37 weeks and absolutely hated pregnancy

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I know I shouldn't be speaking like this as pregnancy is such a beautiful thing and so many women would give anything to be pregnant, but honestly I just cannot deny how unbelievably overbearing this second pregnancy has been. It has been the longest nine months of my life and the most physically draining time, and I'm sick of people telling me to enjoy it while it lasts when I just feel constantly ill and down and struggling to get to the end.
I'm at the finishing line now with an end in sight but still can't seem to see how I am getting through each day, and then going through the joy of labour.
All I want is my baby in my arms and to have my body back as my own. Right now I feel like I'm being held hostage in my own body and so trapped.
Please tell me I'm not the only one feeling like this.

Oh god ladies I hear you! 32 weeks here and it is sooo much harder the second time around... I think its because I didn't have 2.5 years of sleep deprivation behind me the first time...
My ribs are killing me, I keep getting colds and I can barely sleep because of the stiletto disco party that happens in me when I'm in bed. DD is being particularly challenging at the moment which definitely isn't helping. I've definitely had some less than optimal parenting moments recently as I just have nothing left in the tank..
Snuggling my new DD cant happen soon enough!

Only 3 weeks and 6 days to go!! I’m counting down the days. Second pregnancy (and at home with toddler) and it is a lot more challenging than first time round where there was the luxury of peace and a lot of lying down relaxing!! I keep catching DC1’s colds/coughs and I’m really struggling to keep up with his energy levels. He’s so quick and wants me to play on the floor or run around all day long.

My bump is gigantic and I’m going to growl next time asks how long left, cos it always comes with an obnoxious comment like “oooooo so nearly another month, wow you’re big”!!

I’d always thought I’d have 3 DC, but not sure I could face another 9 months of being physically incapacitated.

Whinge over. Off to eat cake 🍰 ☕️

I always thought I'd have three too KittyKK

NO WAY 🙅🙅🙅🙅🙅

Never again!!!!

Apologies for the language but I'm fed the f**k up now. Potentially 4 more weeks of this (I'm always 10 days overdue) is making me despair. Yep I'm super lucky but the heartburn, no position apart from leaning on all fours is comfortable, the constipation, then looking fat and old and tired. Can't bend over to put shoes on. Insomnia.

I know this will all be quickly forgotten in a few weeks

I’m with you all. Absolutely hated both pregnancies, just wanted my body back and to feel normal again. Currently have a 2 year old and a 7 week old and even though it’s hard and tiring it’s nothing compared to being pregnant with a toddler.
Sciatica, nausea, spd, insomnia, people constantly making comments about how huge I was...the list is endless.
Equally feel guilty hating it because for some it is so hard to get pregnant/carry to term. And I feel so much for them.
Hang in there, it’s not much longer and fingers crossed for a few days early (my DC2 was 8 days late - mega fed up).x

I detest being pregnant and I’ve done it four times. SPD meant constant pain. I used to get up in the morning and cry I was still pregnant.

I’m so happy I gave four wonderful DC and never have to go through it again.

You are allowed to feel like that so don’t feel bad for saying you don’t enjoy it! Pregnancy is hard and tiring and it can make you feel downright ill. I absolutely hated both of my pregnancies, felt ill, dizzy, lethargic and drained, throughout, and looked forward to labour so Much. It is worth it when you have your little one in your arms but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily an enjoyable and lovely time. It’s a means to end in my book.

I loved my first pregnancy. Sailed through it. Now I'm 12 weeks pregnant with number two and I HATE everything about it!! Shitty morning sickness, hips already aching, tiredness, constant fucking nausea. I'm terrified that the sickness won't go away and I'll feel like this the whole way through. Not due til October which feels aeons away. Hate it hate it hate it!!

We tried to conceive for 6 years and I really thought I'd never get pregnant. We stopped fertility treatment and out of the blue I fell pregnant.

I've hated being pregnant from the moment I first felt symptoms. I'm supposed to be the one who is over the moon, jumping for joy etc etc but I've HATED it. I've hated the constant questions from everyone throughout eg:

• first trimester: "have you been sick much?" Seriously, why the fuck do you care if I've been sick?! I don't ask about your bowels etc...

• second trimester "is it a boy/girl? What would you prefer?"... I'd prefer it if you didn't ask such a rude question, I just want a healthy baby....

• third trimester: "are you sure it's not twins?" "You are huge...." "are you really still working?" "Will you breastfeed?" ..... etc etc etc

Literally every question or piece of advice I get pisses me off!! Now I'm over 38 weeks, hating being on mat leave and bored out of my brain. Really uncomfortable. Feel like my world will be over once this baby comes along but also really want it out because I'm so heavy.

