I hate being pregnant

[crazybutkind]

There...I said it, I know how ungrateful and selfish I sound as there are many women out there who long to be pregnant but I am done!

I have officially hit a wall!

I am exhausted I just want to lie in a dark silent room alone and be left there until this baby is born.

I have restless legs, varacus veins, constant thrush, heartburn daily, pelvic gurdle pain and migraines at least twice a week.

I am so so fed up!!

I'm 38 weeks and all I have done today is cry and feel sorry for myself.

Tell me I'm not the only one and if you want to scold me or try covering it in glitter and rainbows please don't because I'm fed up of people trying to remind me that "it's all worth it"

You are so nearly there now OP! I don’t hate being pregnant but there are definitely things I don’t enjoy. Sleepless nights, bizarre dreams, boiling feet, terrible skin... None of these are enjoyable. I’m 25 weeks tomorrow. 😫

Of course it’s all worth it in the end (we know this!!!) but it would be nice to skip to the end.

Yup, I'm with you, it's shit!

Ah bless you OP. I don't think you're alone in feeling like this at all!
I'm only 30 weeks but already wishing I could fast forward at least 8 weeks....i'm sick already!
I'm grateful and happy to be pregnant but I'm not enjoying the actual pregnancy one bit!

I’m only 28 weeks but so glad this is my last pregnancy. I know we are supposed to be grateful and I am but not with the associated side effects. Pregnancy doesn’t suit me and I don’t suit being pregnant! You are in the home straights now so just keep thinking of the end goal, I am

You are not alone! I absolutely hated being pregnant. I had a pretty good pregnancy so no reason to hate it. But I did! Being so big was such an effort, terrible skin, the anticipation, everything was just terrible. But now I have a lovely baby and don't regret it...... just not in a hurry to do it again! 😂

Yeah, being pregnant is shit. I am not going to argue with that. Tell them to shove their glitter up their arse.

I hated being pregnant too! Yes, my DTs are worth it blah blah, but pregnancy is utter shite!

One thing I did so towards the end was have a countdown on my phone so crossed off each day as it passed and I got closer to my elcs date. It helped keep me sane.

Good luck, you’re so close. YOU CAN DO THIS!!!

I absolutely hated being pregnant from early on and always felt awful about feeling that way. I learned to just accept that I was never going to enjoy it, as sad as that sounds. Once I accepted it, it actually made me more happy and made things easier. Now my baby is here and 11 weeks old I couldn't be happier! I also had a very fast and easy birth which helped, as soon as I got home with my baby I forgot all about pregnancy n how much I hated it ! Not long for you to go now xx

Pregnancy is a bloody nightmare of pain and vomit and nausea and more pain and is basically a shitstorm from beginning to end. If I could have ordered a baby from John Lewis I'd have done so in a heartbeat.

I have every sympathy for you, OP. It's nearly over. You can do this. And gas and air is your friend,

I am completely with you.

Was told I'd never conceive naturally and always thought "If I do I'll be so grateful I'll love being pregnant blah blah blah"

Nope. Nah. HATE IT.

I absolutely love my child. But I never want to do this again. I'm 34 weeks and I can't wait for this to end. Completely opposite to what I assumed I'd feel. My body isn't mine anymore, I'm in constant pain (SPD) I worry about her movements all the time and I have severe heartburn 😭

I'm so sorry, no wonder you are fed up what with the migraines and everything else. You aren't the only one to feel this way, infact the article i will link below has a comments section at the end of people feeling the same way.
www.lamaze.org/Giving-Birth-with-Confidence/GBWC-Post/how-to-cope-when-you-hate-being-pregnant
Do you think it would help to join a pregnancy support group? There are a few online that you will be able to find through google.
all the best

I have phoned the gp today in tears because I have run out of everything they have given me. Iv been on pessaries for thrush for weeks now and it isn't doing anything I really don't fancy giving birth with the discomfort down there,they can't give me anything for my migraines which is ruining me, I have run out of iron tablets so my restless legs are driving me crazy I have just sent my OH to the shop for tonic water and I am drinking gaviscon by the bottle...I'm talking those giant bottles you can get, I finished one in a day and a half the prescription the gp has been given me is never avaialable so I'm waiting for days for some relief to throw all this is the mix I have a toddler to chase after and I am losing all patience and it's not her fault. I have friends and family who are pregnant at the moment granted they are all either in the first or second trimester but non of them have a toddler and they all seem so bright and bushy tailed which really grates on me

I get thrush and heartburn, they're bad enough on their own but together, and along with everything else you're going through, sounds awful. You poor thing.

xx

OP, I don't know if you're already doing it but my GP said take gaviscon after every single meal or snack to try and prevent rather than cure??? I've found it's helped during the day it's the night time heart burn that kills me. X

I have just spoken to the doctor....well I cried to the doctor. She has sent a prescription to collect from the chemist later today so hopefully I will get some relief x

Oh OP, I feel you!

I had lots of these moments when I was pregnant- we have a three week old now. They would come and go, and I felt constantly sick all the time and just not myself at all.

