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Fed up 39 weeks and 5 days to go.....lets have a moan..

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lynn7300 · 18/08/2011 12:22

fed up....cant sleep, constantly needing a wee...havet even packed my bag yet for hospital (will do it today i promise)....cant relax as i have a toddler....house is like a show house...cupboards all neat and tidy...freezer full....mmmm anything else....just wanted a moan really oh and if one more person says make the most of it im going to scream lol

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MsChanandlerBong · 18/08/2011 13:55

Ha ha!!! I am 'only' 36 weeks today, but I too am fed up of 'make the most of it' comments. I haven't had a decent nights sleep in months, I go to the loo so many times I wish I had shares in Andrex and feel so rubbish I am pretty much housebound!!

Then people say "well you look really well" and and I feel like Queen Bitch as I am silently thinking "well I feel like shite!!!"

This is my first... I dread to think what I'll be like if I am fortunate enough to have a second and have to look after a toddler at the same time

danio7 · 18/08/2011 16:52

39 weeks today.. soo uncomfy and still a week until D-day!

cannot relax for the watermelon in between my legs!
I feel your pain ladies!

apple99 · 18/08/2011 17:13

It is my due date today, am feeling very uncomfortable and have a 4.5 year old to run around after also. I have been trying to keep active, out for walks with dd on her bike etc but quite frankly I am knackered by mid afternoon and just want to sit with my feet up.

I am quite pleased the weather has been rubbish here as I don't feel so bad suggesting a dvd in the afternoons so much. Would feel guilty if it was sunny as dd would want to be out playing and scootering!!

Eskarina · 18/08/2011 17:41

40+2 today and had convinced myself i mine would come early. Have been on mat leave for 3.5 weeks. House has never been so clean and this is DC1 so no-one else to look after. I'm so bored!!!
Also fed up of "make the most of it" comments and am getting increasingly p'd off with people saying "ooh are you still here?" (no, I evaporated, you're imagining me standing in front of you) and rude texts that say nothing more than "any news". People asking how I am and suggesting we meet up are very welcome to text. Everyone else just fishing for news will be deleted from my phonebook and won't get the announcement text can please keep quiet.

Sargesaweyes · 18/08/2011 17:53

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Eviepoo · 18/08/2011 18:39

sarge you took the words out of my mouth. hehe

I think DD and DH upset my mum a few days ago - she range every sodding day for a week...until he said do you think I won't tell you? and DD said nana honestly I will phone you, you don't have to keep calling her all the time (because if she did not get an answer from my mobile she would ring DH at work panicing him)....

She hasn't called since

lovemysleep · 18/08/2011 18:51

oh God - I'm only 33 wks and am getting fed up already!

Babies head seems to have dropped right down, and I'm getting uncomfortable sensations at the bottom of my bump. Have been paranoid all day that this is either what the next 7 weeks will feel like, or the baby is coming early.

Have got a decorator coming next week, upstairs is a state, and the builders should be coming in the next 2 weeks to convert the garage. Nothing is ready, and all I want to do is relax.

Wish I'd had the 2nd trimester energy surge - bloody didn't materialise a all this time.

Hope you all pop soon - maybe get on someone's trampoline - that's my plan if I go over my due date!!!

lucindapie · 19/08/2011 10:48

I'm 40+5 and also getting fed up with the 'make the most of it' comments, i mean who are these weird people who seem to actually enjoy being pregnant more than the baby and have only negative things to say about how much hard work having a baby is, This is my first and I've been looking forward to meeting my baby so much, that it's hard to be patient and 'enjoy' my pregnancy like I feel I'm supposed to. Never had the glow, or 2nd trimester energy burst either,

Sargesaweyes · 19/08/2011 11:40

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AGreenie · 19/08/2011 11:49

I'm 41 weeks today and getting fed up with the constant 'have you had the baby yet' phone calls and texts....

lovemysleep · 19/08/2011 18:21

People can be so negative about the babies arrival, can't they? They haven't done it with me, as have already got DD.

And I have to say, cobblers to them! Yes, everyone knows it's hard work, and you miss out on sleep, but it's also sooooooo bloody lovely to finally meet your baby and get to know them - and as much as I do enjoy some parts of pg, it's a welcome relief to not be so large and uncomfortable anymore too.

God, you do get irritable in the 3d trimester

wearenotinkansas · 19/08/2011 18:37

38 weeks today. Simply can't get down to the floor to pick anything up. Have been doing loads with DD over the holidays but she is watching far too much TV as don't have the necessary energy to do stuff. And have loads of things I want to get done before baby arrive but I am moving sooooo slowly everything takes ages. It's all very, very annoying.

Someone asked me today if I was excited about the baby's arrival. TBH I just want this bit to be over now. Other mums seem to understand. My sister (no kids) seemed rather surprised.

