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34 weeks. physically and mentally exhausted!

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vmcd28 · 15/10/2010 10:11

It doesn't seem to matter how much sleep I get, I am shattered during the day. I almost feel like I'm slightly slurring at times, cos the effort of speaking to my very active 5yo is just too much!
Any tips..?

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oncemoreintothebreach · 15/10/2010 12:37

CBeebies?!

Is s/he at school/playgroup?

Can your partner take him/her out over the weekend?

Ummm, does s/he like DVDs so you can put your feet up?

Failing that, a local park? I often have to 'walk' my DS so I can tire him out enough that he'll sit for 20 minutes, so I sympathise!

lennon80 · 15/10/2010 12:53

No tips but I am 34 weeks tomorrow and I am feeling it all now. Its been a terrible pregnancy with lots of problems but my SPD is now making it unbearable as any sort of movement is killing me and I cant take any decent pain relief. I cant wait for it all to be over. In addition to that my DH said 'ah it cant be that bad, you can still walk cant you'..which needless to say had me in tears all of yesterday. At least we dont have too much longer left now..its the home stretch. Good Luck.

oliveoil123 · 15/10/2010 13:06

Oh god bless yall.. Ive got it all to come, shock

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vmcd28 · 15/10/2010 13:43

Oncemore, he'll be out tomorrow with dh in the morning, then again for an hour or two later, phew. Today I've exhausted Cartoon Network and computer games already! He's great at playing himself, but he's just so LOUD and I have a blinding headache. Tbh I have no idea what I'd do if he was much younger. The fact he can help himself to drinks etc makes it all doable. I also feel like I have a cold, but no sniffles, if that even makes sense. Headache, tired, achy, slightly queasy...
Lennon, I hope you can get comfier for the last few weeks. My spd was horrendous but bizarrely has got better over the past few weeks. Yes, we're in the final stretch. Phew. But it still feels like there's a long time left! I'll never do it again, so I'm trying my best to remember that.
Olive, good luck! I remember feeling lousy at this stage with my ds too, but couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel....

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planner26 · 15/10/2010 16:18

Feeling your pain vmcd28 and I don't have a little one to look after at the same time. Got a God-awful cold at the moment too just looking outside makes me tired! What date are you due? I'm the 25th Nov x

DomesticG0ddess · 15/10/2010 16:45

Hi vmcd28, haven't "seen" you for a while. I am 39 weeks today! Luckily am coping v well, days are fine, it's the nights that are a pain!

Can you get any friends to have him over for tea a bit more while you feel like this?

shelleee · 15/10/2010 17:24

hi im 34 weeks today due 26th nov and i feel like this pregnancy is going on forever , and im totally exhausted , im finishing work next week as i stand up all day and i just cant do it anymore , my ds is 12 now so im struggling to remember what it was like first time round , maybe its just because im older this time ,,, good luck to u all and lets try and support each other through the last 6 weeks x

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vmcd28 · 15/10/2010 18:08

Hi, DG! No, I've been off work for the school hols so haven't been doing a whole lot of mumsnetting. Pm me when you have yr wee one. Don't want to miss it. I'm waking a lot at night which doesn't seem to help. But it's frustrating cos I dont feel uncomfortable in bed, so I'm not sure why I keep waking.

I'm due 24th nov, so the rest of us are all at the same stage. My mum has taken ds overnight tonight! Yay! So me and dh are nipping out to buy some blue baby essentials while ds isn't with us, as he doesn't know the gender yet. Then home to tv, nibbles and feet up. :-)

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planner26 · 15/10/2010 18:29

Good idea shelleee - I can't wait to finish work now - just under 3 weeks to go!!!

Have a lovely night vmcd make the most of it! :)

lennon80 · 15/10/2010 20:17

Hi i am due 27th November and finish work next week as I cant do it any loner as my SPD is giving me hell. Not long for us now ladies.

FourEyesGood · 15/10/2010 20:54

I started taking Spatone iron supplement (not prescribed; I just bought it in Boots) at about 33 weeks because I was exhausted all the time, and I've been a bit less knackered for the past three weeks. It could be coincidence, but I'm not going to stop taking it just in case!

missdt · 16/10/2010 08:30

vmcd i completely sympathise. I have found pregnancy got so hard, physically and emotionally, from about 33weeks and i don't have any other children to care for. I can't imagine how you do it. Hope you feel better soon.

pinkyp · 16/10/2010 08:34

i saw the title of this thread and thought "oh when did i write that"..it could so be me!! I have a 3yr ds and i'm 34 weeks, dh works crap shifts, i have spd - like u its eased up a little after getting really bad. My ds has started waking at silly o'clock and he is LOUD!! lol.my dh let me sleep til 9.45 yesterday morning, we didnt really do much (it was his day off), he made tea etc and i was still exhausted by 8pm!

Librashavinganotherbiscuit · 16/10/2010 08:51

Go to bed even earlier. I am in bed by 9pm at the moment.

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vmcd28 · 16/10/2010 10:30

Libra, I'll give that a try. Well, after tonight - I can't miss x factor tonight!
Pinky, it's nice to know we're not alone!
Missdt, if it's any consolation, my first pregnancy felt like a lifetime, and I cried a lot during it, even tho it wasn't classed as a difficult pg by the midwife. This time, I've had bleeding till I was 13 weeks, high risk for Downs, and the list goes on. All this after two miscarriages. It's been hard at times. BUT my point is, this pg has felt quicker, cos you don't indulge yourself so much when you've been through it all before. The first time, I couldn't see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Foureyes, I am so dim!! I bet that's part of my problem. I was taking Floradix at the start, but stopped as I was also taking prenatal vitamins and iron. However, after the first 14 weeks I started to forget taking them, and I now probably take them once a fortnight if even that. So I bet I'm a bit deficient now. Excellent advice, thanks. I'm off to get some today.
Lennon, quite right too. If I didn't work from home, I'd be throwing in the towel now too

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DomesticG0ddess · 16/10/2010 15:10

You're having a boy too then! I started waking around 35 weeks I think - so the last 4 weeks have been rubbish nights sleep. The last week has gone so quickly though. Can't believe it is now 6 days til my due date.

Have a nice break today. DS's due date was 24th Nov, 4 years ago!

naghoul · 17/10/2010 10:46

I'm 35 weeks with 3YO Ds. there are not enough hours in the night for me to sleep, it makes no difference what time I go to bed!

Waking for no reason :(

It's all of us I think, and I've had a much easier time than you (and a more sympathetic DH)

But we've not got long to go! I'm sure 1st pg went on for decades and this one has gone so fast!

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vmcd28 · 17/10/2010 18:08

I bought the Spatone sachets yesterday, had one last night in fresh orange, but was up most of the night with horrendous reflux!! Thats despite having a Ranitidine before bed, then swigs of Gaviscon during the night. I'll try taking it in Ribena today, see if that helps.
Naghoul, I've not had the easiest time emotionally, but I thank my lucky stars every day. It's nothing compared to what a lot of people go through. PS just to clarify, my husband IS very sympathetic!

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