Sweaty and fretty- 3rd trimester safe place to whinge

[Paie]

Following on from the Itchy & bitchy 2nd trimester thread!

I'm now 25 + 6 weeks, so very nearly 6 months gone! 3 months remaining...

Morning sickness is still very present and I've been reminded of this 4-8 times a day all week.

On the plus side- movements are now very regular and I love them! Much lower down than I remember DC1 being- lots of bladder kicks which are /not/ fun.

Hows everyone else doing with the 3rd trimester?

@LMX0
@CremeDeSudo

How are you two getting along??

@WreckItRach i really feel for you!!! Have u thought about if you would prefer the drip or section tomorrow?

I don't really want a section but they usually do the drip after breaking your waters because then it works better so I don't know if it will even work if they do the drip before breaking waters. It just feels like a big mess to be honest, I don't know what to think.

Hold your nose, hold your breath, puff out your cheeks & BLOW 😂😂 a friend of mine use to always say that as a giggle. If only!!!

If only it was that easy!!! Well hopefully things move in the right direction this evening!!! @WreckItRach

Hahaha 😂😂 I wish!! Thanks ladies, I will keep you updated.
How are you all feeling today?

Im sure they will do the drip after breaking waters? Thats what has always happened with me. Well twice lol

Ladies my fingers keep goimg all tingly and pins ans needles like? Anyone know why

Lost i've had that on & off for a few weeks, MW wasn't worried when i mentioned it. If it becomes a constant i think i'd query it tho!

Its been on all day. Well since 12.
Both hands. Had a quick Google. Its not painful so not CT.
Diabetes or deficiency. Had it in 1 hand before and was b12 def.

Ah mine came & went, never lasts more than 10 minutes. Might be worth mentioning to MW maybe?

An early one from me, hope all you ladies are okay! My body is well & truly teasing me now, i've got some interesting tightenings going on that are too painful to be BH but nowhere near the ramped up contractions i remember of yester-labour! Trying desperately to sleep through them so i'm not focusing but it's tough going 😂 daren't get my hopes up. Again. Grrr

Ooooh, are you timing them?

I have finally been getting pains too so hopefully!

Eeeeeek exciting stuff, everything crossed for you!!!
I'm not timing yet as they're nowhere near regular enough for me to worry...just at that 'okay they're enough to make me sit & notice, but we'll leave the midwife in bed for now' stage 😂 i laboured stupidly fast with my last once i got to the 'omfg this huuurts' stage so have been told once they are timably regular i have to ring.

How pissed - and stupid - will i feel if they stop 🙈🙈

How are the pains now @mustbemad17 ??

Ohhh exciting stuff happening over night then!!! Hows your pains @WreckItRach?

They bloody stopped 😩 i now feel like someone has kicked me really hard in both butt cheeks & run off. Feeling very cheated right now.

Wreckit how are you doing? Hoping you are having more luck!

Oh no! @mustbemad17 ! Your body is moving in the right direction though, hopefully it will get going soon for you.

I've got back cramps and period pains, the consultant is about to check though.

Eek hope he brings good news!! I'm having breakfast - been lazy in bed today - then gunna do some ball bouncing. Might have to persuade DH that tonight is the night his swimmers step up & finish the job 😂😂

@mustbemad17 that sounds like a lovely day!!!! 😂😂 he may step up and finish what he started!!

Can I join ladies? Just coming up to 39 weeks with baby number 2...I had already gone into labour by this point with my first so feeling well and truly fed up...I naively thought it would happen again!

Getting lots of back pain, loads of braxton hicks and have been for a week or so now, but nothing ever comes of it. Wake up every morning feeling disappointed! So hard to stay positive isn't it?

@Rochyella84 welcome 😊 hopefully things move for you soon!!! How you managing in the heat?

Just catching up with everyone. Thought I'd come on here and WreckIt would have vabe in arms.

We had mugginess followed by torrential rain yesterday. Back to mugginess today but at least there's sunshune. I'm the waddling and sweating pregnant lady now. Haha.

