Simply because I can...

lovemylife707 · January 2012

I am going to complain.... feel free to join.

I am over being pregnant. I want to see my baby so bad! I am tired of being exhausted, uncomfortable, swollen and living near a bathroom so I can pee all the time. I'm tired of people saying "are you STILL pregnant?" No... I'm just insanely fat, swollen and look like I have been hit by a train because I WANT to look this way... UGH! I'm tired of working 8 hour days, 9 months pregnant. I'm over going to the doctor every week and peeing in that stupid little cup and having him shove (what feels like) his entire arm into my body! I'm sick of analyzing every symptom and getting my hopes up that LO is on his way. I have had an insane pregnancy and have loved most of it, but I think that when you hit 37 weeks... it all goes down hill. All of the excitement of pregnancy goes out the window and all I want is for him to be here.

Okay, I feel better... just needed a vent! Here's hoping all of out LO's arrive perfect and healthy!

eilatan&nhoj88 · January 2012

I couldn't agree more! The little comments are especially getting on my nerves. People keep asking "When are you going to have that baby?" I've gone from telling them :I wish I knew" to "I think he's holding out for summer." I am miserably uncomfortable and consider going to the bathroom a part-time job now. My nerves are on edge and I just want this baby out. If I get told one more time "He'll come when he's ready" or "The longer he stays in the better because he'll be healthier", I'm gonna scream. I'm at the same point I was at the end of my first pregnancy, if I'm gonna be up every two hours during the night it needs to be for a better reason than peeing. I'm starting to get irritated at friends due after me having their babies first and telling me "It will happen soon." A week and a half left til 40 weeks may not seem long to some, but it's forever to me. I'm constantly wondering things like "Oh is that feeling my water about to break...nope." or "Maybe I'll go into labor today...nope." I really don't want to be pregnant when I go back to my doc Thursday. She's still on her very long vacation til then and I don't really care anymore that she wouldn't deliver if I go before then. I don't want to end up induced again. Some may think I should be greatful for sleep, etc but I'm not. I'll be grateful when ds is here. Ok rant over. Thanks for the place the vent.

lovemylife707 · January 2012

Yeah, I love those comments too. I know he is going to come when he is ready... but I bet if they were in your shoes, they would feel the exact same way. Even other women who have been pregnant... every pregnancy is different and feels different for every woman. I am the only one who knows what this one has really been like and felt like, so if I want to complain and use crazy methods to try and coax him out... I will! ha

kmchavez82 · January 2012

I couldn't agree more. I went to L&D and had my hopes up and thougth, wow, this might finally be over and NOTHING. Sent home even after a bloody show, now just loss mucous plug yesterday and constantly shedding more and more each time I use the restroom. When in the heck is this kid coming? I'm just as tired of being pregnant as I'm sure DH is tired of it. She is sitting so low that it hurts to move. Contractions come and go and my patience is super thin. I'm 3cm dialated and thinned cervix but again, NOTHING. I'm suppose to go to work on tuesday and I'm excited but dreading the thought of being behind a desk for 9 hours feeling miserable and constantly praying for my water to break. There is so much I'd like to be doing today but the fear of hurting has me on self inflicted bed rest watching the Dog Whisperer after a lame new years eve... I'm so over this. I want LO in my arms and not in my belly. The fear of delivery is there but nothing compared to the thought of staying like this longer.

SmittyPants · January 2012

I'm due right now and I'm still pregnant with no signs of that changing anytime soon.

Needless to say, I'm pretty cranky at the moment. My next appointment is on Wednesday and I'm really, really hoping he'll suggest induction. I'm beyond ready.

CircleInTheSea · January 2012

UGH. Can I join in too?

This is our third child.

I'm well aware of how 'I' got into this situation.

I know that the baby will come when it comes.

I'm currently procrastinating a trip to the Grocery Store to avoid the 'you haven't had that baby/you're so huge/wow you're gonna have your hands full/you look so tired/too bad you didn't have it last night!' comments.

And labor is not really anywhere in sight. I have had BH's for about a month now, and I doubt this baby is coming before next week. I'm so looking forward to after the baby is here and I can bend over, snuggle with my other two kids, and SLEEP. I sleep soooooo much better after the baby comes than the last three weeks before (not that anyone really believes me on that- even with breastfeeding on demand, it's so. much. nicer.).

Thanks for starting this thread. I feel better .

lovemylife707 · January 2012

I know! Some parts are absolutely no fun. I used to love going to the grocery store (weird I know) or going to Target... actually, I used to love getting out of the house for anything. Lately, I have to have a serious pep talk with myself to go to the mailbox.

mjsmith12 · January 2012

I love this thread because i feel the SAME!

I am a FTM and have NO clue what is going on with my body - i THINK they are bh but i'm just not sure - most of the night last night i would go from really sharp pains in my upper stomach to cramping menstrual like pains in my lower stomach - but my stomach doesn't noticably harden like people say it does for contractions - there are no rhyme or reason to them they just happen every now and then. People also keep asking me if the baby is dropped and i honestly have no idea! i THINK he did .. i'm starting to go pee more often and every once in awhile i'll get shooting lightning type pains in my cervix (is that it effacing?) i don't know - i just know that i'm probably going to have 3 more weeks of waiting! I feel like the first 2/3 of my pregnancy FLEW by and now these last 2 weeks have drruuugg and there is no end in sight and the comments from people are NOT fun! However now when people ask me when i'm due i don't have to say January 25th - i can just say the 25th because it's FINALLY January! Welcome to our month!!!

nminn0904 · January 2012

Agreed. I mean its always nice to get the attention from people who are asking about the baby and how I'm feeling, so I'm not ungrateful about that. However, there's a difference between asking how things are going and making comments like, "you're still here?!" I am tired of being tired all the time, getting up to pee alllll the time, having sore and swollen feet, and having my back and hips hurt so much. Plus, I dont know about anyone else, but sometimes I just want to have sex with my husband missionary style...lol. I'm also very excited to meet my little guy, but at the same time I'm very nervous about the pain and process of labor/delivery.

dizzycooks · January 2012

I totally hear you! I am giving it one more week before I begin all out complaining though...I figure maybe she'll be here by then! I think I'll have enough to do when I go back to work that I won't think about it as much.

Gizettski · January 2012

looks like I've got you all beat in terms of being overdue...yes I am totally done and done with people calling and texting constantly asking if I've had the baby.

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