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??

@mustbemad17 we are very similar, I am 39 weeks. Had my first baby at this gestation too so was sort of hoping the same would happen again! It is incredibly disheartening and so hard to stay positive!

Ah both my previous were late - 4 & 8 days 😩 been given 12 days to go over this time, hoping i won't need it! Monkey is back to back so currently getting some interesting spinal shocks when he moves. Safe to say i want this over now!!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=GhYrSDgAjII was the video I found particularly helpful, did it each night before bed for a while. She's a bit eccentric but knows what she's talking about! There was also this one m.youtube.com/watch?v=aVW7lalrwxE which goes over what I think is a key exercise. Acupuncture sounds like a great shout too.

Lmx0 I just used the cooling gel and I think maybe some witch hazel and basically waited for it to go down which it did in a few days. Might look for something more hardcore this time! It was definitely a case of needing at least one cushion on every surface I sat down on for a little while!

Ouch, a whole miserable evening of BH!!! I'm only 33 weeks. Seriously fed up and so long to go!

I’m delurking to feel sorry for myself on here and to say congrats at baby Max making his appearance!
34 weeks and bloody boiling at night, have a diaphragmatic hernia so basically constantly have heartburn waking me up and just all the time, SPD has kicked in and just feel like I need a good stretch on a torture rack or something, toddler currently enjoying prime time devilment behaviour and running rings around me and DH, not organised at all for this baby so really have to pull my finger out and get a move on!

Hmmm... I had the most annoying headache yesterday and last night and today I had a bit of mucus that looked a bit more watery than mucus plug like... but then I wouldn’t know what a mucus plug is like as I didn’t go into labour naturally!

I’m sure it is ‘just’ a headache and extra mucus but i’m keeping an eye on it after my episode of bleeding on Thursday. I would laugh if Herbie arrived before my c-section on Thursday! 😂😝

@robotcartrainhat yes my teeth are more sensitive now and ive had a few days when my gums have bleed a little while brushing but yours seem to be really bad poor you!!

I am knackered today didn't have a prober nights sleep last night so im sure thats why we all seem to be having a rough time in the heat esp hopefully everything ease for us all soon!!

We were cheated out of rain today. So still muggy & horrible here.

My teeth have been abysmal this time, had to swap to a softer toothbrush my gums hurt that much!!

Going to apologise in advance for the ridiculous rant that is due to follow....i feel like i'm going to have a meltdown!!!

So am 39+3, feeling very fat, uncomfortable, painful & just fed up. And everything is just out to piss me off 🙈 we were meant to be looking at a car today - one of ours is knackered so needs replacing - got there & it had been sold. Went to pick up a TV for our room - coolest room in the flat, perfect for me melting - and the DVD player on it keeps sticking. Smart TV so connected it to the wifi - wifi keeps dropping out. Tried to contact BT, THAT keeps dropping out. Forgot to get bread out for DDs lunch from the freezer. Forgot to put the recycling out.

A nice little list of totally meaningless things in the grand scheme of it all, i know. But i currently want to rip the router out of the wall, throw the TV out the window & kick holes in the freezer. Then curl up in an invisible ball & cry.

Ah the irrationality of a hormonal woman 😂 hope the rest of you are okay

@mustbemad17 awk must you seen to be having a right stinker of a day!! Massive hugs to you alot with a nice tub of ice cream or bar of chocolate!!

*along not alot

Thanks Imx0. I had chocolate but i'm at the vomming up stage (hoping its a good sign) so didn't last long. Even my neck hurts from the shooting pains in my back.

I'm being such a weed, my poor DP was probably quite glad to go to work today!

Must I dont blame you.
Have a nice relaxing bath

Ive got headache today. Hopefully its just headache and nothing else as im high risk for p.e

Oh no! Hope it eases off. The weather is definitely not helping anyone is it!

Its lovely and cool here today thankfully

Hope its nice and cool where you are too

A lot cooler thankfully but still a bit close. We need a bit of rain!

