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?

Whaaaa! Good luck Ilikecakes!!

Good luck ilikecakes!

I've been having really bad lower back pain as well as pain further up my back and a baby stuck right under my ribs, so am feeling a bit sorry for myself! Am off work today though so means I can lie around on a variety of pillows!

Good luck ilikecakes!

MW appt this morning, 37+4. All is well but baby who was 3/5 is now 4/5 - appears to be disengaging (my pesky very overdue DD did the same) and still posterior. I'm getting DH to blow up the bouncy ball this afternoon seeing as we've abandoned our BH plans due to rain!

I fully expect to be going overdue and be hanging around here for another 3 weeks at least - nothing to suggest labour is close at all, and I just don't think my body does early. I tend to cocoon biggish babies (9lb) who catch down over the first few months to a lower centile that is more indicative of a 7lb6 kind of baby IYSWIM - I clearly am a good baby growing facility but then produce semi-skimmed rather than gold top bm :)

Purplepunkprincess: exactly same position my birthday 14th June partner 30th baby due 28th. He says if baby comes on his birthday he'll be so happy and the bestest birthday ever.
Ilikecakes: fingers crossed

Ilikecakes good luck!
And well done and big congratulations to those that have had their baby's :)

I'm very fed up today, keep getting horrible BH but sadly nothing strong enough to make me consider it being the start of labour. We went on a walk to local seaside today and went on a miniature train ride, DS was waving at everyone going past and loads of people were waving back...I burst out crying! No idea why, everyone just seemed so happy and wavey

DP would be happy for baby to come on his birthday, he seems to think it would distract attention away from it being his birthday and everyone forget he is getting older just like baby lol! I don't want to go that overdue though. 1st June please? Now? I no longer care when his birthday is.

I'm looking out for signs as to when he will arrive, signs from my mood and pain levels to cliches and patterns!

Ahh when I found out my due date it seemed perfectly reasonable that I would be happy to go overdue to be lucky enough to have a nice pattern for our birthdays!

I know how you feel roseberry, it's so difficult to ignore the pains and try to stop finding signs. I also am feeling even more emotional than normal. (And very grumpy)

Good luck lilcakes, keep us posted!
Funnily enough DH birthday also v near due date, on 16th June & my nephews is on 6th, so with our due date 10th June it could v well end up sharing a birthday. DH says he doesn't mind but I do, definitely don't want to go 6 days over thank you!!
Also v emotional too, crying for some reason or other most days, not sure that's a sign other than me being very big & fed up!

Nothing here :( just loads of period type cramps and horrible backache now and again. And ahem a loss of lots of plug which was quite last night. I really hope that's a good sign!

Ooh due date is on Dr's birthday, 3 June. He didn't want that for her at first but I think he is happy about it now. I think it would be lovely.

ilike good luck! And everton :( but still a couple of weeks to go, so you never know!

Dh's birthday not dr that would be strange

Lots of June birthdays!!!

I'm due on the 22nd but it's DSs birthday on the 16th so I'm keen to avoid that time if possible, would rather he came early than late though!

I've just been onto MAU and been told to put a maternity pad in and be on watch for next coupla hours..... Aaaaahhhhhh!!!!

Good luck ilikecakes and darkside!

I feel absolutely awful. I still can't quite shake my chest infection, and am having hideous cramps and a feeling of bloatedness. (Tmi time) I've had no proper poos but a few horrid watery ones. I have no appetite and have puked a few times too. I think the antibiotics for my chest infection have left me badly constipated. At least baby is wriggling away happily. Urgh. One month today and its my due date.

Back home everyone! Contracting, cervix ripe, waters bulging (what a yucky sounding set of symptoms!!) etc, but third labours can be so starty-stoppy that MW recommended I just go home for now, which suits me. Actually have two massive things happening tomorrow morning (including DS1's little starter session for big school in Sept, which I would just cry to miss) , so would really like to hold off until tomorrow lunchtime if possible. MW reckons tonight is likely, but hoping not......!

Thanks for good wishes all

Also, joined this thread with a TMI post, so might as well continue in that vein: now walking like John Wayne after a particularly brutal examination, bleurgh! Can tell husband's dying to chuckle, but not quite daring to!

Urgh original :( I hate those poos as well cos it's already leaky enough down there without watery poos adding to it. Hope that clears up for you soon.

Not sure what to hope for you cakes, feels a bit wrong to wish you another 24 hours of stop starty labour!

Good luck Cakes! If it makes you feel any better, I am also walking like John Wayne - but because baby's head seems to have dropped (feel like I've got a weighted tennis balls between my legs) a bit further rather than anything else. Lovely.

Ladies can I ask a question? I have started to feel really quite detached from all around me. It's a bit hard to explain, it is like I am here but not quite here and I am very focussed on visualising the labour all of a sudden. Everything feels a bit surreal! Does anyone else get this before they give birth? I think I read somewhere that women can become very inwards focussed but I thought that was in the final stages of labour.

I should add at this point I have bipolar but it's been fine in pregnancy and this feels different somehow. Or it is just me

cakes I hope your little one hangs on for a bit longer and the John Wayne look has subsided! and darkside exciting times! Any update?

As for the no 2s omg my digestive system has been ruined in pregnancy. With HG it has made it even worse. Horrible. original I hope you feel better soon.

living i have withdrawn in some ways, cannot face having my DC's friends here for example, but feel ultra guilty since DD1's friend has invited her over and she has a younger brother who would benefit from coming here and I just can't bring myself to let him.