JenniferYellowHatsRedLingerie · 19/08/2011 18:50

40+2 here too apples :)
think I upset my mum yesterday too - oops. But she's doing my head in with her constant texts about "twinges". I'm sure it's going to be more than a fucking twinge when it does start.
Don't listen to all the crap about sex/walking/curries/pineapple. Get on the sofa with your feet up. (This is what we've been discussing on another thread. We reckon tea, gingerbread, and naps will work)
Utterly sick of the "enjoy the peace before she comes" advice too. Enjoy what? Cleaning? I never liked that before I could barely walk with spd and the head like a fecking bowling ball in my pelvis. The constant, debilitating heartburn and reflux? The fact that I can't give myself a pedicure or shave my legs (let alone attend to the disaster that is my ladygarden :))? That I can't go to town because I don't fit behind the wheel of my car anymore? That I am sooooooooooo bored it hurts? I'm pregnant because I want to be a mummy, so let's bloody get on with it!

Bumpsadaisie · 19/08/2011 19:23

Those of you expecting your first, life is MUCH BETTER once the baby is here! Much much better having a newborn than being pregnant, promise!

And as ladies with two or more have assured me on another thread, life with a toddler and a newborn is much better than being in later pregnancy with a toddler!

MazzaP1 · 28/07/2013 09:13

Thank you so much for this thread- it's by far the best thing I've seen on here for weeks. May be something to do with the fact that I am completely at the end of my tether too and am desperate to meet my 2nd babe! Why is it that everyone demands a schedule for the arrival when I don't even know when it's gonna pop?! Seriously climbing the walls now and poor DH is at the mercy of my constant mood swings, demands for labour inducing sex, and if I have to drink another frickin raspberry leaf tea I'm gonna scream!!! Thanks for the space to rant :o)

mrsspagbol · 28/07/2013 11:12

41weeks today.

Not much else to say really.

coolsmudge81 · 28/07/2013 12:16

38+3 weeks: Football feet and sausage fingers, achy wrists, nausea like MS again, hip pain, constant loo trips and no sleep. Want to do so much around the house and have major nesting urges but after half an hour just want to collapse on the bed.

katfox · 21/09/2013 20:35

Reading this thread has really cheered me up, laughing at how everyone at this stage is in the same boat. I am 39 + 5 days and have been fine and energetic up until about 39 week, now however I have turned into a hormonal nightmare.

Not had any braxton hicks, shows, twinges or even feelings of 'watermelon' between my legs... Just constantly need the loo, heartburn, cant stop eating (mainly sugar) and am dying to meet my little girl and feel normal again.

I have given up on the pineapple, and hot curries and sex seems like a longshot considering I am constantly on my poor fellas case when I feel a mood coming on. Just recently screamed him from in my labour encouraging hot bath to get me a glass of water and a cold flannel for my head (DIVA). Took him too long to reach me before the mood had begun. I hate being like that.

We all seem to think we can get away with it when in this state, maybe we can? Maybe its the one time we can be forgiven for our moods and diva like behaviour!??

Adreamz · 21/09/2013 21:02

Oh am I pleased to read that I am not the only one who is feeling down. Pain, swelling, tiredness and as its no 2 I get no sympathy from hubby. Grrr!!

PinkApple86 · 22/09/2013 14:14

Feeling your pain ladies. 40+3 here. Just told my best friend to basically leave me alone after getting 3 texts a day saying 'baby?' I know they are just excited but the next person who tells me to eat a curry or a pineapple will get one in the face. If I could just pop this baby out I bloody would! Feel better now rant over.

ElleCloughie · 22/09/2013 18:28

Aah, it's like someone got inside my head and worte it all down for me to read! 38+2, so could still have a while to go, but just want to meet her now! It would be better if she held on for a couple of weeks, still in the middle of having major work done downstairs and the house that I had made so nice and clean and tidy is now a filthy, disorganised tip, but our bedroom is lovely so I could just hide up here with her! Cannot get through the day without a nap, probably due to getting up 50million times during the night to wee, or because it feels like I pull something in my bump when I try to roll over. Don't mind the raspberry leaf tea, but wouldn't mind a glass of wine. I think Rennies make up a substantial proportion of my dietary intake at this point. My mum is ringing constantly, and is being nicer than usual, I'm sure shes just scared to death of missing something. DH keeps looking at me in a concerned way and saying things like "Is it normal to be THIS tired at this point?" You try growing a person.

The cats seem to understand that the best thing to do is curl up in bed. I think I like them more than people at the moment, especially when they snuggle up next to my bump and purr. I think LO will be a crazy cat lady from birth.

afrikat · 22/09/2013 22:33

Oh this thread is exactly what I needed! Am 40+2 and was convinced I would be early. Ha. Been off work for 4 weeks now and although I am not bored I just want to meet my baby!! Am trying soo hard to 'makes the most' of these last few days of peace and quiet but seriously, how is napping now going to help when the baby comes? I can't fucking bank my sleep!

Had a barrage of texts and messages leading up to my due date and even more now. If I disappear off Facebook for a day I am then flooding with messages asking if I am in labour (should potentially spend less time on fb!) and if one more person 'advises' curry/pineapple/sex I am going to punch them.

Am so grateful to the poster up the thread who said having a newborn is wonderful. The way people go on you would think its awful. I may need to turn my phone off for a few days (I don't think I am physically capable actually but it's tempting)

amz103 · 18/10/2014 07:52

Ladies this has made me smile and laugh out loud!!!! Thank god what I'm feeling is normal as I was starting to think maybe I'm going crazy... I'm 39+5 and actually booked for induction in 2 days....this week has been the slowest week of my whole entire life. good luck to all x

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