36 weeks and counting.

[Theestrangedone]

Any tips from the mums out there who got really fatigued towards the latter end of your pregnancies?

I’m 36 weeks this week, 37 weeks on Sunday. Parenting a soon to be turning 3 year old next month (June), I am absolutely exhausted and feeling really frustrated with myself for feeling frustrated with my almost 3yr old for being well a THREE YEAR OLD. Hormones and sensitivities are a wonderful thing NOT 😂.

I honestly feel like a huge failure to my son at times as there’s just days where I physically don’t feel up to running about, yesterday we had a trip to the local wildlife zoo nearest to home and he was a bit of a handful and not really in the mood. Managed him well enough like we always do we just ignore him when he starts carrying on if we say no to something and we appease him where the appeasement is easier than the tantrum. We pick our battles really well! But by the time I got home I could have slept for 12+ hours EASILY I was so exhausted and I still am today.

I’m back on Iron supplement’s as precaution due to me having Crohn’s disease so that doesn’t always help as I had a flare up a few weeks back when my and my partner hit a rough spot and were arguing so that came as part of the aftermath. That settled, but just parenting in general is killing me atm and I hope after iv given birth that this feeling disappears a little bit as daft as that sounds.

Some days he’s a breeze, some days he drains me. I’m planned home birth, but we have the plans in place in case I do need to go in which given how ‘text book’ this pregnancy has been I doubt I would need to go in at all but you never know until its on the day of delivery but given my previous birth and how quickly it happened I’m hoping things will be the same this time plus or minus the stitches.

Any tips or tricks for an exhausted mother?? 🤣🙈

Your body is has pretty much been working at marathon-level intensity for 36 weeks. Honestly, I think that especially with a kid already, you try to keep being 'the same' and it's just not fair on your body. Appreciate what an intense thing your body is doing right now, and give it some rest whenever you can!

I’m honestly the worst for picking my ‘down time’ 🤣. Iv taken advantage this afternoon my son went out for an hour with my auntie as she needed to go to a shop and she’s gunna come rescue me tomorrow for a few hours to get me out of the house. I drive, but I just can’t manage too much driving as I get SOOOOOO uncomfortable. My baby used my ribs like a xylophone on a regular basis, that and him being head down so I can feel I’m in my pelvis most days so I’m just so uncomfortable in general.

I should really start bathing on a night instead of shower and do a bit of ‘pregnancy safe’ spa treatments on myself just to detox 😩

Yes, definitely take all of the time to relax! I know you'll never feel rested - but you'll appreciate it when you're taking 30 second showers with the baby in the bouncer staring at you 😊

I'm in the same position, so solidarity here! I'm 37 weeks with a just turned 2 year old and knew it would be hard but not this hard!
The feeling of guilt for not being on it, active and entertaining for her when she's at this age is massive!

It’s a rough ride ain’t it?!

honestly I seriously misjudged it and the fact I’m that bit ‘older’ so it’s even harder on my body 🙈

By 36 weeks I was done! Had basically another 4 weeks to go! My pregnancy was spot on. Measured perfectly and moved where he should. Was basically on my due date….
Still ended up in emergency section 🙈 I was like you - pretty sure it would have been straight forward. But nope. I wish I’d been more open to the thought it might go off piste to that extent

I’m 40 weeks and 3 days now. To say I’m bored is an understatement. I’m 2cm dilated too and the babies head and membranes are there and can be felt when they do stretch and sweeps. I feel so bad at times saying iv had enough as there are people out there unable to conceive by my god my body has HAD ENOUGH. Every little trickle or movement im like OOOOO MY WATERS HAVE GONE but noooooo it’s just my body expelling the usual stuff. It’s so frustrating this last bit.

Made all the harder by my toddler tantrums and recently diagnosed ADHD partner for some reason is taking great pleasure out of just arguing the toss with me daily over everything and anything. Can totally get his ADHD shrouds his vision and his understanding at times but my god can he be a verbally nasty A*Hole with me, today’s argument being over a menu in a local cafe saying ‘chicken steak panini’, legit ARGUING with me about it saying chicken steak wanting me to explain why a chicken makes steak and demanding the answer from me like I wrote the sodding thing! Honestly some days are so hard with him rather than my toddler!

And too update all who have kindly commented. I finally had the baby on Sat 14th 11.27pm, delivered naturally at home in my birth pool! So blooming proud of myself for managing to get my home birth this time. Good luck to the rest of the pregnant ladies with your pregnancies! ❤️