Can I complain?

Ok, so up until the last week or so I have been so blessed with an easy and great pregnancy. No M/S, not too tired and have pretty much felt great.

Well, I'm now in week 32 and I feel like I've been hit by a freight train. I need to complain so here goes.......

-I feel SO huge/I AM so huge

-My fingers are So swollen and hurt at night

-My feet are swollen

-I'm so stuffed up today and feel like I'm comikng down with the flu

-My whole body aches and since I'm on modified bedrest, I am sitting pretty much most of the day. I feel like my muscles have disintegrated

-My body feels like I've run a marathon

-I can barely stand more then 10 minutes and then I'm in major pain.

-My hips hurt So bad I can barely walk

-Most of my maternity clothing doesn't fit anymore

-I'm getting stretch marks.

-I am constantly hungry and can't eat enough

-I pee like every 15 minutes

-Sleeping stinks....I'm SO uncomfortable at night.

-I'm SO ready to be done but I know I need to keep them in there at least a few more weeks. I don't know how I will make it that long....it seems like forever!


Ok, thanks for letting me complain and thank you for listening!

 

You're definitely not alone! You and I are very close in due dates and I noticed that the past week or so has definitely been more difficult. I only have about 3 maternity shirts that still fit. I would buy more but I've definitely passed the point of anything looking at all decent on me. Did the stretch marks just start? I feel like I'm doomed to get them anytime now ... my stomach is so tight you could bounce a dime off it. At last week's appointment I had gained 27 lbs to date and I feel like I'm getting soft and flabby in my legs from lack of exercise. I've also been fighting a cold all week which has been great fun.

I think we're at that point in the pregnancy where it just becomes more difficult to do anything. I try not to think about this going on for weeks more (although I know it probably will). Now I just focus on making it through one day and then week. I keep trying to remind myself that this will all soon be over.

Hang in there! You're definitely not alone.

 

This week has been really hard for me too. You are NOT alone!! :hug99:

I am so uncomfortable all the time. I'm still going to work and while there it is mostly a welcome distraction. The commute and the walk in and out is awful though. I have very little to wear and shoes are a big problem esp since it's cooling off and I won't be able to keep wearing flip flops. My back hurts all the time and I have to pee all the time.

Plus I'm figuring I won't have these babies until past 38w bc that's just my luck. <_<

I hope we can all find some distractions to get us through these last weeks. I really need something to take my mind of my own misery! :hug99:

 

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Plus I'm figuring I won't have these babies until past 38w bc that's just my luck. <_<

That's what I am thinking.
I woke up this morning in a bad mood - "URGH, I'm STILL pregnant!" lol

Would love to fast fwd the next few weeks - though I am dreading labour.

:hug99: I know, it sucks.

 

O hear you sister! This bedrest stuff it killing me, I've been on it since 24 weeks, (now at 30) I feel so disconnected from the world. THe other day I made my DH drive me around the block a few times just so I could get out of the house! I know that it is all worth it, but my Doc. said our goal is 34 weeks, and I'm starting the count down! I keep looking at pictures of myself from my baby shower this past weekend and I'm in shock, it is a little weird to see how much you can change in 8 months!!!! I must say I am ready to get out of these sweats and DH's T-shirts! Keep hanging in there!

 

I feel a lot of the way you ladies do. I just hope to keep mine in a little longer. But I'm tired of being tired already! It's like the third trimester is downhill - for REAL.

 

I'm not totally there yet - but I hear you about everything. I keep thinking that I need to eat or maybe my blood sugar is too low or too high or that maybe I need to take my iron...there must be something going on with me that I need to fix, but there isn't.

This is just it for me for the next month

Nights are the worst!

 

I had an easy and great pregnancy too until about 32/33 weeks and then the discomfort hit.... and has not left . I wish I could tell you it gets better, but each day seems a little worse or equally bad. I am just trying to take it day by day because that is all I can do. I have accepted the fact that I am not physically able to do pretty much anything I could before, because if I try to push it even just a little, the discomfort is much worse. You totally have my sympathy, it really does help knowing that you are not alone or unique in your suffereing!

 

I was absolutely miserable from 32 weeks to 36 weeks. It was like a super long torture endurance test. But - I felt great after the babies came! :laughing: (I measured something like 72 weeks just before they were born.) I slept more and didn't want to die every time I had to move. Plus it was nice not going to the bathroom every 5 minutes. So, yes, this part is awful, and I'm sorry! :hug99: But it means you are almost there and soon you'll be cuddling your babies.

 

Hey, I think we're due at the same time (or maybe with how unpredictable twin pregnancis are, I should say that we got pregnant at the same time, hehe)! At 32 weeks this week, I'm suddenly having days where I'm just weary of being pregnant. Some days are still okay, but especially trying to sleep at night is getting really wearisome. Sometimes I panic when I even think about going to bed because I know it can be such a battle once I'm in there.

I don't know if this would help you, but I'm pulling out all of my nice-and-not-too-emotional chick flick mini-series--Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, etc. and just trying to escape for a couple hours each day.

 

Thank you ALL so much for your replies, kindness and understanding. It makes it SO much better knowing I'm not the only one who is going through this and that it's normal. I think this site has been a blessing for me through this pregnancy!!! :wub: