes me out of work in a couple a weeks....

TheFannins729 · August 2011

a few days ago, but i'm also 4cm and the head is really really low

JosephsSweetie · August 2011

I'm still doing fine at 37w5d. Bending over is really the only super uncomfortable position for me.

gwendarling · August 2011

tenfour:
This might be a really really dumb question, but about what week did you all go from feeling just "very" pregnant pregnant to SO-pregnant-that-you're-only-comfy-when-laying-down-pregnant? I'm only 35 weeks and starting to get to the point where I feel so huge and heavy that the bump is getting in the way of a lot - beyond not being able to tie my shoes or walk long distances, I just feel uncomfortable even while I'm sitting here at work typing. Everyone keeps saying the real growth comes toward the end, but how can I possibly get any bigger? So my question is, is it going to get a million times worse from here on out? Or is there some kind of gentle plateau I can look forward to?
I'm still deciding on when to start maternity leave so any answers are helpful!! TIA so much!!!!

Well, there was a point when laying down was one of the only comfortable positions, but at 36 weeks, even laying down became uncomfortable. Forget switching sides - that's painful!

I don't know if it's just us getting incrementally bigger towards the end, I think it's a combination of that plus mentally getting the point where I'm just OVER BEING PREGNANT.

littlemiss511 · August 2011

I was uncomfortable for a few days during my 36th week when LO dropped, but it only lasted a few days. I feel pretty good sitting/standing/walking/etc. I get somewhat uncomfortable when I lay down for bed, it takes forever to get comfortable. Between trying to get a pillow in the right position under my belly than having to get up about 7 times to pee before I even fall asleep....it's a little rough and exhausting.

Ella&C · August 2011

Obscenely uncomfortable? 34 weeks. The only time I don't hurt in multiple places at once is when I am in a pool, up to about breast level.

LaComtesse · August 2011

Probably about 1.5-2 weeks ago at 36 weeks.

SFAug07 · August 2011

I am still fine. I never got uncomfortable with DD1 and she came at exactly 40 weeks.

brit072206 · August 2011

I'm so surprised people are saying they're really uncomfortable at 34 and 35 weeks. For me, week 38 has been the turning point. Before now, I could usually relieve the discomfort somehow--a shower, a nap, lay down, etc. But now it doesn't really matter what I do. Lay down, sit, walk, jump, shower, whatever--it's just painful.

Wow, I feel like a real Debbie Downer . . . my bad.

tenfour · August 2011

This is all very interesting! I think i'm just starting to get obscenely uncomfortable but not totally there yet (almost). It sounds like it's all downhill from here!

Endaira104 · August 2011

So here's a laugh for everyone who is done being pregnant:

The other night at about 3am I had to go to the bathroom (shocker, I know!) I had shimmied my way in a very uncomfortable position with pillows behind my head and under my legs so I could get up so easily. Trying to lean on either side was painful and I was trying every which way to get up- Finally after 10 minutes of struggle I finally was able to lift myself and get up out of bed....To which immeditaly my husband says..."SUCCESS!" I was so mad!!!! he watched me struggle and offered no assistance! I didnt want to wake him up and bother him I wake him up enough, but not anymore....he gets woken up if I need help to just change postions now!!!

So yea, needless to say, I'm done...I feel like my belly is stretched to the max, like it cant get any more stretched, although sometimes I almost FEEL the stretching...

2 weeks 2 days to go!!!!!!

BritClen · August 2011

For me since this is my second my biggest issue is my hips...they are so swore making it hard to walk, and my va-j-j feels like its been dropped kicked....but other than that I'm ok...

with DD I was fine till she came @ 37 weeks...

BlueEyedBoyMeetsABrownEyedGirl · August 2011

I'm doing okay...I feel like I can't really complain yet, and I'll be 35 weeks tomorrow. In the evenings, I'm a little more achey, swollen, and I'm not sleeping all that well, but it's all tolerable at this point. It would be even better if I could get more sleep! But so far, not too bad. Just pregnant.

elynds · August 2011

I'm not bragging, but at 39 weeks I am still not uncomfortable. It's a little bit of a struggle to flip over in bed and stuff, but I still have a lot of energy and can do most things I want to do.

KBaker421 · August 2011

I think when i hit 34 weeks, i thought to myself, "how am i going to make it 6 more weeks??!!"

but 3 weeks later, i'm still making it... thinking to myself "how am i going to make it 3 more weeks??!!"

i'm sure in 3 weeks, i'll still be just as miserable

Mereou12 · August 2011

I still haven't reached that point. I'm definitely uncomfortable, but I haven't yet reached "GETTHISEFFINGBABYOUTOFME" status quite yet. Sleep is difficult and I'm having a harder time doing everyday things, but I'm not miserable yet.

