Is this it?! Discomfort and Me

[Raffles1981]

Hi Ladies,

I am not even sure why I am starting this. I imagine there are many, many threads on here with the same talk. But I think I just need sympathy and similar stories.
So I am 34 + 6 and really miserable. My sciatic nerves are killing me slowly. My back aches, I feel like a beached whale. My nose is blocked, my sinuses are agony, I can hardly breathe. Getting dressed, putting on shoes - it is all a massive chore. I finish work a week Friday (18/08/17) and I cannot imagine how I am going to get through it. I want a hot bath (and I mean a proper hot bath, not this tepid thing we have to endure), a long, uninterrupted night's sleep and a large glass of wine with some deli meat and a poached egg on the side. This sucks right now. And it makes it harder knowing there is the whole giving birth to get through as well. I overdid it on Saturday and had an hour of cramping and sharp pains across my stomach. Nothing some paracetamol and a cuppa (decaff obviously) did not sort out but still. So hit me ladies, give me your symptoms, the worst part for you and tell me I am not alone ! xx
PS, then I read this and remember why I am doing this. And how lucky I am to be pregnant and have a baby on the way. This then makes me feel like a crappy woman for even thinking about moaning, never mind putting it into words on here. I am allowed to be miserable right?

Have a hot bath, a glass of wine, nice cured meat (by deli meat I think just sliced processed ham!) and the runny poached egg. Poached eggs are definitely fine, hot baths are fine once you have common sense and don't scald yourself or stay in way too long but who does, one glass of wine is fine, etc, etc. I don't avoid any of them, they're fine as an occasional/rare treat imo, well I don't have baths but that's because I don't like them, I have roasting showers.

You're definitely not alone, all those symptoms sound totally normal and par for the course. Try an osteopath or massage for the sciatic pain, and swimming is lovely for relief too.