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Gross pregnancy moan

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MrsCremuel · 09/08/2021 18:28

So disclaimer - I’m very happy to be pregnant! Also feeling very sorry for myself this eve. DH away for two nights and I’m fending solo with my 27mo.

I’m so tired. I’m constipated, I now have piles and also the vulval varicose veins have flared up just to top it off. I’m waddling my way through the last trimester. I’m 31 weeks, 2 months to go. God knows what state it will be down there by then.

Please feel free to share your pregnancy woes and makes me feel less repulsive! Misery loves company right?

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SheABitSpicyToday · 09/08/2021 18:30

I constantly feel like I need to shit even though I don’t.

My spd feels like it’s slicing my Fanny into pieces.

I’m sprouting hair on my tits, chin and stomach like a fucking werewolf.

My feet are like slabs of ham.

I hate being pregnant.

SheABitSpicyToday · 09/08/2021 18:31

Oh and the skin tags. Wtf? I’m covered in them. I look like I should be on one of those channel 5 documentaries about freak show people.

Ummm21 · 09/08/2021 18:37

32 + 2 here and do not know how the hell I am meant to do this for another 8 weeks or so! Baby feels like it’s the size of a small car, my SPD is agony, still working full time and hubby works nights so I get to do the evening routine with my 3 year old alone. I get him to bed, eat ice cream to make myself feel better and go to bed to fall asleep watching love island from the night before 😂 it’s absolutely shite some days. But the end is in sight ladies, we can do this!!!!!! 💪

Ummm21 · 09/08/2021 18:39

I had horrid ones with number 1, all under my bra line. They’ve started to make a reappearance and I am not happy. Why do I need tiny bits of skin hanging off under my tits?!?

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MrsCremuel · 09/08/2021 18:45

Thank god I’m not alone! I feel so effing gross. I’ve got chocolates and a period drama to cheer me up when DS (eventually) goes to bed.

Glowing mum to be I am not. My hair is still not recovered from the post part I’m shed from my first so I look an absolute state to boot.

Never knew about skin tags! I have heard of someone growing an extra nipple though. The joys.

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FTEngineerM · 09/08/2021 18:48

I have a permanent moustache.. ah wax/shave/veet it I hear you say… if only this bad boy is skin colour 😭. It even goes pointy at the ends like some cartoon tash.

Hormones are brutal. I’m not in hiding until they relax PP.

PrimeraVez · 09/08/2021 19:05

47 degrees where I am today. I am 37 weeks and had a 9am appointment this morning to have my Strep B swabs taken. I showered just before I left the house but by the time I arrived and waddled across the car park and was seen by the doctor, my fanny was so sweaty, I actually felt relieved that my OB was wearing a mask Blush

Ummm21 · 09/08/2021 19:15

@PrimeraVez 🤣 that made me chuckle. 47 degrees is intense so I feel for you, the heatwave we just had was like living in actual hell. Hope you have got AC at least!

SillyBry · 09/08/2021 19:31

Vulval varicose veins here too! Who knew that was a thing?! One side is purple, swollen and lumpy!!
The midwife was like "yeeeeah, normal. Hopefully it'll go away post partum."

I should bloody hope so!
36 weeks here and just exhausted by the sheer effort of rolling over in bed and trying to survive my last few weeks at work!!

Amichelle84 · 09/08/2021 19:54

@SheABitSpicyToday

Oh and the skin tags. Wtf? I’m covered in them. I look like I should be on one of those channel 5 documentaries about freak show people.
I did not know this was a thing but I'm covered in them too!
Greytminds · 09/08/2021 20:01

Ok this thread is making me feel thankful that I had no idea about vulval varicose veins! Hope I won’t suddenly get them.

32 weeks here and uncomfortable and heavy with really bad insomnia. I have put on loads more weight this time and every joint is screaming at me to remind me. I feel so old and tired. Three year old DD is exhausting me too!

RandomMess · 09/08/2021 20:03

Keep up the stool softeners- lactulose or psyllium husks are great for this. Keeping it all moving will help you feel so much better Thanks

Samanabanana · 09/08/2021 20:07

I feel you! I'm 33 weeks. From 30 weeks people have been telling me I'm brave being out so close to due date, because I look so huge. My cervix constantly feels like it's being stabbed. Can't waddle anywhere without it feeling like baby will be born right there and then. I can't hug DC1 or DH because I am so round. It's currently a choice between being able to eat and being able to breathe, as I can't fit both food in my stomach and air in my lungs, apparently. It's a magical time Grin

SillyBry · 09/08/2021 20:14

@Samanabanana I could've written this myself! We had a Chinese on Saturday and I could've cried as I couldn't eat it as I was SO full of baby!

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MrsCremuel · 09/08/2021 20:29

@Samanabanana hahaha that has made me laugh.

I hear you about food. I feel like I’m about to burst, today I was eating lunch and nearly vommed in the cafe immediately following a hearty mouthful. There just is no room what with baby and already stuffed bowels and other organs vying for space.

I now just communicate in groans.

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MrsCremuel · 09/08/2021 20:30

@RandomMess I got some lactulose today so fingers crossed!

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Absc · 09/08/2021 21:05

I’m 33&6 and still have morning sickness which keeps causing me to need admissions for fluids. Glad I’m being induced soon as can’t cope much longer with the sickness.

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MrsCremuel · 09/08/2021 21:15

@Absc oh no that’s particularly cruel, I have had some third trimester morning sickness but not to that degree. Flowers

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RandomMess · 09/08/2021 21:19

Personally I think lactulose is vile and prefer Movicol. Psyllium husks are best of all as are capsules you swallow and then turns into like fibogel stuff in your stomach

Flutterby8 · 09/08/2021 21:23

I am so glad someone mentioned skin tags!! Ive developed loads near my armpits whixh I keep catching when i shave!
Constipation is real and nothing helps!
Sciatica is a killer.
Im only just over 20 weeks. Im doomed aeent i?

RandomMess · 09/08/2021 21:48

@Flutterby8 get thee to a pregnancy qualified osteopath - life savers!

Msfoxy17 · 09/08/2021 21:54

Only 14 weeks here but the nightime wees are driving me insane and I am so sleep deprived.
I go about every 1.25 hours and never get into a deep sleep.
My bladder has been a bit overactive since DD1(3 yo) and I was silly never to get it checked out/actually do something about it. Can't imagine how bad it will be by third trimester!

Flutterby8 · 09/08/2021 22:08

@RandomMess I'm actually being referred because of a long term back issue anyway but seriously don't know how I'm going to cope if I'm suffering this early on!

Bellyrumble · 09/08/2021 22:09

all I've done is moan today. 33 weeks and I've no idea how I'll make it through to the end. I haven't slept more than 4 hours for over a week, my carpel tunnel has flared up again, and im getting tightenings which are bringing back memories of my endometriosis pains (Which I was soooo happy not to have had to deal with for the past 33 weeks!!)

We can do this right?!?

sorry you're all feeling so shit but nice we're in it together

MyGrassIsBrowner · 09/08/2021 22:22

31+3 here with baby no.2 and I feel you! Feel like I'm turning myself inside out when I go for a shit and I've got one pile that gets thrombosed if I push too hard. Fuck piles. Stretchmarks popping up everywhere too.. my pubic mound of all places? Wtf!