So Yeah, I HATE being pregnant! One of the worse things I had was when my friend described me as a 'vessel' for bringing new life into the world. I feel like as soon as I became pregnant it was all anyone ever wanted to talk to me about and my normal identity has been completely forgotten by everyone around me. I've been a very grumpy pregnant woman! Can't wait for it to be over!

@rosegarden45 Wait until you're quietly wandering back to your desk at work and someone yells across the office "Wow! You look horrendous! Are you not sleeping?" It was out of concern but still!

38 weeks and I feel exactly the same, being at the finishing line actually makes it harder at times but you're almost there x

So guys looking to vent again 🙄
40 weeks today and still pregnant...this baby is evicted now and has until midnight tonight!!!
Seriously though, I am just a huge uncomfortable waddling lady and I'm so drained I just don't know where my energy for the labour or early newborn days is going to come from. I'm so fed up of people constantly messaging me "any news yet?" that I've literally just locked myself away. I feel so antisocial and not at all like myself. Will I ever feel normal again??

20 weeks. FTM. Pregnancy is seriously no fun at all. Can't wait to see baby at the end of it. But yuck!

@Feelingstressed444 - can I join the pity party? I’ve got 11 days to go. Back hurts, can’t sleep!!

Is it your first baby? If so, I felt like superwoman for the first 3 months last time. So much energy. Hoping your little one comes very soon!! It was so much better to have a baby instead of being heavily pregnant!

I need to keep mine in for the 11 days as we’re going away 2 days before for a wedding/mini break 😊

29 Weeks pregnant here with dc4 and feeling an absolute train wreck. Just been diagnosed with anaemia so feeling tired and exhausted all the time. Just climbing the stairs feels like a mountain. I miss going to the gym and being able to workout properly :(

If I go overdue with this dc, I may not be responsible for my actions

33 weeks with twins and so over it! I have a toddler too. One thing though, anyone who is anaemic or exhausted, ask about getting an iv iron drip. It has made such a difference to my energy levels.

villainousbroodmare - how do get an iv iron drip. Is it available through the gp. I have just started taking iron tablets and feel even more tired than yesterday

I went into hospital as an outpatient. It only took about 20 min to run in. I was diagnosed as quite anaemic around 15 weeks and was taking tons of iron supplements from then. What I didn't realise - and sincerely wish I had been told - was that if you are quite anaemic and pregnant, it is not likely that you will manage to correct it in pregnancy, no matter how much extra iron you take. I was so anaemic by 29 weeks that my gynae referred me to a consultant physician who organised the iron drip. Prior to the drip I was utterly exhausted; I had to put my toddler in afternoon daycare as I just couldn't cope with him. From three days later I felt better and now am better still every day. There is also a strong link between anaemia and PND which I can well believe.

32 weeks with a very much wanted and tried for DC2.

Fucking hell, I hate being pregnant.

I am waddling like I have just shit myself. I have a searing pain in my pubic bone. The skin on my stomach feels stretched to its limit. I have almost constant acid reflux. My nose is so full of snot, I can feel it running down my throat. I feel puffy and bloated in my face and my skin has gone to shit.

I always said I wanted 3, but I honestly can't see myself doing this again.

14 weeks with number two and already utterly fucking miserable; had hyperemesis (again) since 5 weeks which is still hanging around like a bad smell, and SPD pains are starting up already. Last time I at least got a few weeks gap but it looks like this time round I'm going to have them simultaneously. My diet is beige and bland; I can literally eat nothing with flavour or spice, I'm completely off all sweet stuff (even jam turned my stomach this morning), can't eat red meat...I'm going to turn in to a loaf of sliced white and give birth to a potato at this rate.

Had a c-section last time (due mainly to the SPD but tbh by the end of pregnancy I couldn't hack the thought of any more uncertainty; I just wanted the baby the hell out of me!) and have asked for another but need to wait to see the consultant. Hoping they won't fight me too hard as it's the second time around.

windchime I had that with my third and being here in the US my obn sent me off for pelvic floor physical therapy. I didn't have a problem after 2-3 weeks and I kept seeing the physical therapist every week until I was 10 weeks post partum. Highly recommend doing this because apparently after a vaginal birth your pelvic floor is weakened further (had 3 CSs so never found out if this was true for me).

I had anemia with all 3 pregnancies. My obn had a couple of different vitamins for me and one in particular worked really well. I had B12 shots after delivery while still in the hospital and that really helped me feel better.