I'm swinging between fed up and not feeling ready - for an emergency section - (in the house and cos I need my mum to get here to look after my blind dog, me and organise OH. She's bag packed and on standby but three hours away at least) so I would rather make it to the planned one.

I've been getting a lot of tightening and really bad lower back pain plus this afternoon started with some low in pelvis period type cramps feelings. Guess everything is just trying to move in that direction.

OH and I went to the gym so I could go in the pool. It was nice but exhausting. Afterwards he took me for a meal in a Harvester, which i really enjoyed.

I dunno about anyone else but I really can't be bothered with anything at the moment... all I want to do is rest and my brain feels like cotton wool. I keep forcing myself to do little tasks inbetween resting.

@GottaBeStrong sounds like you are giving your body what it needs. Make sure you do rest lots in between activities if that's how you feel! Hopefully everything will be moving in the right direction.

I am waiting to be called to the labour ward for them to break my waters, exciting! I also just lost what must have been the other half of my mucus plug that I thought had already gone so that's good!

Ooh, come on baby and @WreckItRach! Hope you have baby very soon and all goes marvellously!

I’m bloody knackered as I had a manic day yesterday after my pre-op appointment yesterday afternoon as I had to stay in the delivery suite in the evening for monitoring of bubba after my pre-op appointment as I had a bit of bleeding on and off three times about 4 hours apart...!

However all was fine though thankfully and they found it was just an unknown reason for the bleeding from my cervix (normal for this part of pregnancy apparently) and nothing was wrong with Herbie (as I call bump! They monitored him too). I’m fine today and am looking forward to meeting Herbie very soon! I’m sure if anything else happens they would bring me in and bring my c-section forward if needed. 😖😝😱

Still doesn’t stop me worrying for the next few days and I’m still freaking out about my c-section but can’t wait to meet my little boy very soon - I honestly can’t believe I will be holding a newborn in just under a week’s time!

@lmx0 thank you! Not finding the heat too bad actually, its been so cold for most of the pregnancy that its quite a relief to be out of my boots and coat!

@Gottabestrong I can't be bothered to do anything either. But I know that walking and being active is more likely to move things along. Plus my 3 year old makes it almost impossible to do nothing!

Good luck @WreckitRach

@Wreckit - I was hoping I'd stop by to find you were well on your way by now! Fingers crossed things get moving after your waters are broken!

@mustbemad - sending wriggly baby vibes and hoping he/she gets a move on towards the exit!

It is bloody warm again today, isn't it?! Just went in for 36 week appointment and baby is partly-engaged, so that's nice to hear. Even though I know she's still bobbing up and down at this point!

Feeling quite sad this afternoon. My poor DH is just beyond exhausted from everything he's doing for us and I feel at a loss as to how to help him. He runs a security business and works 3 night shifts a week, but hates it as he takes so much abuse and doesn't get enough sleep. He wants to transition out into trades work (which he is AMAZING at), but with baby coming we can't afford a drop in income. Then a few months ago he lost a big contract, which was a huge financial blow and so stressful, but we decided to look at it as an opportunity for him to at least begin the transition, so he started trying to pick up more electrical and trades work, whilst still running his other business, working the night shifts oh and also building us a house in another city with his own bare hands. So basically he's now doing manual labour (up to 12 hours a day) for up to 4 days a week, AND doing all his business admin, doing 3 nights shifts a week, plus looking after me, our puppy and trying to chip in around the house with laundry/shopping etc etc.

Meanwhile, I get slower and more useless by the day and am 2 weeks away from MAT leave on just statutory pay. Can't even do proper walks with the dog or do the big shop or clean the house thoroughly because bloody SPD/sciatica/hypermobility is leaving me struggling to walk for more than 15 mins.

He's so tired and I can see he's trying really hard to pretend that he doesn't feel overwhelmed and sad, but I know he does and I just don't know how to help. I've been trying to build a facebook page for his new business and get it circulated and find him local jobs to take that administrative pressure off, but it feels so insufficient, and like I'm just sending him out to do more work for us!

Sorry for massive ranty post. Just needed to vent because he's gone off to work again and I'm hormonal and weepy over how tired he looked as he left.