Anyone else very fed up of being pregnant now?

[RoseberryTopping]

I'm 35 weeks and driving myself crazy! I'm so uncomfortable and this heat isn't helping. I'm constantly expanding, my jeans are getting too tight but it seems silly to buy anymore now.

I just want him out, he must be just about big enough by now!

Anyone else feeling the same?

Well it's a lot to take in so soon after delivery, I'm not surprised you're crying a lot. Personally I think you should allow yourself to feel the emotions you're feeling, it can be very damaging to hold them in. Do you have a good support network with you?
Sending lots of positive thoughts for your baby and yourself xxx

I was crying the day after delivery for no reason at all and it was unstoppable, so I would think you need to cry. Your hormones are all over the place, you had a birth experience you were not expecting, which must have felt out of control and far away from what you had hoped . On top of that your baby is having to have procedures done to investigate infection levels. If you need to cry you should be.

I hope you get some answers soon, and baby gets what is needed to make a rapid recovery.

Hi Roseberry I know how you feel with the constant texts and calls, thinking of just recording an answer machine message saying "no baby yet, don't call us we'll call you when there is news!"
What does the Bishops score of 4.5 mean? (Excuse my ignorance) is it a mark out of 5 to show how 'ready' you are to go?
Welcome huff after the hot weather over the weekend my feet look like they belong to an elephant, sat with them in cold water a couple of times yesterday. And one foot is bigger than the other for some odd reason!

Congratulations ch1a, my goodness you've been through it though. Of course you are teary, emotional etc-how could u not be after all that & now worry re baby. I really hope u can make a speedy recovery. & get home soon.

always it's a mark out of 13 I think to show how likely you are to go in to spontaneous labour/if an induction would work. The closer you are to 13, the more likely things are about to happen imminently.

I know the texts and calls are all well meaning but it's so frustrating at the same time, especially from the people who would be immediately called if he was born!

So I have been to the dr and baby Iwill has nystan drops and I have got flucanazole! The second one is not licensed in the uk, but WHO approves its use. So hope to have another chance to sort bf out!

Swollen feet sound terrible, the no baby yet questions always seem so crazy, like you are somehow responsible for not giving birth yet! Grrrr

Hi ch1a sorry I've just seen your post from this morning. Congratulations on the birth of your baby, sorry to year you have had such and awful time, first with the induction fiasco and then the crash section. Hope you are getting the support you need. Allow yourself time to cry if you need to. Thinking of you and your baby and sending lots of positive thoughts and hugs your way x

Iwill hope the medicine sorts things out for you & baby

Thanks for the explanation Roseberry makes more sense now. Have midwife appointment tomorrow but kinda hoping it all kicks off tonight so I can have a postnatal rather than antenatal checkup!

If this does not sort it I am throwing in the towel. Just want to feel sure I gave it my best shot.

Hope you end up with your post natal check Always.

Thanks iwill hope the medication sorts things out for you

Ch1a - congratulations on your DS! But oh what a scary time you have had. It's no wonder you are upset and I think it's good that you let your emotions out rather than bottle them. I hope that things have improved over today and that he's on the mend. You might also want to find out if your hospital does a birth stories review - I know some friends with traumatic labours like yours who have found it very helpful to go over what happened and why at a later date with a trained midwife.

Iwill - glad you have the medicine!. Fingers crossed it works and you can get on with the incredibly important tasks of uninterrupted newborn cuddles and cake eating very soon

Minimint is doing well. My milk has come in today (advantage of being a 3rd time mum!) and he seems more settled this evening. So I'm slightly hopeful of a better night tonight. Not that it could be much worse - no sleep until 3am last night when I handed him to DH for 2 hours before he needed another feed and I was back on it again. Running on adrenalin/fumes now I think so hoping I get a bit more sleep tonight. But he is totally gorgeous and snuggly. We ummed and aahed over DC3 for ages, and I was nervous all pregnancy, but his siblings love him and so do we, and that's all that matters for now. I'm sure the logistics of 3 will overwhelm at times, but I'm ignoring that at the moment!

Hi Everton,

You sound like us, re logistics and concerns about now it will all fit together.

I am a little miffed as I thought I was expressing each feed and it turns out that DH has been feeding her a bottle after I have gone to bed :0(

Yes eating cake and newborn snuggles sound good, those are now my aim.

