Nearly 38 weeks and need a moan!

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I’m 37+5 and just suddenly SO uncomfortable. The last few nights I’ve been unable to sleep past about 4am and tonight I just cannot get comfortable on the sofa, floor or ball!

I know it’s normal but I just wanted to moan and get it off my chest! The thought of going overdue and potentially having another 4 weeks of this makes me want to cry!! Anyone else in the same boat?

I feel your pain although I’m 35 weeks. The worst thing for me is the insomnia. Taking me at least 2 hours to get off to sleep each night. I’m starting to dread bedtime now. I know I’m having a ELCS so I have an exact date in mind which I think is helping a lot. Hang on in there, your LO could come early or you could request an induction if it’s totally unbearable. I feel your pain though, the last stage of pregnancy can be so hard on so many levels. Fingers crossed you’ll have your LO soon!

Feeling your pain im 38 + 1 cant sleep can't sit down comfortably everything is a major effort and spend the majority of my day fed up. Just trying to focus on the positive that not that long left now 🙌🙌🙌

Ahhhh @Chocness I soooooo hope you’re right. I would be delighted if this baby turned up soon. I don’t know why tonight is so much worse than other nights have been but 4 weeks of this would be unbearable!! I’m hoping this is just a one off uncomfortable night, but it will be sooooooo nice not to have to heave myself around like some form of hippo!

37 + 3 today and I am so ready for this to be over!! My dd was 3 days early so I have it in my head I will go early this time too.. knowing my luck I will go right over. Can not get comfortable at all and feel like I am going to burst!!

38+3 here and completely fed up. My hips hurt so when I wake up in the night I have to crawl to the bathroom, my ankles are painful and puffy, my knuckles have started to hurt. I just want a good nights sleep and to be able to sit comfortably. This is my first though so I'm fully expecting to be 2 weeks over

I'm 37 weeks and fed up. My doc said will induce on my due date (how generous) but hoping to go before then. First baby so not sure that's likely. Are any of you having a sweep? I've heard they're sore and I already feel like I've been kicked in the fanny so not sure I really want one!

@Snipples my midwife said they won’t do a sweep until about 40+5 so I’ve got ages to wait.i really don’t fancy one though so but I can only imagine how fed up I’ll feel in another three weeks.

I wish there was a way to encourage these babies out but I know they will come when they’re ready!

40+5 is so long to wait isn't it. I know realistically it's not that long but when you're not really sleeping and feel like a bowling ball is about to fall out of your foof then every added day counts!

Ahh hopefully it passes quickly.

I had the worst night last night! 40+5 - I really hope I don't go over, 40 weeks is long enough!!! I have heard a number of people say that nipple stimulation has worked for them

If it's any consolation my baby arrived at 38 + 4 so you might not have long to wait!

Awww Glenn is be so happy if it arrived this weekend! Could really do with a break from the pain. I wouldn't mind not sleeping if I was feeding but not sleeping through pain is horrible

Hi girls, im 39 wks tomorrow. Extremely fed up now, huge bump, swollen everything, only feel half human today after having a headcold+sore throat from saturday, yesterday was the worst of it and today i woke up soooo much better. Actually woke during the night with what felt like mild contractions, though painful enough to wake me from my sleep.
Im due in for a sweep on tuedsay(@Snipples a sweep feels kindve like a smear), when i had my last baby i was already 1cm dilated when i got my sweep done&had horrific diahhria right beforehand which was awful, i felt sooo uncomfortable. But if i havent went before tuesday i will be welcoming that sweep hugely, uncomfortable or not lol
Its funny how at the end we start to look forward to labour so much (well i know i do anyway, even though when it happens i will crap myself lol)

I had my midwife appointment this morning and just before hand passed what I think is part of my mucus plug.. I have had a few twinges on and off today and at a reflexology appointment this afternoon I was told there was lots of heat around my womb which is a good sign! Trying not to get my hopes up too much... the midwife mentioned that they went do a sweep before 40 weeks so I have an appointment at 39+4 where they won’t do it so I will have to come back the week after. Really hoping I will have gone on my own by then though...

Fingers crossed for you @Opensesame1 hope you get some action today!!