@WreckItRach congratulations!! Glad to see this update from you.

@SK166 I totally understand how you feel about your OH and the situation. I feel like that as my OH took on a job as I became heavily pregnant and it isn't his ideal job or career - It's a job to make ends meet. He works crazy shifts and long hours doing very physical labour. It often leaves him exhausted and in pain. I don't even have any money coming in as I'm still waiting to hear back from Maternity Allowance. I don't like feeling dependent but I am at the moment. Plus he already has children, so I feel as if he's done this 'having a baby' more for me as I wanted one. I doubt he'd have had another child otherwise!

@mustbemad17 ohh is vomiting a sign? its what your DP signed up for so he cant complain lol
@LostMyBaubles are you drinking enough?
Its still around 20 here and sticky and horrible!! 😞

@lmx0 I'm having the C section on the 12th so next Tuesday.

Bag-wise I have:

Baby -
5 vests
5 babygrows
1 cardigan
2 hats
2 pairs of mittens (though not sure I need them as babygrows have them built in, but would be useful if it's not and she was just wearing a vest)1
1 swaddle muslin

3 smaller muslins
1 blanket
Waterwipes - 1 pack
Cotton wool pads - 1 pack
1 pack of pamper size 1 as OH can bring more in if needed

I have quite a bit as likely staying in 2 or 3 nights.

Me -
2 button down nighties
Big knickers
Flip flops
Soft bed socks
2 nursing bras
Maternity pads - 1 pack as OH can bring in more
20 breast pads
Lanisoh cream
Breast feeding pillow

I need to add a towel, a lightweight dressing gown, toiletries, wide tooth comb abd hairband, prescription medications, Windeze, a charger and my phone and so on. I might add some cereal bars and one of those small things that you shoot in water to make it into squash.

I will probably travel home in what I arrived in - if that makes sense.

@robotcartrainhat are you using Sensodyne toothpaste? You could rub some directly onto your teeth and see if it helps.

@mustbemad17 I hear ya! It's so muggy here too yet weirdly the breeze is not... I'm still a sweatfest

The rib pain continues. I'm over all this now... I feel as if this is the last indignity as I can't even get up in bed without major pain, grimmacing, flailing and rocking about like a turtle on its back. I also still have that annoying cough so when I cough the rib pain is even worse.

I'm so ready but not ready to have this baby via the sunroof. I just want the house a certain way and yet I don't think it will be the way I want it as I can't do it. I need to let go and just muddle along.

To complete the happy picture, my elderly little dog had blood in her pee... she was poorly since yesterday afternoon so there I am trying to bend down and clear up mess and take care of her... very difficult. We just got back from the vets a little while ago so she's now on antibiotics for a suspected UTI. The course finishes the day before my c section so fingers crossed she recovers by then!

Imx0 apparently vomiting can be a sign your body is getting ready, same for loose stools. That alongside the intense pressure in my pubic bone is making me hopeful.

GottaBeStrong i haven't got the rib pain, but i feel you about being totally done in. I'm covered in heat pads, deep heat, taken as much paracetamol as i'm allowed might as well eat smarties & i'm still painful. Can't even have a bath as DP is on lates & there is a risk i won't be able to get out without help 🙈

Have told DP that he now is charged with physically pulling this baby out. Like, I actually don't care how anymore, i want the squatter gone. I don't think the menfolk understand just how painful this can be, i'm having a lot of them tell me i'm being a wuss & to suck it up. I'm holding my temper but you may see me in the news for mass murder in the next week...

@GottaBeStrong sounds similar to what i have so thats out my mind at ease Could u get help around home so its nearly the way u want it? Awww your poor doggie hopefully so will be back to her normal self by tues
@mustbemad17 🤞🏻🤞🏻 that its a good sign for you im sure you are so over is it isnt it now and how rude telling you to suck it up give them a hard kick n see how they suck it up!!
I got my letter today from the HV for her to come out n see me