At the end incredibly fed up!?

[GJ91]

Hi all
I am 38+4 and feel like i have been pregnant for all eternity! it's only recently I have suddenly become so fed up. I feel selfish for complaining as I know bubba will make his appearance at the time which is best for him.
I just feel so damn irritable and impatient! I have constant dull aches in my lower pelvis and back, but still have a lot of pain in my ribs, especially whilst sitting down. i imagine thsi is because I'm short I dont have much height to my uterus so the baby seems to be managing to cause pain at the top and bottom.
At my antenatal appointments he has been flickering between 4/5 and 5/5 (free) engaged. So i think i need to come to terms with the fact he is not coming anytime soon and quit my moaning! Anyone have any suggestions on how to keep spirits high during last few weeks!? Much appreciated xx

No real advice, but you could do what I did and sulk and be irritable for 2wks! Good luck

Well, at this point it would be really unkind of me to tell you that both mine went to 42 weeks with ease! so I wont!
From personal experience, all you can do is try to be patient. Think about your little fellow, and how he/she isnt fully cooked yet! you may want them out, but they obvoiusly arent ready yet. In terms of engagement, this could not happen until the very last minute. You could try walking (if poss) or sitting on a birth ball to encourage engagement, as they both aid gravity! Also, you could take up knitting. Wont bring baby any quicker, but would keep your mind occupied!

Yes i do think the answer here is to keep occupied and try and enjoy myself!
And as for the walking I am trying to make sure i walk somewhere every day, If nothing else it will at least make me feel better for all the food i am demolishing, or hopefully convince baby to get into a good position

I am 37 + a few days now (3rd baby so bit vague on days)

I am enjoying going swimming as much as possible, helps me to sleep better, gives me more energy in the day, hopefully helps with positioning, and it is wonderful to be in the water.

The other thing that is great in late pregnancy, if you can afford, it is reflexology - it can help with easing aches and pains, can help to get labour started, and even if you think complementary therapies are a pile of poo, it is heavenly to get your feet massaged for an hour.

39 weeks today - and yup I'm fed up too. I know it'll all happen in time but still I'm getting pretty impatient.

mazzy re reflexology/foot massage - I have incredibly ticklish feet (I can tickle myself!) so I think that would end in disaster/serious injury for the therapist .

38+1 - my only real complaints is the runs of BHs keeps me on my toes! I agree re: swimming.

I have no idea if baby is engaged as its nearly 2 weeks since I last saw doctor. As its my 3rd DC I don't think it matters since DC2 engaged v late.

I still have to get through next week at work - decided to work until 39 weeks as I thought better to be at work than sitting around waiting at home getting impatient!

I found this when I was overdue with one of mine and I've never forgotten it. The last few days (or couple of weeks in my case) are quite special and unique. While there is an eagerness for it all to be over and the baby safe in your arms, there is a specialness about you two being one for a limited time only.

"The day is almost here. The day I will say goodbye to having you all to myself and the rest of the world will say hello. I want to meet you, to see your tiny face and toes and nose. But sometimes I wish I could keep you to myself forever. There is nothing like the miracle of bringing you into this world. Every day of this pregnancy has been filled with triumphs and fear, an emotional and physical roller coaster that at this moment I am sad to see coming to an end. I can remember the anticipation of the arrival of your older brother. Oh how I could not wait for that pregnancy to end. The day after the delivery, I looked into the mirror and I was hit by an unexpected, overwhelming sadness.
?My? baby was now ?Everyones? baby.
You become used to the two of you as one, it is hard to adjust to being on your own again. I felt lonely. That experience has made me cherish every moment of this pregnancy with you. I wish time could stand still for just a little while so I can engrave this feeling and the beauty of you in my body forever on my mind. I know in a couple of days, I will wake up thinking ?did I feel the baby kick?? and then I will remember that you are no longer there inside me.
Don?t mistake me, I can?t wait to see you, hold you, learn your unique personality, but I am torn with these emotions. We will always share a special bond that only we experienced. The details will fade over time but I will never forget the joy of carrying you."

36+2 weeks and due for an c/section at week 39 (third time unlucky). I am having loads of BH tonight and it's driving me mad because I keep hoping I may be in early labour (and may therefore avoide 3rd section) but am sure that I am not. Head is still free though I have read that in subsequent pregnancies head can engage right at last minute.

I don't see how I can get much bigger though - already feel like I am about to pop.

It sucks, but try to make the most of your last few days of freedom. Go to the cinema or an art gallery, or just watch a DVD of a new movie all the way through, have a meal out (if you can eat a full meal of course), have your hair done, clean and tidy the house and generally nest (or be hyper organised and cook a freezer full of casseroles), have sex if you're capable of it and get lots and lots of sleep.

The next few weeks/months/years will be wonderful but you will occasionally also think back nostalgically about having the absolute freedom to do whatever you feel like.

The sleep part is completely out of the question I do not know what it is but I have turned into some nocturnal insomniac! Most of my nights and very early mornings are spent cleaning odd things, last night it was the washing machine that had to come to bits. It is safe to say pregnancy has turned me mad.

I think I should be enjoying the things that are going to be difficult to do when baby is here like watching a film from start to finish. It isn't half as bad when I am occupied. Had a lovely day in the sun with OH drinking lots of non alcoholic bevvies and that cheered me up no end

Good luck Jacanne I hope that you can avoid that c-section if that is what you want. My midwife said to me that even in this first pregnancy the head can wait until labour to engage, so keep positive