Things that are more difficult this week than in the past...

EWilday · June 2012

So this morning I was trying to dry off after the shower and I was thinking about all the things that suddenly became more difficult this week than even just last week! For fun I thought I would ask you ladies what things have gotten more challenging for you to accomplish this week.

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SayAnything84 · June 2012

Getting out of bed has become a real chore. Also taking care of my bikini line, I can't see it anymore.

Airmans Wife · June 2012

Bending over to fill my dogs water and food dish, I tried to teach her to pick it up and hand it to me, that didn't work lol

Putting on pants, that is a chore! Also taking off pants, I now have to sit on the bed to get them off.

Picking anything up off the floor, I usually sit/stand there for a minute and actually think about how much I need that item.

Airmans Wife · June 2012

SayAnything84:
Getting out of bed has become a real chore. Also taking care of my bikini line, I can't see it anymore.

This, but that has been a problem of mine for the last few weeks lol

Mizsoccer83 · June 2012

SayAnything84:
Getting out of bed has become a real chore. Also taking care of my bikini line, I can't see it anymore.

This! Ha-I went to the pool yesterday and tried to look down to see if I was "ok" and just gave up. I figured, if I cant see it then its not my problem Wink

Walking is getting a lot more difficult real quickly as well. My knees have begun to bother me (thanks to playing soccer for 19+ years and now carrying this heavy belly).

morgs8384 · June 2012

Just how sore I am getting by the end of the day. Sitting in a chair is just not cutting it, sprawling out on the floor has been the way to go!

hooslisa · June 2012

this is funny because the things are adding up. things i could do last week, are suddenly impossible just 7 days later.

1.) i sit to tie my shoes now

2.) i noticed there are several positions in my yoga class that my belly now hits other parts of my body

3.) shaving my legs is starting to be a challenge.

4.) i still have trouble judging my width and continue to ram myself into spots that i was SURE i'd make it through

5.) i tried painting my toes last week and almost died from asphyxiation. pedicures from now on for me, for sure.

ufmelissa · June 2012

1. Getting up to pee

2. Making it through tight spaces

3. Sitting at booths

4. Clipping and painting toenails (I guess it's pedicures only from here on out)

latnprincess · June 2012

Airmans Wife:

Bending over to fill my dogs water and food dish, I tried to teach her to pick it up and hand it to me, that didn't work lol

Putting on pants, that is a chore! Also taking off pants, I now have to sit on the bed to get them off.

Picking anything up off the floor, I usually sit/stand there for a minute and actually think about how much I need that item.

LOL! This is me totally! Or I ask my son to do it for me! Thank God for 5 year olds eager to do anything!

Rolling over in bed or out of bed. Ugh.. I feel out of breath!

Drying my legs after the shower or putting lotion on them.

Clipping my toe nails! OMG!

latnprincess · June 2012

kikimo327:

You ladies already hit on a lot of these for me:

1) Sitting at booths. Yes, I'm the lady who says "Um... can we have a table?"

2) Washing my feet and putting lotion on my feet. Somehow I'm still ok with shaving my legs, but my feet are almost like hooves now. I think I'm moving my pedicure up a week because they need some attention.

3) I'm with Morgs... I am SO sore at the end of the day. I literally need to lie down or recline... no sitting up for me.

Seriously! I fear going out to eat now. I know I won't A) be comfortable and be able to sit close enough to the table and will get food on myself.

bigbootyjudi · June 2012

Wiping my butt. I'm dead serious...from front to back is hard when your body is so much heavier in the front than the back and I'm short, so short arms! Lol, I hope I'm not the only one!

Sitting like a normal person. I cannot sit straight up and have to be leaning back.

rp-chicago-mom · June 2012

*sitting on bar stools. We have a breakfast bar in our kitchen and I have insisted we always eat in the dining room now. *my bikini area and I'm pretty sure it's so bad I'd be too embarrassed to have it done in a salon. *leaning over the counter to prep dinner. My belly makes me feel farther from the cutting board than usual and it's kinda tough reaching the back burner. *I can't find a comfortable position on the couch. If I do find one I like, the baby pitches a fit until I move. *I've been known to leave things on the ground until DH comes home. I also agree with many of the others.

latnprincess · June 2012

Baker_Bride:
*sitting on bar stools. We have a breakfast bar in our kitchen and I have insisted we always eat in the dining room now. *my bikini area and I'm pretty sure it's so bad I'd be too embarrassed to have it done in a salon. *leaning over the counter to prep dinner. My belly makes me feel farther from the cutting board than usual and it's kinda tough reaching the back burner. *I can't find a comfortable position on the couch. If I do find one I like, the baby pitches a fit until I move. *I've been known to leave things on the ground until DH comes home. I also agree with many of the others.

Same here!!!

TravelSnob · June 2012

I have really bad RLP so getting up from lying down is so painful.

It takes me an extra 20 minutes to get ready in the morning.

I also have a hard time wiping my butt when I go to the bathroom... hehe

I saw a friend's sister who was due last Friday on the weekend and my belly is as big as her so my spirits are starting to go too

nycteach · June 2012

Wearing a bra. I find underwire really annoying right now leaving me with the urge to rip my bra off most of the time.

Also, I am really, really struggling to have the patience and energy to keep up with my other children. I feel bad because they definitely aren't getting the best of me right now.

EWilday · June 2012

Thank you ladies for playing along! I could *ditto* almost everything. It makes me feel better to know I'm not alone!

rp-chicago-mom · June 2012

I thought of another one. I can't pee effectively! I literally just peed before leaving my house and need to pee again.