Everyone who has kids tells you its worth it, and I didn't really believe them, but once I met the small person who was inside me I have forgotten all about it, and sometimes actually miss being pregnant with her now I know how amazing she really is. Positive thing though is I feel like I have reclaimed my body again and feel way more myself so think of the positives post birth to get you through it.

Everyone is different but you have 2 weeks give or take left, so try your best to take your mind off it, and treasure the moments you have to yourself before your bundle arrives. They may be few and far between for a little while!

I hope for and wish you all the love and happiness when you see your beautiful baby, and wish you a quick and easy labour!

Can you get some Omeprazole for the heartburn? It’s worked wonders for me. As regards the thrush and other awful symptoms, that’s just terrible.
On the plus side, the baby could come any day now. Just keep going. You’re winning the battle.
Would you consider electing for a c-section? I’m electing for a section for a variety of reasons - and not a decision taken lightly - but which I understand will be carried out at 39 weeks. I’m just thinking that after going through hell for the last few months, that if the birth is hard going, you sound like you are already at the end of your tether and really in the wars. It sounds like you are maybe in need of a break in all of this and that a long labour could be the last thing you need - not saying that this would be the case but it’s so hard to know how things will pan out. A section might give you a more calm and quick delivery - it would also bring things forward.
Anyway, all the best and sorry you’re having such a rough time. I’m just about 33 weeks and the novelty is really wearing off - i feel so heavy and I can’t sleep at night, etc.

OP, if omeprazole is available get that, it really helped my next level heartburn in the last few weeks.

I HATE being pregnant. I'm 38 weeks and if one more person tells me to enjoy these precious last few days I will literally kill them. With my bare hands.

I have spd, vagina varicose veins, constant twinges in my back and thighs, headaches, such bad heartburn that the daily recommended dose of antacids is a distant memory now as I'm popping them like bloody smarties just to function, I'm tired but can't sleep longer than an hour at a time, I scream in pain trying to turn over or walk more than a few minutes as the combination of down there pain is biblical and I'm just DONE.

Plus I have a 3 year old who doesn't understand why I'm so shit and why we just watch CBeebies all day long. The guilt is crippling me tbh as I keep seeing Instagram posts of mums doing amazing things with their toddlers during lockdown and think most exciting for mine is when amazon driver arrives every other day. I just want it over. I've begged for c section, induction, sweep, anything to get it moving but no.

I’m with you, 35 weeks everything hurts, heart burn is awful, I’m so fed up. Got the midwife next week wish I could beg for intervention

Thankyou all so much misery really does love company. Dr has prescribed me omoprezole for the heartburn, a course of anti biotics for thrush, more iron for the restless legs and I just have to drink gallons of water to help with migraines. Not much they can do for the veins but I'm told they will sort themselves out when baby is here but doesn't help when I am crippled by the end of the day but I can deal with them over anything else. Yes I cry out in pain when turning over in bed. I'm usually a back sleeper which is killing me at the min I just want to lay on my back. I will be picking the prescription up later so hopefully a better weekend. My OH has just walked through the door and I cried...with relief I think. He has sent me to bed so I am going to watch life and birth on bbc I player while he sorts toddler out and goes to pick prescription and a takeaway up, not that I can eat much because of the heartburn I literally ate the side salad from our Indian last Friday.

My birth with my toddler was super quick, so quick she was born at home. Only problem with this pregnancy is that baby was breech, had a successful turning of baby last week but I am convinced she's turned back

I hate being pregnant and I'm only 15 weeks. Suffer from HG and just feel utterly miserable fron start to end. 2nd one and I am so done. Will never be pregnant again.

Oh yeah forgot to say I was still throwing up 8x a day at week 27. I am never ever doing this again

It isn't ungrateful or selfish to feel that way!!

I suffered with infertility for years and experienced so much heartache and when I got pregnant with my son I still hated every single second of it.. I felt sick, I had spd, migraines, cramps, aversions, heartburn.. didn't like feeling him move.. there wasn't a single thing I enjoyed about being pregnant!!

I'm now pregnant with my second and I still haven't found anything to love about being pregnant.. So far I haven't quite hated it as much as the first time.. I was just blah about it.. but I'm almost 30 weeks now and starting to feel uncomfortable and fed up.. I still don't like feeling this one move!

It's bloody hard work and it's absolutely fine to hate it! X

I remember feeling like this, towards the end of my second pregnancy I was done. It was Christmas as well and I had so much to do but I couldn't be bothered to get my (very fat) arse in to gear. You're so close now! And honestly I find life with a newborn and a toddler than it was being pregnant and having a toddler.
Funnily enough me and my brother were discussing of either of us will be having any more yesterday and he begged me not too. He said he can't cope with the stress of me being pregnant, all he done was worry, I was in that much of a state towards the end. 😂

Him and my SIL plan on having a football team but told me if I want anymore to consider adoption.

If you have a dp tell them you're officially off duty until baby gets here and do NOTHING. Lie on the couch, eat if you can, watch trash on tv and let him worry about you!