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Third pregnancy - everything harder to cope with!

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Kirova · 19/11/2023 12:36

I'm hoping for some tips or reassurance, really. I'm 30 weeks pregnant with no. 3 and first two pregnancies (now aged 5 and 4) were really easy and textbook and I was full of energy right up till the end. I don't know if it's demands of life, being older, or just a third pregnancy thing, but I am really struggling this time.

Firstly, I feel huge and I'm finding walking quite uncomfortable. All the pain is in my lower back and (sorry!) my bum and it shoots up and down my legs as well. It's not that I can't walk, obviously - it is just slow and painful!

Secondly, I constantly need to wee. All the time. Waking up 5+ times at night with a bursting bladder and then I can't get comfortable so I can't fall asleep again.

Thirdly, heartburn!

Maybe I just have to accept that I'm older and knackered and suck it up that the next few weeks will be hard going. I'm just so tired and so uncomfortable - I could just cry, honestly! Every day is just a slog - with the kids, with work, with getting no sleep. I have really been struggling at work for the last two weeks, not least because of the back pain and because I keep needing to excuse myself from the most crucial points meetings to go and have a wee!

Sorry, moan over. But in all honesty, any tips will be very gratefully received.

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Kirova · 19/11/2023 18:23

Sorry, and I just realised I absolutely didn't post this where I meant to - d'oh!

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Aquamarine1029 · 19/11/2023 18:32

The only reassurance I can give is that it will, eventually, be over. This was me 20+ years ago and I still remember how exhausting it was. Growing a human added to all of your other responsibilities is a Hurculean task. It's relentless and mostly thankless. Get your partner to handle everything you don't absolutely have to do yourself and try to rest as much as you can. Easier said than done, I know.

Kirova · 19/11/2023 18:47

Aquamarine1029 · 19/11/2023 18:32

The only reassurance I can give is that it will, eventually, be over. This was me 20+ years ago and I still remember how exhausting it was. Growing a human added to all of your other responsibilities is a Hurculean task. It's relentless and mostly thankless. Get your partner to handle everything you don't absolutely have to do yourself and try to rest as much as you can. Easier said than done, I know.

Thank you! My partner works away a lot and right now he's somewhere where we don't even get reliable phone contact, never mind much else. So it's been a bit tough going and the house is on the messy side to say the least! I did at least manage to get all the washing and some cleaning done today but I will be glad when he's back in a few weeks and it's no longer all on me!

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I know this was 7 some months a go but PLEAAAASE tell me it got easier or the tiredness disappeared when you gave birth? I am 29 weeks pregnant and seriously, seriously struggling right now with two other children to look after. One being 18 months old who is completely relentless when it comes to how clingy he is. I literally could sleep all day and come 3/4pm I am just in crippling agony with my pelvis and I walk like I’m 80+ years old! Such a boring mom atm who is miserable and angry all the time! I hate it 😭😭😭

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