Irrational irritation with everything and everybody in third trimester

[Coops79]

I'm quite proud of myself that, apart from a couple of weeks being mentally hormonal in the first eight weeks, I've been pretty relaxed about this, my first pregnancy. This week however I appear to be slowly losing the plot. Things that are at the top of my rage list are:

• bathroom currently being done by my lovely DH (who has taken a week of holiday to do it and worked harder than he's ever worked before) at my request. Unfortunately this means that the ONLY bathroom we have has been out of action for over a week and I've had to shower at work and leg it to Morrisons to use the loo. Obviously can never ever ever moan about this to him. He is properly broken by the whole experience and looks like he's going to cry when I ask him how it's going.
• huge deadline looming for my department at work; boss appears to have gone into avoidance mode and has shifted the meeting we need to have 3 times. We are now finally going to meet tomorrow - the DAY BEFORE the deadline. She is also making noises about not feeling well
• boss is also making repeated references to how hard it's going to be in our department once I go on maternity leave. She has made lots of references to her stress levels. I am feeling increasingly guilty about having a baby (yes I know I shouldn't; but I do).
• everyone at work has now used the words "huge" or "enormous" with reference to my bump. There have also been repeated references to early births. I'm 32 weeks; I have far too much to do for that to happen!
• plus husband does not seem to grasp that saying "you're not fat, you're pregnant" is not the same as saying "you're still beautiful and alluring to me darling".
• more and more people are starting to touch my bump (grrrrr) or give me unsolicited advice. I am just a well-meaning stroke of the tummy away from punching a sweet little old lady in the face.
• have had to go out a few times in the last couple of weeks to watch other people drinking. Drunk people are really really annoying aren't they?

No advice required. Just needed to offload. Now have to annotate the worst coursework ever submitted in the history of education. Anyone else feeling the need to vent their third trimester fury? Do it here; share my pain.

Can't believe I forgot to mention the constant irritation with the NHS who have so far: failed to send a midwife to my midwife appointment (they forgot to cover someone's sick leave, according to the woman on the phone this was "hilarious" because it was the second day in a row they had managed to do it); lost my blood results or possibly my blood I'm not really sure; rescheduled a scan two days before it was supposed to take place meaning both myself and my husband had to book leave twice. Plus they've not filled me with confidence by saying "yes I've never been quite sure what a fibroid is. You have a low-lying placenta? I had no idea!"

Grrrrr.

HAHA, your post just made me laugh. CUrrently 35+2 and I'm starting to get a bit snappy. One thing that has really been bugging me is dog walkers on the park. I usually have my dogs off their leads, but with the rain/mud I've been keeping them on so I don't have to bath them when I get home. If one more person thinks it's acceptable to let their dog come and mither mine when mine is behaving nicely I'm going to scream.

I'm also generally getting fed up at my body now. Over the past few days the bump seems to have completely expanded. As a tiny person anyway, my ribs are now being pushed outwards which hurts, then Baba likes to kick me in them. I can hardly eat anything and I've got constant trapped wind coupled with running to the loo. I can't bend forwards anymore, getting comfortable when sitting/lying/standing is a thing of the past.

Still, only one more week left in work then I can sit at home and complain all I want :)

Ah hippieshake, I'm so glad it's not just me. I'm not at the full-on physical discomfort point yet but it's nice to know I've something to look forward to!

Frankly you sound perfectly reasonable to me.

I read your title wrong and thought you were saying you were irrationally irritated by everyone who is in the third trimester - as I have been pretty much ever since finding out I was pregnant! I'm just so bloody ENVIOUS (JEALOUS) that you're nearly 'there'. That said, now at 26 weeks and so nearing the 'magical' third, it only now occurs to me that all three trimesters are actually a bloody long time - due date seems just as forever away now as it ever has!

Anyway, that's just me. Where I do agree with you is drunk people. They're moronic. I hate them. Truly.

Oh no, now I'm irrationally irritated at my own shoddy grammar! (Actually that's not irrational, that's completely reasonable). And yes babbashouse I was jealous when I was in my first trimester of everyone who had a noticeable bump rather than just looking pasty and fat as I did at that point. Now I'm envious of people in their first trimester because (a) no-one knows you're pregnant at that point and so are unable to offer you "helpful" advice and (b) you have plenty of time before your baby arrives. Unlike me who is completely unprepared.