Urrrgghh can't believe this baby has to stay in for another 11 weeks!

[TheCountessOlenska]

Just a moan as no one in real life is interested!

This baby is bizarrely heavy - it feels ready to drop out .

It's putting constant pressure on my bladder and squashing my digestive system. I constantly feel bloated and uncomfortable.

My pelvis hurts! It just feels like it weighs an absolute ton!!

I'm not even measuring big for dates though, could it be the position that it's lying in ? My first pregnancy was nothing like this . . .

I feel your pain. DS2 was the worst of my pregnancies... but, and this important, is definitely an easier child to deal with.

You have my total sympathy, 39 weeks tomorrow so end is in sight for me (even though DD was 2 weeks late!) but currently feel like I've a bowling ball jammed in my pelvis - and this is measuring big so also panicking about the birth!!!

I didn't struggle like this with DD until 41+ weeks so think it must be down the everything being buggered after my first pregnancy.

Hope the baby changes position soon and gives you some respite

Oooh yes, here's hoping - naughty baby in womb = good baby when born

Agree Pogo, think I am buggered re. pelvic floor and stomach muscles! Hey 39 weeks, light at the end of the birth canal tunnel!

I feel your pain, Countess, am 27 weeks and feel 37! I feel huge and ungainly, can't get comfortable in any position, my pelvis feels like its about to fall out and I can't stop trumping.

Plus my toddler has no sympathy for this and insists on using me as a climbing frame.

SayCool Yes that is EXACTLY how I feel! I am so windy, no food agrees with me

My 2 and a half year old is going through an extremely clingy phase and I have to carry her up and down stairs and from room to room much to my mother's horror- it is ridiculous to be fair!

Yep I've felt like this since 27 weeks, am now 34 weeks and measuring 38. I'm completely fed up and in pain/discomfort 24/7. I can not wait to get my body back. My first pregnancy was also nothing like this. I've not enjoyed this one bit. Hoping my consultant will take pity on me and induce me early!

32 weeks here and just coughed and wet myself on the way to pick ds up fr nursery.

Bumhole feels like its turning into a tail.

Joyous!

Lol Pickled - Oh the glamour!

Same here, 28 weeks and feeling all of a sudden like I have a dead weight on my bladder - midwife today confirmed baby has dropped down and pretty much engaged position already. My once lovely bump now feels heavy and makes life difficult re: bending, sitting, lying down, pretty much anything at all!!! Cannot believe there are three months left to go.

Pickled - done that, but with sneezing. Highly embarrassing explaining to DH why I needed yet another clean pair of underwear....

And that's another thing! None of my underwear fits! My boobs are popping out of my maternity bras (which fit perfectly last time round) and SOMEONE has squashed extra padding into my bum and thighs.

Never again, never again.

Countess, poor you having to carry DD around. Hope she gets over the clingy phase soon

Oh sooo pleased not to be the only one feeling so dire. 34 weeks and he can't come a minute too soon now. I am sooo fed up! Heavy, SPD, can't walk, sit, breath, carpal tunnel, acid reflux, baby big, hemerrhoids (tmi and can't spell) insomnia, anxiety and exhaustion! And now caught sons cold joy. When are we all thinking of trying for the next one!' Lol surely in this day and age we should be able to drop of our eggs and sperm and collect dc's from Sainsburys like a pre cooked chicken! X

39 weeks here, totally fed up, have been having hour long "contractions" for over 2 weeks, this is the worst late pregnancy I have ever had.

11weeks to go if I persuade the Dr to c-section me at 38 weeks again. I've been on crutches for 10 already , finished work 3 weeks ago on sick as I couldn't cope. Now have start of AND probably cos I am fed up of being at home and relying on others to take me out.
Heartburn has kicked in the last few days and I'm craving chillies and pickles so that's just unfair.

Aw king !

That's proper shite x

Damash - stick with calling them bum grapes! Not long now.

I have 8ish weeks to go. 4 weeks ago, this pregnancy seemed never ending, now the end seems a lot closer! I'm thinking that potentially it could be as little as 5 weeks if she comes early, and I'm not thinking any further than that, I'll cross that bridge when I get there!