ShelbehhRawrr · June 2012

Shaving the lady bits, turning over in bed is now a 10 minuet process. and Getting up after I sit.

KacieLeigh · June 2012

nycteach:
Also, I am really, really struggling to have the patience and energy to keep up with my other children. I feel bad because they definitely aren't getting the best of me right now.

This. Totally this. I can relate to a lot of these other comments, but this one hits me the hardest, I guess. I feel so guilty!

Also, bending over. I really don't bend over for anything anymore.

CoUnTryBB1 · June 2012

Ooooh to be able to do the simple things.

SO usually has to help me off of the couch or it takes me a minute to do it myself

It is way harder to wipe my butt . . . just can't reach around good anymore

I don't even attempt the bikini area because I can't see it at all and I am not sure I can really reach it anymore

It takes a solid minute for me to roll from one side to the other in my bed

Dinner is a chore because standing up to cook food for more than ten minutes seems impossible . . . I have extremely low blood pressure so I have to sit alot

sfelix13 · June 2012

Rolling over in bed.....seriously hurts! UGH!

Shaving anywhere other than my under arms.

Helping my 2 year old put on his shoes....he likes to pretend he cant do it in the morning to prolong the morning adventures...

Cleaning up spills on the ground

sfelix13 · June 2012

Got one more......

Peeing in the cup at the doc office! Seriously....they need to come up with something for us ladies for later in pregnancy....

jesslinnn · June 2012

Getting out of bed. Breathing, this kid is high up and it's hard taking deep breaths. Putting pants on.

Taking care of DS is the hardest thing right now. Lifting him into his high chair/car seat, leaning over the tub to bathe him, bending over to change him. The other night he wasn't feeling well and I was trying to rock him but he couldn't get comfortable around my big belly, poor kid.

sholmes2007 · June 2012

I was laying on the bed n my back on Sunday and I looked like one of those turtles that was flipped upsidedown and was trying to get up. My husband laughed and then helped me up.

ChibiMommy · June 2012

KacieLeigh:
nycteach:
Also, I am really, really struggling to have the patience and energy to keep up with my other children. I feel bad because they definitely aren't getting the best of me right now.
This. Totally this. I can relate to a lot of these other comments, but this one hits me the hardest, I guess. I feel so guilty!
Also, bending over. I really don't bend over for anything anymore.

I'm right there with you on these as well. I'm just in so much pain, my back, knees and hips are killing me. So literally any movement makes me want to die but DS has just learned how to come get me and lead me to things he wants. I spend a lot of time telling him, no mommy is not getting off the couch, no mommy can't pick you up, or please just watch Pocoyo and let me lay on the couch a little bit longer. I feel really guilty about it too.

Also, I've stopped picking up toys for the most part. The house has to be a total disaster area before I pick them up again and I only do it at night. Bending down to get all that stuff makes me lighted headed along with all my other pain issues.

ChibiMommy · June 2012

bump fart

punkrockabye · June 2012

I'm used to having a huge stomach to begin with so things like shaving and painting my toenails are honestly no different, I do those fine since I always have. I've only lost weight so far but it's weird, because my stomach appears bigger than before I was pregnant, and it feels much different as well. But just by looking at me I don't look pregnant, so it's weird for things to be getting harder to do... getting out of bed is more of a challenge, standing up from a sitting position, turning from one side to the other while in bed is a HUGE chore and I have to do it many times per night... walking after I've been sitting is pretty comical, at least when I'm at home, because I force myself to look fairly normal in public but when I'm at home, all I do is waddle slowly until my hips decide to let me move.

latnprincess · June 2012

CoUnTryBB1:

Ooooh to be able to do the simple things.

SO usually has to help me off of the couch or it takes me a minute to do it myself

It is way harder to wipe my butt . . . just can't reach around good anymore

I don't even attempt the bikini area because I can't see it at all and I am not sure I can really reach it anymore

It takes a solid minute for me to roll from one side to the other in my bed

Dinner is a chore because standing up to cook food for more than ten minutes seems impossible . . . I have extremely low blood pressure so I have to sit alot

Me too...

Plus whoever posted about mommy-guilt for having no patience with the LO's.. I'm there with you! Last night was bad. I was hot, heart racing from SORTING LAUNDRY (seriously?!), and just felt like crying. And DS wanted something to eat. I"m like "can I sit for a minute please?!"

Mrs. Rohde · June 2012

OMG...can I say everything?! LOL!

1) bending/squatting of any kind

2) getting shoes on that aren't slip on

3) walking-so effing tired at the end of the day. Just walking around the house is enough to make me pooped

4) any moderate cleaning/housework-the lovely sciatic pain is finally here in full force bringing me down to all fours if I try to do "too much"

5) Sleep. I keep waking up every 2 hours to pee or because DS moves his position inside or is kicking me for fun...

6) Cooking. I. Don't. Wanna.

geogirl999 · June 2012

I could ditto so many of these. I was travelling for work and went to a restaurant the other night, when the waiter went to seat me, he brought me to the bar because I was alone. I tried to explain that my five foot nothing 8 month + pregnant self could not getup on a bar stool, I needed a table. He seemed a little put out but there was no way I was even attempting it. Putting on socks or lacing up shoes are my nemesis right now and my cats don't seem to understand that I'm not bending over to pet them when they brush against my legs.

earb · June 2012

1- Shaving my legs.. I have to sit on the bottom of the shower, can shave pretty well, but it's the getting up off the floor that seems to be the challenge

2- BREATHING! I always feel like I just ran a marathon

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