29 weeks -anyone else feeling miserable?

[LouH1981]

Hi all,
I’m just over 29 weeks with DC2 and my pregnancy (in some ways) is really getting me down.
Don’t get me wrong, I had a miscarriage last year and it’s taken ages to conceive so I am delighted and immensely grateful to be pregnant again but I’m really suffering!
The midwife has tripled my iron supplements because I struggle to walk far or stand for too long without feeling exhausted or getting out of breath.
My son has just started school so my weekends with him are really precious to me but yesterday as soon as I got out of bed I needed to sit back down and I ended up in bed most of the day because I couldn’t keep my eyes open. There is a lovely mum at school who only has a couple of weeks to go and looks great!
My heart races at random times which I know is normal but freaks me out.
I’m self employed so I’ve already started maternity leave. My plan was to use these last couple of months to be able to walk to and from school with little one and sort out all the baby clothes/equipment and arrange Christmas before little one arrives at the end of November.
But in reality, my body feels knackered. I’m fed up with having to sit down every two seconds to catch my breath or gain some energy. My son wants me to play with him and often I can’t.
I’m only short but my bump is huge which I think isn’t helping (DH side of family have big babies and DS was induced for that reason)
Poor DH is doing everything and I feel terrible for him.
Sorry about the whole ‘woe is me’ but I thought there might be a glow at some point!
I love that I am pregnant but I feel so useless.
Anyone else out there feeling the same?

Bless you, pregnancy is tough. I’m only 13 weeks with my current one (HG hell) but my last pregnancy was awful. I hated it from start to end to be honest. I had HG from 6-20 weeks, then severe anaemia, then just general pain.

It sounds like you are struggling with iron given your exhaustion & breathlessness, are they keeping an eye on your bloods? It’s probably likely if you are short that baby is really pushing up on your lungs!

Just take it easy, I know how guilty you feel with another child. I can barely function with HG, my two year old is watching way too much TV, eating the same food over & over (as it’s all I can bear to give her) & we are stuck in the house so much more than normal. My other half is fantastic but he’s also shattered from a full week of work & a not great sleeper of a toddler! The guilt I feel is awful but I keep being reminded by everyone that’s its only temporary & a short time in their little lives. They won’t really remember this exact time. Once baby is here, a whole new kettle of fish to juggle but at least your body will return to feeling like yours again! I know I can force myself through baby exhaustion so long as I’m not throwing up, anaemic & my organs not crushed!

Sending love, not too long to go for you! Keep aiming for Christmas, as you know by then baby will be here with you It’ll be here before we know it!

I hated pregnancy. I'd struggled for a few years to conceive and dd was conceived through ivf. So I really wanted to like being pregnant.

I started getting pgp about 11/12 weeks. Crutches at 28 weeks. Housebound by 34... she finally arrived after 3 and a half days of labour at 40+5.

I was just so happy to no longer be pregnant, I didn't care that my birth didn't go at all how I wanted and I ended up with a really bad uti from them catheterising me a couple times.

I almost skipped out of hospital!

Pregnancy is so much tougher than I'd ever imagined. But this too shall pass. That was my motto!!!

I cringe thinking about it if we decide to try for a sibling. Not sure I could handle years of ivf!!

I’m 28+4 and feel absolutely lousy. I was admitted to hospital last night due to sickness and dehydration and put on a drip. I can’t catch my breath, feel huge and bad acid reflux. So yep, I’m feeling you! On the bright side we have less weeks to go now than we’ve already been through, so that’s keeping me going! It’ll all be worth it x

I'm 29 weeks and doing ok but feeling very tired and fed up, I've had two chest infections and a sinus infection in the last ten weeks and it is hard going. I also have a 2 year old and 4 year old and a job, so resting isn't an option. Only 9 weeks to mat leave for me...

Hi OP, I'm 29+5 and I feel you. Really not enjoying this now, and I don't even have most if the issues PPs have mentioned. I am just not enjoying the fact I'm now being much more restricted in what I can do (give me my body back!!), and I'm really not comfortable overnight either so my sleep is being really disrupted - I accidentally punched DH in the face last night during one of my middle of the night squirming to get comfortable sessions 😳

I do have a couple of friends who hated being pregnant so I was aware beforehand that it definitely is ok to not be that glowing stereotype, and I don't feel guilty about feeling this way! DH is doing most things here at the moment too and I do keep apologising that I'm being pretty useless, but he's ok about it and keeps reminding me that I am doing a lot by growing a human!

I hate being pregnant. This is my third time and I am DONE! I totally can't relate to the people who 'glow', have 'bags of energy' and love their bump!

Oh I'm so happy someone has started this thread, I was thinking of starting one myself! 😂 I am 29 +3 and I am really sick of it now. And it does feel like there is still quite a while to go (not helped by the people that say - seeing the size of me - oh not long now then, and I say 10 more weeks and they say oh that is quite a long time).

I just feel huge, whale like, I am really struggling with everything - walking, even standing up for a short time can leave me out of breath, putting shoes/socks on is a nightmare! Constantly exhausted but struggling with sleep. Have had PGP since pretty early on (though luckily it's never got to the crutches point). I can't really imagine how I can get bigger/ more immobile over the next couple of months!

I have got bloods coming back on whether I'm anaemic, kind of hoping that I am just so there's actually something that can be done 🤷🏻‍♀️

I really feel for you. I hated and loathed pregnancy, it's an awful exhausting process. You just have to grit your teeth and get on with it, get as much rest as you can and thank god when labour starts as it will soon be over. Don't feel bad about hating it all. You're not alone.

Tell all the Earth mothers and their pregnancy is wonderful and an almost divine experience, to fuck the fuck off.