Countess have you been checked out for SPD, I am at the same stage as you and your symptoms sound similar to mine (heaviness, pressure etc).

I mentioned it to my midwife who checked it over and my pelvis is weakened so I
have to wear a giant tubi grip around my bump (visualise a tubigrip that goes from knees to under boobs and then doubles upward, tis v.flattering :o).

It really helps

Hi peanut - No I thought it might be SPD a few weeks ago (started thread on here) but then the hip pain got a lot better so I didn't mention it to midwife (don't like to make a fuss )

I'm seeing her after Christmas so I will ask - I don't mind unflattering if it makes me more comfortable when I'm at work (on feet during shift) Thanks!

Definitely worth mentioning!

I work in a nursery so am bending, lifting and walking all the time during the day and the tubi-grip really helps and I was given a fembrace (sounds horrid) yesterday which completely did away with back/hip pain.

It is a thick white belt with 2 support rods that go around the small of your back and you pull it tight round your hours, under bump then Velcro shut.

Not the comfiest of things but it does help.

I feel for you. The weeks do roll round quickly if you keep busy

I have 3 weeks to go, planned section at 38 weeks

Have cried constantly for 3 days. i won't depress you with the details

This makes me feel so much better! I'm 30w & have a 19 month old who also wants to be sitting on/bouncing on/be carried by mummy all the time at the moment. I'm totally exhausted all of a sudden, feel like the baby is about to drop out (whilst also remembering v clearly that sadly birth is nothing as easy as 'dropping' out). I've also joyously started to feel sick if I eat lots, or if I don't eat enough. 10 wks ahead feels like a long way. I had all these grand ideas about stopping work at 35 wks this time to enjoy the precious time I have left alone with DD before her new sibling arrives but now am not sure I'll be that good company. Walked in yday on DD covered in Vaseline/oil of ulay/dove body cream that had foolishly left within her reach & rather than laugh as I would have a week ago I actually almost cried !

Easier to know you're not alone !

leannac that made me chuckle about your dd

i went to the loo the other day and dd shouted that she wanted to open her calendar, i was then pottering about upstairs and when i went back down she had eaten the lot! little monkey!

Ahh glad I'm not alone. I'm still in pain if try to sit or walk far and the tears are never far away. I'm bloody miserable and get really worried this could lead to pnd. Although Dh says u was exactly the same when pg with 1st Ds. I don't remember feeling this bad and he's offered to send me a daily email of my complaints, concerns, and ailments just in case I decide on want no3 in the future - not a bloody chance! Have a great Christmas everyone.... Be a bloody better one with a Buck's Fizz at 7am and champers and Chardonnay with dinner but hey ho ho ho! X

Raises hand 28 weeks and cannot believe I have another 12 weeks to go!
Echo the bum grapes I remember DS being bad but not this bad this early!
So tired and have sciatica have SPD but due to placenta previa can't do enough to set it off but that is making me stir crazy!
Logically I want the baby to stay put for the full term but selfishly I can't wait!
I was 8 months pregnant at Christmas with DS and actually hosted running round filling drinks cooking and cleaning but no way could I do that ATM just want to be a Scrooge and stay in bed avoiding the merriment but at least DS will enjoy his presents from Santa!
Have a very merry Christmas everyone I hope you have orthopaedic stockings full of gaviscon and anusol x x

I have felt like this since about 28 weeks. I'm now 32 weeks and the end seems much closer, even though I always go over my due date and end up being induced. At least it is down to single figures if I count in weeks.

I have horrible SPD and am on crutches. Perminantly feeling sick and several times a week, for no apparent reason have a bout of throwing up and upset tummy. Can't sleep and need a wee about every 5 minutes. This has truely been a rubbish pregnancy and hubby has no sympathy at all. Just moans lots at me asking him to do things to get the house ready for Christmas. He kindly invited his parents and sisters (along with their partners and a baby) over for Christmas dinner, as well.

My toddler (21 months) is also very clingy and wants picking up all the time. I have put it down to her knowing how miserable I am and it making her feel insecure.

Just want to go to bed and be woken up when the baby arrives.

Hope Christmas is a distraction from it all and we all feel better in the new year.