I'm just over 30 weeks now with my second baby. I live with my fiancé, my (naughty!!) kitten and my 9 month old son. My fiancé goes to work 5 days a week for 9 hours, the shifts are either 6am-3pm, 10am-6pm, or 2pm-11pm. And every time he's at work, I struggle a lot. It used to be because of my anxiety, I'm not good with being on my own but I'm getting used to it now. But now I struggle because I have to carry my very heavy son up and down the stairs when it's bed time, bath time, in the morning, or if I'm just doing chores upstairs (obviously I can't leave him on his own, especially because he's a climber!)
I struggle with that a lot because my back hurts anyway, but it does even more so when I carry him. And it hurts my arms and legs and sometimes my bump too. I'm 5"0, and my build is quite small so struggle to carry heavy things, so when I carry my son around on my hip he slips down and I have to keep jigging him back up onto my hip, which of course is hard because of my bump, and it hurts my back and my arms! I'm not sure what to do because I have just over 9 weeks til I'm full term, and my fiancé can't really have time off work to help me until the baby's here, we just can't afford it, we can barely afford things at the minute anyway! I also struggle a lot with fatigue, and I get hungry really quickly after eating too, because baby takes what she needs out of what I eat, so I have to try and eat double which is hard for me, especially if I find myself not wanting to eat. It's also hard to keep on top of looking after myself, because my son is at the age where he's constantly around my feet wanting attention, if I put him down he cries, and he'll go off and play with his toys for a good hour a couple of times in the day, but mostly he stands there holding onto the coffee table or his toy and he's looking at me and crying. I know when he needs something, and I can tell the difference between his cries, and this is almost constant needy behaviour. My mum told me to ignore him and just go and get what I need to eat or do what I need to do, but how can I do that when my son is there crying because he wants me? I'm not sure if she did that with us when we were babies but if she did then, well, that sure does make me feel loved (!)
I find myself looking forward to when my son goes to bed because I finally get time to tidy up and eat and do art (I have a page on Facebook where I'll do cards for occasions or cartoon/digital cartoon art pieces for people and I occasionally get commissions, I'm currently in the middle of hand making 12 Christmas cards 
- it's called ArtyBubbles if anyone is interested!)
So, yeah. It's a struggle. I was just wondering if anyone knew any ways to help? I can't afford to hire anyone, my parents and (soon to be) in laws are at work a lot, siblings are too young, other family members are busy with their own lives, and I'm just not sure what to do! Surely I'm supposed to be resting as much as possible while I wait for my daughter to arrive? That's what I was told last time, and for all I know she could be a bit early, I could go into labour while my fiancé is at work!
Does anyone have any advice or tips or solutions? I'm just a little bit stuck...just a little bit!