Can I moan? 37w 2d; feeling emotional, teary, sick, huge .. Someone give me a virtual shake!

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I have had a pretty much trouble free pregnancy apart from slight morning sickness, I have been fine!

I know I am really lucky not to have experienced the horrors that some people do when pregnant but I am just fed up now.

1. I had the whooping cough vaccine yesterday and my arm feels like it is going to drop off
2. I cried this morning for no reason, just sat and decided I wanted to cry
3. I have out on 1.5 stones and it is all on my belly so I can't get comfy at night and can't sleep
4. I am so lacking in energy, the poor old dog is looking at me begging for a walk but I can't be bothered to take him; I feel dreadful as my dog is my precious boy!
5. Dh is at tescos and I have sent him a long list of various sweets things that I want, randoms, malteasers and fizzy water - why am I not craving broccoli and healthy stuff?

I am so looking forward to meeting my baby but I am also a little worried about whether I will be a good mum

What is wrong with me? I am not usually this kind of person!

Give me some strong words please.

Er no. I won't. Simply because this I'd how u are supposed to feel about now. It's not ur confidence or even u! It's the pregnancy. I'm csec Monday. Feel precisely the same.

On the plus tho, which might cheer u up, if u only have put on 1.5 stones that's half baby half placenta roughly so u will be more or less the same weight after a few weeks as when u started. Bf and u culd be a dress size down in about 20wks without trying. Same if formula and ur careful with diet. (Bf uses calories so would give a bit of head start)....

Ill get shouted at for that no doubt but anything to make u smile!

Am also 37+1 and feeling massive and fed up! I am booked in for c section in 2 weeks though which I am glad about as at least I know there is an end date in sight.

If you are feeling anxious about when baby comes then maybe doing some reading up on some baby books about tips on how to handle the first few months or start making batches of food for the freezer which might make you feel more prepared.

I am now finding little comfort in anything including eating as cant eat much and then feel nauseous when I do and just more bloated and uncomfortable.

See if you can find a good boxset to sit and watch and take your mind off things for a bit. I did the whole 6 series of desperate housewifes in my last pg and it was a lovely distraction! This time I have a 2.5 year old to entertain so am stuck watching CBeebies and entertaining him which is getting very difficult and by the end of the day I am collapsed on the floor with him just climbing over me!!

Let yourself feel a bit sorry for yourself as the last few weeks are really difficult but then try and concentrate on the positives and how exciting the next stage is going to be.

Me too I am 37 weeks tomorrow fed up, very sore down below from ANOTHER bout of thrush, hips killing me, tired from not being able to sleep, neglecting the poor dog, bored of waiting now and really want bub to come (but also terrified of the impending birth)

And I want to play out in tne snow. Good to see we're all in the same boat. Good Luck lovelies xx

Perfectly understandable, I'm the same except instead of it being a dog I'm neglecting it's DS.

I reckon it's nature's way of making you so fed up with being pregnant that you're willing to go through childbirth to get it over and done with. I remember in my first pregnancy spending the first 8.5 months dreading childbirth and the last few weeks googling 'how to bring on labour'.

Also, having a good cry clears out hormones that make you feel rubbish. Pregnancy and preparing to have a baby is stressful, so you're not crying for no good reason, but a very good one!

Look after yourself in these last few weeks.