I have had enough :(

[carlablack]

36+5 and what the title says really.

I've managed to stay positive so far; exercising, working and all that stuff. But this past week has been something else. I just don't have the energy anymore. I feel achy, slower and 20 years older than I am.

I don't even have an emotional birth plan in my mind. I see it as a medical procedure to be done with ASAP. So it's another thing I'll have to go through. I just want my baby here and this pregnancy to be over for good!

Not sure why I'm posting this, just wanted to vent

Not sure if this will make you feel better but I’m exactly where you are at, except I’m only 15 weeks 😭😭

Least you are in the last stages. I know it doesn’t make it any better for you but I’m jel at how close you are.

Aw I remember being 15 weeks. It marks the beginning of the honeymoon phase enjoy it while it lasts!

3 weeks sound like 3 years to me

I hear you, 37 weeks and just the last three days things have suddenly turned more difficult. I walked to the GP today for my flu shot and was almost marching there and quite smug about how I was still overtaking the non-pregnant people on the footpath, but then hobbled most of the way home and had to have a bath when I got in.

Apart from being a bit sore I don't feel like this baby is coming anytime soon, no BH or fanny daggers or anything.

36+4 and feel your pain. I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck of exhaustion but can’t sleep. My pelvis feels like it’s being held together by bits of string. I’ve spent most of today crying for no reason at all. And I’m well aware I could have another month of this hell. That’s my vent.

I was there a few years back. 36+5 and felt soooo uncomfortable. Every movement I felt like a beached whale with a lead balloon inside me.
36+6 DS arrived. I shall be forever grateful to him!

I'm 37+2 and getting very uncomfortable now and very little sleep.
Promised 4yo ds we'd go to the park in the morning too

Thanks everyone, I feel a lot better now. Somehow pregnancy gets more uncomfortable later in the day.

@MiddlesexGirl wow I'm super jealous. I'm 36+6 right now :(

@37weekswithno2 I cannot imagine having a toddler while being pregnant. Some women are superheroes! I could never

I’m at this stage and only 8 bloody weeks!

Also have an 8 month old though so I feel like I’ve been pregnant for the best part of 1.5 years

I'm with you! I'm knackered! Had to take the nearly 3yo out in the buggy so she'd nap yesterday and was so uncomfortable walking about. I've get heartburn about 5 times a day and my hips hurt from having to try to sleep on my left all the time.

On the plus side, last pregnancy I had chronic insomnia for three months so this is better.

Somehow pregnancy gets more uncomfortable later in the day.

It defo does doesn't it.

Ds came into bed with me at 7.15 and dh just brought us breakfast in bed. Going to see if ds will let me snooze for an hour 🤞🏻

40+8, hang in there, you may have a while to go 😜

@Sls668 ooh I had my ds at 40+8. Hope your baby comes today

You are so close OP! Keep going! You might be early, I had my daughter at 38 weeks.

Only 16 weeks here too and already struggling, need to nap every afternoon. I'm so jealous you are near the end!

This was me not so many months ago.

I literally dragged myself through everyday. I think I cried everyday because I was so fed up and in pain.

I became deliriously happy once I’d given birth at not being pregnant anymore. I rang my sister and she couldn’t believe how well I sounded 15 minute after, I was just so happy pregnancy was done!

The most annoying bit was later on that day I kept saying if I knew it was him all along I wouldn’t have moaned as much and was adamant I’d do it 10 times over.

Good luck OP

I feel your pain @37 weeks I've got a scan on Wednesday to find out if I need to have a csection or not (transverse baby) so hopefully they will give me some answers and let me know either way what's happening.
I've been an emotional wreck for 3 days, having lots of early labour symptoms and I swear to god my baby is Edward Scissorhands and she's going to burst right out, the sharp pains are horrendous so if you aren't getting them you are super lucky.
This is my third baby (DS13 DD9) but I feel so nervous about this one. I have days when i can't wait for her to come and then I have moments where I'm so anxious and need her to stay inside forever, what if I can't cope? What if I'm too tired to feed her? 😫🤦🏼‍♀️
Mum anxiety has definitely kicked in.
Have any of you started any old wives tales yet?
I've been drink raspberry leaf tea from 32weeks, the tablets from 35weeks, evening primrose oil tablets, clary sage massages and spicy food.

I’m with you. 38 weeks tomorrow. Trying to enjoy these last few weeks as I think it may be our last baby and I know I’ll miss it. (We have a 2 year old already).
Just very uncomfortable now.

Totally feel your pain @carlablack . I am 34 weeks and have PGP - it's ok if I rest but if I even try to go for a walk it flares up. I'm fed up of sitting in the house. When I do attempt a lovely Autumn walk I just need a wee within 5 mins and start walking so slowly as my pelvis hurts so much 😫. I'm usually quite an active person so I feel like it's affecting me mentally as well as physically not being able to exercise. I know I have 6 weeks left but I can't wait to meet my baby and start to get outside and on the move, breathing some fresh air again. It feels worse with lockdown and my body feels like an 80 year old woman. We can do this - not long now!!