anyone near the end with no 3?

[Frecklesandspecs]

I can't make up my mind. Shattered one minute and don't have time to feel shattered the next! I'm 35 weeks with no 3. I have two already who are nearly 4 and 2 y/o.
I am also in denial and am not allowing myself to think about how the heck it is going to be when baby finally arrives!
I am toying with the idea that it is harder being heavily pregnant with two little ones than it Will be when baby is here, but that is just plain crazy.

How are you coping?
:-)

Hi freckles, hope your holding up good with dc3, I had my dd3 11 weeks ago and felt exactly the same at that stage, it's so fresh in my head, I was shattered with my other 2 dd as I wasn't sleeping (bump was MASSIVE) so thought it would be easier when dd would be here, and to be honest it was and it wasn't all at once but she's now 11 weeks and we're all in a nice routine now it's def a lot better than when I was in the last few weeks of pregnancy it's like she she has just slotted into place with us all and is a little smiler and were all nuts about her. Good luck with the birth and hope you don't have much longer to wait untill you meet your new little dc (I went 6 days overdue which just added to my desperation!) that feeling of holding a newborn baby is the best in the world I can still smell that lovely freshly baked bun smell of her now lol. Good luck

F ;-)

I am not near the end ( 24 weeks) but also have a 5 year old and soon to be 2 year old ( in november) . Just thought id drop by and let you know you are not the only one in denial :)

I have some days where I manage really well and others where i want to crawl into a hole. Going to work is my only 'break' and dh works away all the time!! He has been home for a total of 5 nights this month. Sometimes I wonder how we managed to conceive this baby haha .

34w tomorrow, 5.2 DS1, 2.5 DS2.

I have a big squirmy belly but apart from that I haven't "realised" I'm pg

I was like this both other times though: until the baby is in my arms I won't actually get that it's a possibility, let alone a near-certainty.

That said, tomorrow I am sorting out the room that's always been "baby's bedroom" and getting the 0-1/0-3m stuff down from the attic so it might feel more real then.

But... I only have two arms and two knees. I don't know how hugs will work.

Yup, I'm totally the same. I've got a 5.5yo and a 3yo and 38+1 with this one. Some days it feels totally doable and I'm feeling really well then others I'm on my knees and just want it all over with.

I remember feeling much the same with my second as I just couldn't visualise having another baby and I'm like that again. It all worked out then so I.just have to have faith it'll all work out again lol.

Here here I am 38+6 with DC3 and am exhausted and feel so unorganised for baby coming. DC1 is 6.5 and has SN and DC2 is 2.5. No idea how we will manage but I figure that without a huge belly in the road I will at least be able to put my shoes on and get down on floor to play and without frequent pee stops every night I might have more energy.

Good luck

Morning ladies! (hi jelly) I'm 36+1 with dc3, finding it slightly easier as DD's are 8 + 4, they are really good girls, understand when I'm struggling and really try and do things for themselves (then of course I feel bad for expecting too much of them!)

Night times are hard as I'm on my own (DH works permanent nights) so I'm trying to get ready for the next day when I actually have energy, I've bought extra school uniform!

I've been pretty laid back lazy re getting stuff ready for baby, but finally have car seat, moses basket, clothes etc ready to go! Still need to pack hospital bag from the growing pile of stuff in babies room, formally known as corner of playroom!

Thanks all. Great to know I'm not alone! I guess we Will slog through it somehow! Really not ooking forward to being 38+ weeks though.

On the bright side I managed to have a bath and half shave my legs this morning ;-)
Mrfrankly, congratulations! Glad you are doing fine. How was the birth?:-\

I must now try and find something to pack in my maternity bag for the birth that hides some of my dreadful varicous veins I've had this time. ( excluding the one I aquired in my v!! :-( my body definately has had enough!

im with you all im 34 weeks on dc3 have a 4 year old dd and nearly 2 year old dd im exhausted as dd2 is still bf and co sleeping and waking several times a night i keep thinking heck how will i deal with this with a newborn will i be more tired even know i feel like i cudnt get any more tired right now who knows im just hoping all slots in to place and good luck op

Ty cupcakes. Our dcs are the same age. All October babies here!
We should check in when we have had them to report back! Good luck! :-)

hi everyone im 33 wks tomorrow and have an almost 4 and an almost 2 yo and realising everyday that i'd never felt this exhausted before in my life and then I start to worry as I just can't imagine how I will cope for another 7 (possibly 9 weeks if i'll go over again) like this. I'm the biggest I've been in any of my pregnancies and not struggling to do simple things like washing sorry if it's TMI
I also like to think that possibly being heavily pregnant with 2 other active children might be more difficult than coping with a newborn and 2 other but we shall see
good luck to you all xx

Freckles my birth was really quick just about 3 hours, was having niggles all day which didn't bother me at all, iit was about 30 mins after my waters broke that my contractions started to feel like real contractions (all two of them! ) and not long after dd arrived, dh nearly missed it!!! Thankfully I was already in hospital being monitored that day otherwise it could have been a home delivery!!! :-)

Good luck working! Lets hope our labours Will be like mrfrankly's! Was she on time mf?

She was 6 days over freckles fingers crossed ye all have speedy births too ladies

hello

I am due to have my c section on 4th october. I have dc of six and nearly five. I have terrible spd and cannot walk, drive, stand, cook or clean. Or turn over in bed without extreme agony

It was much harder being pregnant with a toddler than it was with a newborn and toddler. So I am hoping for the best this time. At least the spd should get better.... I am ignoring those who say it didn't go away

Yes me too - am 38 weeks today with DD(5) and DS(3) and am frankly just exhausted. Every movement is a monumental effort and just as I get to put my feet up the inevitable call of 'Muuummmy, I've done a pooo' comes (or similar)!

I too am holding out in hope that it can't be as tiring with a newborn - at least I should be in less physical discomfort right?! (have a feeling i'm deluding myself there...!)

I said I wouldn't complain at the end of this preg and am trying to enjoy it as will likely be my last, but in the last couple of days have really reached my limit.

Good luck to you all, i'm sure we can do it!
(sorry that was a real moan )