When would you class as being 'heavily pregnant?'

[cairnterrier]

Am marooned on the sofa with the remnants of Easter eggs all round me watching 'Strictly Ballroom' [busmile].

Anyhow, I'm 35 + 2 (but measuring 4cm above - scan on Tuesday) and was wondering at what stage I can class myself as being heavily pregnant and therefore give up on life and trying to cope generally until DC2 comes along? [bugrin]

Any thoughts?

No such thing. "Heavily pregnant" is a term invented by the Daily Mail. Get off the couch and go for a walk. Good for you and baby

MessyTerrier SPD precludes much activity at the moment - stairs are a nightmare and trying to get down onto the floor to change DS1's nappy involves much 'ouching'! With the searing insight of toddlers, DS1 has very accurately told me that 'Mummy is too big'.

PS is your username like mine after a muddy walk? [bugrin]

I'm so sorry, CairnTerrier. SPD is a whole different ball-game. Ouch. Of course rest!

PS Yes! Ours is a Westie. She's supposed to be white but she's usually beige.

No worries - didn't think to mention it in the original post so not much help! The really annoying thing is that of course it doesn't hurt when I'm sitting still but as soon as I try and move I remember pretty quickly!! The things is I really want to be out and about and am feeling v guilty that I can't play with DS as much as I should be doing. GRRRR!!!!

Top forward speed at present is between 1/2 - 1 mile/hour and DH shouting about the turning circle of an oil tanker is not that helpful either [bugrin]

Goodness me, I'm a bundle of laughs tonight [busmile]

Love the idea of a beige Westie - what is it about terriers?!

I'd say heavily pregnant is when you feel too heavy to move much

DS will understand I'm sure, is he old enough to make jobs around the house into a game yet???

Given my weight...about 6 weeks?!

lolling at all the terriers on this thread. 35 weeks is deffo heavily pregnant, SPD or not. Relax and give up on life until all hell breaks loose (the baby arrives)

I'm 35 + 5 and have spd and a toddler too who isn't too sympathetic that I can't easily get up/down from the floor but does kiss mummy's hurting back to make it better

I reckon that if you can't describe yourself as heavily pregnant by 8mths then there isn't a time you can!

Lindsell - kissing mummy's back to make it better - how lovely!

For everyone else's benefit, eating 7/8ths of a large chocolate egg is NOT a cure for indigestion.

As you were. [busmile]

I'm 37 + 5 and would definitely classify myself as heavily pregnant. Have been feeling like this since about 35 weeks. I have to place a cushion or pillow at my side and then "roll" myself out of bed or off the couch.

I have to add on about any extra 15 mins for my usual walking journeys. Plus, I live at the top of a hill, à la 'James and the Giant Peach', which is a slight nightmare.

I'm 37 weeks - I agree that when you have to roll off the couch (when you've been lying down) you're classed as heavily pregnant. I've been doing that since about week 34.

Also when you can't use the back rings on the cooker because your bump is in the way.

Hmmm, like the definition of not being able to use the back rings of the cooker - very true in this household. As is no longer being able to eat comfortably at the table as the bump gets in the way.

So it looks like it's official - I am indeed heavily pregnant [bugrin]

Not being able to eat your dinner off your lap, and having to very carefully balance it on the arm of the sofa instead.

I think it's when DH referred to my planetary mass, as in he didn't mean to bump into me earlier but was dragged into my gravitational orbit. The cheeky git.

Or maybe it was when DS said I was an Easter egg.

Aww, I quite like the Easter Egg one. Maybe if we crack you open Smarties will fall out?

The amount of chocolate I eat, I shouldn't be at all surprised.

Except I want to be a Green and Black organic fair trade Easter egg.

Mmmm, Green and Blacks...
I didn't get any Easter Eggs this year, but ate my weight in hot cross buns instead.

So many BH contractions today. I've been having them since about week 22, but now when I get them, I get a funny crampy hot flush feeling in my throat and face too. Anyone else get this?

I think you're heavily pregnant when you start giving serious consideration to how far you're meant to go from your target hospital.

Okay, am just back from seeing the physio. I now have a strap to hold my bump up!

Right, well that means you are heavily pregnant.

So, what's your next question?

when you can't move without grunting/huffing and puffing like an asthmatic on speed.

I also have the SPD v Toddler conundrum, and am feeling exactly the same. Just rest as much as you can!

The Surgeons Mate Next question: how soon can I go from being heavily pregnant to post-natal and just heavy?

Answers on a postcard please...