This means I will have to do something fun with Dd2 think I will bake cakes or something with her today,

Mainly though I am enjoying the calm before the storm, with my two DDs, they are at a stage where they are mostly independent so I am going to be like a first time mum all over again. I am also worried about the impact the new baby is going to have on them how the school Summer holidays is going to go, whether they will be able to do the things they want to do, or if they are going to be bored. For the last few years I have taken them on lots of picnics, to the swimming pool, camping and so on. It really is going to be just me for the most part since my DH works very long hours, so I am going to be exhausted!

So withdrawn with worry I think, more than anything else.

I imagine you are well aware of the signs that would make this something you should be concerned about, and everyone has a different situation, so this is likely your way of coping with what is to come.

Living-I wouldn't say I feel detached, but definite sense of being inwardly focused, if that makes sense. I'm much less able to cope emotionally than usual too. However with dd1 it literally isn't possible to always be focused on myself as she is so demanding! I think it's probably a usual thing right at the end of pregnancy to be completely thinking about labour-it's any time now & good to be mentally prepared. Maybe plan stuff in the day to keep you in the here & now if you feel it's a problem? Hopefully baby will be here soon

Forgot to say, number 2s for me are also not so forthcoming as they were pre- pregnancy.

Good plan to have stuff to do, see if you can meet with friends, go to the cinema, go and have a nice meal.

Your baby will be here soon.

Living - I'm finding it harder to deal with my DCs as I feel a desperate need to finally start focusing on this baby and bringing him safely into the world having largely ignored him for the first 37 weeks of my pregnancy! They have just been dropped off at my parents for a few days and while I will miss them terribly, I'm also breathing a big sigh of relief that I have a few days to turn inwards, sort my thoughts and focus on the hard work I have to do to get him here. I really need to cocoon myself now.

With DD, I completely withdrew from friends etc after I went overdue. I ignored the phone and texts and just focused on me, DH and DS. It will be harder this time as I have the school run every day, but I suspect strongly
I'll feel very similar as the time gets nearer.

Thank you so much all for the replies. The sense of withdrawing and focussing on me and the labour is definitely what it is. I'm so large and uncomfortable now and I have HG so going out much isn't really an option. I miss my friends :( But DH took off yesterday and today to spend with me and keep me company which has been lovely. He only has to work tomorrow and then Thursday is a bank holiday here. We talked it through as well and we don't think it's the bipolar. I think I'm also freaking out a bit at the idea of having a baby, it's really going to happen at last after so long.

I have decided just to take each hour, literally, as it comes and not think about the after the birth bit! Not having any experience of labour, I view it a bit like a root canal, something unpleasant that I will get through but will be worth it in the end - and the reward is much better than relief from tooth pain!

iwill that sounds lovely though, baking cakes with DD2. A nice activity to not think about the impending arrival.

everton cocooning is such a good expression. I have been ignoring pretty much everything and everyone aside from DH and doctors. Ladies who manage to be so active and social right up to the birth I am in awe of.

seasalt the emotional thing totally. I'm a bit of a wreck and very needy with DH at the moment. Who fortunately is a total star. And I cuddle my dog a lot which he doesn't seem to mind :)

I see my psychiatrist and obstetrician on Friday so will discuss it then - and get my induction date if necessary! Period type cramps here have been on and off all day and quite strong sometimes. I am trying not to get my hopes up too much but you never know. When I stood up earlier the pressure down was insane and felt like the baby was going to arrive there and then

Hope all the ladies who were having delivery symptoms are ok :)

Thank you so much all for the replies. The sense of withdrawing and focussing on me and the labour is definitely what it is. I'm so large and uncomfortable now and I have HG so going out much isn't really an option. I miss my friends :( But DH took off yesterday and today to spend with me and keep me company which has been lovely. He only has to work tomorrow and then Thursday is a bank holiday here. We talked it through as well and we don't think it's the bipolar. I think I'm also freaking out a bit at the idea of having a baby, it's really going to happen at last after so long.

I have decided just to take each hour, literally, as it comes and not think about the after the birth bit! Not having any experience of labour, I view it a bit like a root canal, something unpleasant that I will get through but will be worth it in the end - and the reward is much better than relief from tooth pain!

iwill that sounds lovely though, baking cakes with DD2. A nice activity to not think about the impending arrival.

everton cocooning is such a good expression. It must be a relief to be able to focus on yourself for a bit. I have been ignoring pretty much everything and everyone aside from DH and doctors. Right now it's pouring with rain outside and I'm under the duvet on the sofa with a bar of fruit and nut from Lidl which is strangely enough the only chocolate I can eat!

Ladies who manage to look after their kids and be so active and social right up to the birth I am in awe of. I know the kid thing is necessary but still, it is such a huge amount to do when you feel like a walrus.

seasalt the emotional thing totally. I'm a bit of a wreck and very needy with DH at the moment. Who fortunately is a total star. And I cuddle my dog a lot which he doesn't seem to mind :)

I see my psychiatrist and obstetrician on Friday so will discuss it then - and get my induction date if necessary! Period type cramps here have been on and off all day and quite strong sometimes. I am trying not to get my hopes up too much but you never know. When I stood up earlier the pressure down was insane and felt like the baby was going to arrive there and then

Hope all the ladies who were having delivery symptoms are ok.