Oh Iwill - my husband would probably do that thinking he's helping too! DH mentioned formula within about 2 hours of our first broken night. He thinks it would give us a bit of sleep and give me a break, and he says it thinking he's helping so I have to explain why it could impact with supply. You'd think by the 3rd baby he'd know what my answer would be. I'm not averse to formula - used it liberally with DS1 - but he knows I won't consider it while breastfeeding appears to be proceeding well, yet he still suggests it! He didn't suggest it last night despite another bad night - DS1 up with nightmares and DS2 refusing to sleep anywhere except upright on our chests. DD walked in, cheery as anything, to 4 of us bleary-eyed in our bed thus morning!

Oh goodness Everton, that sounds like a rough night. I am pretty sure we are on the edge of having lots of them. It has all been too mellow on the sleep front so far. I think as she wakes up more we are going to start to be in trouble ......

The drama appears to never stop in this house, I am sitting here smothered in a breastfeeding friendly nit treatment. My oldest is pickled in them. She has now been treated, just got to do the younger one now, and hope that the baby is unscathed. It's like a comedy of errors here at the moment.

Always and huff are very quiet. I hope this means they are having their babies now.

Hi everyone, Just come out from a midwife appointment and feeling a little excited!
She did an internal and I'm fully engaged, 3cm dilated with a bishops score of 9 (although she said "cervix is soft it's still a little long"!! So at least I know these annoying stop start contractions I've been having for days have actually been doing something useful. Now on my way home to repack my hospital bag for the 10th time and bounce on my gym ball! Just hoping nothing happens while sitting on the bus on my way home! Feeling a little achy in my tummy but not in pain or anything. I'm trying not to get too carried away but it's ok to be a bit excited right?!

Sorry to hear you had such a crap night everton hope you get a better one tonight
Iwill maybe you will look back on it and laugh (maybe!) sounds like a bad sitcom plot!
huff how you doing?

Wonder how ch1a and baby are getting on?

Life never runs smoothly does it IWill! At least you have found them and haven't had it be a surprise in front of all the school mums. How is the thrush treatment working?

I'm so jealous of you always
That does sound as if it really could be any day now though, maybe even tonight! How exciting! Now is the time to shave your legs, put some fake tan on and wash your hair - if you can be bothered. I'd rather be having a sleep personally

I'm feeling a bit fed up. 2 days past due date now, just glad I wasn't looking forward to that date as otherwise I'd be mighty dissapointed by now.

I'm getting mucous most times that I wipe, have been for a couple of days now. How long is that meant to happen before something starts? Everything I've read online says it means labour is immenient with 2nd pregnancy, but I can't quite bring myself to believe that tbh.

Thanks Roseberry I'm all sorted and ready to go, just click watching timing every twinge and willing things to get moving! I've been having mucous since Saturday too so hoping it's a good sign. But you never know, these babies like to mess with our heads!!

ch1a hope you and baby are doing ok, sure updating Mumsnet is the last thing on your kind but we are here for support if you need it. Sending you lots of positive thoughts and hugs

Roseberry I am so sorry, do not know why I have been reading your name incorrectly!

I had more mucous about a week before this time, hopefully you do not have that long to wait!

A week?! I'm Not waiting that long!!

I'm still here, swollen and waddling along in this stupid London heat and humidity on the nursery run which isn't improving my mood with DP working from home and not taking the kids for me
No developments here expect for increased pooing which someone told me is a good sign but I really can't see me going on time!
raspberry going over due sucks doesn't it? My two both went over
Everton I feel for you with 3...I'm dreading the transition and potential jealousy. My eldest 2 are only eleven months apart so never had an issue but the youngest may kick off!
always hope you made it home safely with no drama and that you're getting plenty of rest! Can't wait to hear bub is here!

Ooh always that sounds v promising, 3cm is great! Hang in there roseberry, due dates are a bit meaningless but you know now you're on the last leg of this journey!

Iwill, my goodness, so sorry you now have another issue to deal with! How did the meeting go with LLL, any help? And has the thrush cleared up at all?

I do admire all you ladies who this is your third baby-having two is pretty mental I can't quite imagine three! However part of me can't believe that this is the last newborn baby I will hold & feed, makes me feel bit sad.

Thanks ladies. Made it home ok but it felt like the longest hottest bus journey ever!
Pretty uncomfortable this evening, very achy in my tummy and having mild contractions every 10 minutes or so. Really hoping they get stronger and more frequent, let's get this show on the road! Trying not to get my hopes up too much just in case it all fizzles out to nothing

LLL meeting not materialised yet. I have fed her on the breast today and the soreness continues am not sure dosage is correct.

Go Always hope this is it!