I never really got to that point with DS1, either. By the end I was definitely ready for it to be over, but it wasn't completely unbearable.

efsNYC13 · August 2011

For me, it seems to come in waves...I'll have a day or two where its really bad, and then things get better again, as if my body adjusted. But it could also just reflect sleeping patterns over the few days prior, as when I sleep really poorly, I feel significantly worse the next 1-2 days. Right now, at 37.5 weeks today I actually feel kind of OK other than my swollen feet. But I also know that this evening if I drop something on the floor, I'm not even going to bother trying to pick it up.

Anetters · August 2011

I'm not so much uncomfortable as I'm just done working. Doc said she's going to induce me on the 9th and I think that was when I checked out of work. I'm here physically but mentally I'd rather be home and just doing stuff to the nursery.

GVSU-04 · August 2011

Oddly enough, last night was the turning point for me. I just felt so cruddy (and still do). Before that, I was fine- my only complaints were my achey ribs and inability to sleep comfortably w/o propping myself up with multiple pillows (or sleeping on the couch).

melissajoy1985 · August 2011

I'm 38 weeks tomorrow adn I still feel pretty good.... keeping up with most things.... taking a mid day nap a few times a week but nothing crazy.... I don't do a lot of walking cause otherwsie my feet hurt but I feel like lying down is often most uncomfortable.... bally makes my back hurt, can't lay on my back... all that kinda stuff... I'm ready for baby but not screaming yet!

lanoed · August 2011

right about 34 weeks i started feeling really uncomfortable. heartburn is almost constant now, swollen feet, have to sleep almost sitting straight up. the mornings are the worst for me though, sometimes i just want to cry and call in but if i can get through those first few hours of work i'm ok for the rest of the day. definitely looking forward to maternity leave! only 3 weeks to go!

MsCrispy · August 2011

I started to feel really uncomfortable in my 35th week. I think she dropped, which caused me to start swelling. The swelling started 35w3d and was really bad the rest of that week. The swelling has mildly improved, but still gets bad if I sit for long periods of time.

Then a week or so later, I got hemorrhoids, which have not gone away.

Between those things, I'm ready to be done.

MrsChamp11 · August 2011

I have good days and bad days. I started to notice being more uncomfortable at 34w, but that was mainly from all my work traveling. I am now 37w and aside from tons of swelling, I feel great! If I had no swelling, I would not be that uncomfortable. I do get the typical heartburn, aches and pains, tiredness, getting up to use the bathroom constantly, etc, but I have gotten used to all that, so it doesn't bother me too bad. Now the swelling, I would love to see that go away!

picksthemusic · August 2011

Honestly, the last two weeks have been kind of hellacious for me pain wise. I HATE turning over in bed, though if I don't I'm super uncomfortable anyway, and even sitting on the couch with my feet up has been pretty bad as of late. The only thing that seems to be pretty comfortable is sitting on my exercise ball.

But yeah - I hear you. I'm pretty much uncomfortable all the time. That's why I have DH rub my back basically every night.

camdenfaithful · August 2011

Around 34 weeks. The only discomfort I really had to deal with though was trying to get comfortable sleeping and rolling over. I constantly felt like a turtle stuck on its back.

Other than that I was pretty comfortable up to the end. Yeah I had the aches, pains, heart burn, and achey muscles but never to the point where I was done being pregnant.

My belly was growing at a ridiculous speed towards the end and had I not given birth at 37 weeks I probably would be the absolute most miserable excuse for a human being right now.

justrachet · August 2011

Really uncomfortable, it hurts to drive, I have to lay on the couch with 7 pillows to feel relief - the first time around happened between 38 and 39 weeks for me (and I delivered at 41w1d). I'm getting more and more uncomfortable every day, but I'm not quite ^there^ yet.

jerilyn&dave · August 2011

Well the REALLY uncomfortable point for me was last week... 38 wks... when the blasted Relaxin led to my knee sprain (lucky it was minor). I'm sure the point of major uncomfortability varies for everyone though. My knee is improving, but now its getting hard to walk with my hips preparing for my LOs arrival. It's hard but we did it...of course NOW my back is killing me. Lol.

LauraLovesJon · August 2011

I still feel normal, not uncomfortable at all. But that makes me think this baby isn't coming anytime soon either though, haha.

Marie89 · August 2011

I'm not *really* uncomfortable yet, but I've definitely passed the I feel great and have no discomfort phase into uncomfortable in the past couple of days. I started swelling, hip pain started, rib pain is worse, feet hurt, etc. He has another week before get this baby out of me time commences lol. Literally at midnight next Wednesday I'm attacking my boyfriend, then going for a long walk, while waiting on some spicy food to finish cooking

Marie89 · August 2011

Did I mention my allergies are worst in the transition from summer to fall? Maybe that's why I'm feeling whiny.

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