How did you spend the last trimester?

[theprincessthepea]

With my first I remember spending the last trimester reading lots - getting lost in actual books! This was almost a decade ago. I worked until the last month so was occupied with that, followed by long naps and food. Spent lots of time with family.

This time round I don’t feel like I’m doing much. I’ve found a weekly yoga class, my DDs daily activities keep me occupied and I work from home which isn’t too intense and reading looks like browsing MN these days. I just feel a little bored. Weekdays I’m home alone in the day. Weekends are nice as everyone is home and we find something family friendly to do (cooking and cleaning has become a good way to pass time too).

Although I’m due to catch up with a few friends everyone is just so busy.

How did you/do you spend time during the last trimester?

Worked until the day of birth

I was utterly crippled with pelvic pain. Worked from home for some of the third trimester but stopped early as I was so exhausted. Could barely walk the length of myself. Watched a lot of box sets and spent time with family.

Went put and about each day as bored at home for day trips shopping cafes visiting just normal stuff really

just Normal life? Worked til due date. Went swimming. Enjoyed sleep and going to the pub!

Worked until 38 weeks then spent my time split between being exhausted sprawled out on the sofa and trying to get baby out (didn’t want to have to be induced… I was in the end). Take it easy and do whatever you feel comfortable with but it sounds like you’ve got a lot more energy than I had 😂

1st baby - hot and bothered and confined to the flat during round 1 of COVID.

2nd baby - hot and bothered and running around after toddler 😄

I don't think I did any special "me" things in my last trimesters, just normal daily life. I sound very boring! Having the occasional crafty beer or taking a nice gentle stroll without chaffing was as good as it got!

I absolutely took my friends advice of a month off before my due date and pampered myself with going out for breakfast alone, reading, mooching around, Netflix, prepping nursery... it really was the last time my mental space was just for me and the last time I was really making decisions without thinking of my daughter interwoven into each decision. I'm so pleased I did that in hindsight. She's about to turn 1 and I know baby 2 pregnancy will be completely different!

Walked a lot. It was April 2020 so covid lockdown. Dh didn’t want me going to supermarket etc so we just went for walks every afternoon and did some light gardening. I think it helped tbh, Ds was born easily within a few hours at almost 9lb. Midwife said walking lots beforehand helps, and sitting resting too much doesn’t.

I did the opposite and worked and that suited me as gave me more time off with the baby which was my priority. Loved having a full year off with both mine.

You need to do what suits you. I'd have been bored but I loved my job! With my 2nd there's a two year gap so just carried on as had a toddler to care for and I worked part time.

Was exhausted till went on maternity leave then felt alot better once not so much to do but found was busy enough with housework, cooking, looking after the kids etc, all the usual things but found had less energy (was quite anaemic too) so chance to have naps and lay ins helped. Certainly never bored or felt guilty for not doing more, growing baby and looking after a family more than enough

Couldn’t move much due to severe back and pelvic pain with SPD.

But I marvelled in my healthy baby as I had suffered multiple miscarriages and so by the third trimester, I knew we would at last get to hold our longed for baby.
Every kick and move was joy to me.

It was tough not being able to sit/stand/lie/sleep or walk without constant agony and no pain relief, I just did my best to battle through knowing it wasn’t forever.

Wish had done that with my first but had this strange idea I would be able to eventually rest once had baby and on leave. Of course absolutely exhausted by time went into labour and then had birth to recover from and baby who didn’t sleep at all, subsequently took a good few weeks maternity leave before each of babies and made things much nicer. Probably different if in very chilled job

I mostly lay on the bed watching tv, maybe hobbling down to a local cafe after putting on all the baby belly support/Velcro stuff. I just got too big to move around a lot, I was skinny with a big baby

I’m 32 weeks now and to be honest I’m carrying on with life as normal at the moment! It hadn’t occurred to me to do anything special. Trying to work until 38 weeks so I can have more time off with baby.