I've finally had it. I'm done.

[orangebird]

I have had the storybook perfect pregnancy up until now. Almost 39 weeks now and my body is not tolorating it anymore My back is sore as hell during the day and at night I can't sleep due to sweating and intense pain in my hips and shoulders. I just roll side to side sweating all night. My other pregnancies have gone to 41 and 42 weeks so I fear I still have a few more weeks to deal with this pain. Waahhhhh : I am in pain day and night now. Is it that I deserve it since I didn't ever have bad morning sickness and I don't swell or get constipated? I am miserable. It hurts.

I don't know if I want sympathy, help, suggestions, to hear that someone else has this horrible pain? I don't know what I want. But I have to keep working up until the day I go into labor so I can't just chill and roll with it. I really have to do stuff. ugh.

I know, someone tell me they were late with their first two kids and then a little early or on time with their third. Please tell me it happens!

OK, that is the end of my whining.

[cheeseRjedi]

i'm in the same boat you are. sometimes i just break down crying cause i think i can't take it anymore. i can't even roll over in bed and it pretty much hurts whenever i walk. plus i have horrible stomach pains and feel like i have to go #2 ALL the time (sorry if that's TMI). plus i'm starting to throw up again : .

don't feel like you deserve this b/c it has been easy thus far.

why do you have to work until the day you go into labor? i think my saving grace with this pregnancy was that i stopped working a while ago so i could concentrate on being good for this baby. i might as well freeload while i can. if there's any time in my life that i deserve it, it's now!

feel better momma. we all have good days and bad days. take a long warm bath and make a cup of tea. it will all be worth it when you're holdin that little one

[orangebird]

Because I am the WOHM and DH is the SAHD. He usually gets a job when I have a baby so I can take the 3 months maternity leave but he still can't find a job. He has been trying really hard but can't find one. Well so far he found one and has started it but there is no way in hell it will even begin to pay the bills, maybe just the mortgage. Oh, and our stupid insurance premiums just went up by another hundred dollars this month and I still owe the midwife $500. Plus our bank account is now empty because I had to take part of May and June off work when he went out of town (touring with his band) and we are seriously so broke I can't pay all the bills this month and we have been living on our credit cards. Usually we are OK money wise, so I hate to even complain about this, but the last few months we have screwed ourselves. I need to work every last minute I can. Where is the crybaby smiley?

[Pippi]

Mara -
Dunno if it helps but I am right there with you. At 38 weeks, and done. And having to work up until the last minute too.

I can hardly walk!

Best of luck to you.
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[soccerchic21]

How about a big

I have had intense pelvic pain for a while now. It sucks...whine away

[NordicMamma]

I'm 38 weeks today and I am DONE too.

I am so uncomfortable, especially at night - stiff in all my joints and crampy both in my muscles and my belly. Plus I vacillate between constipation and diarrhea, and my ds won't leave me alone to sit on the toilet in peace and quiet.

In the last few days I finally started retaining water, and I put on 5 lbs overnight. I was going to post here asking for tips on how to get my ring off my finger (normally it slips right off, but I couldn't get it over my swollen knuckles yesterday) but I finally got it off this morning!

My MW has lent me a BP machine, so at least I can keep an eye on my BP myself.

The good news is, my mother arrives in about 7 hours time and then I can give my body permission to go into labour! :

[jeanieloz]

I'm pretty much done... I have the pain walking, laying, sitting, etc... Rolling over in bed, yeah right! It's all a big huge process, of getting out of bed, readjusting the pillows, trying to lay back into bed without getting my gown tangled up, and getting the sheets over me a little bit, if it's not too hot or I didn't work up a sweat trying to readjust my position, which is how it usually is. Or waking to have to pee for the 3-4-5th time and it being a huge process to get out of bed, and then another huge process to get back into bed and into a comfortable position. Then Chucking the whole idea and going to the couch, only to wake about a half hour later from sweating and over heating because the couch doesn't allow air to circulate around you... freezing everyone else during the night and they are sleeping with flannel quilts and here I'm basically naked other than a thin flimsy short gown drinking ice water and sweating! Waking at 4 am and not being able to get back to sleep becaue I'm starving, eventhough I had a snack before bed just 6 hours earlier, and ate dinner 3 hours before that!
BUT..... Liam, ds #2, totally surprised me this morning, I went back to bed around 6 am, and Cameron came into bed with me, and we both slept till 8 am. Cameron woke up and wanted to get his brother, Liam got up with Cameron, and made breakfast for everyone, with little supervision of his older brother Jake. He made breakfast sandwiches: scrambled egg, turkey, and cheese on ww bread. They were really good! Plus he cleaned up the mess! Totally surprised me! He's just 10 years old!
So admiss my discomfort, inability to sleep, and constant bitchy mood, my kids are doing a great job of being there for me!--although yesterday they fought on and off all day.... HEY I gotta cherish the good times, and forget the bad!
At least I didn't wake up to "We want XXXX for breakfast, make it now"
We are going through some insurance problems right now, but I've chosen to ignore them and deal with the problems after the baby is born, I not sure if the insurance will even cover anything, and they've stated they won't cover the baby till 8 weeks... UGH... Regarding that, I just "find a happy place, find a happy place" I'll have the gumption to curse at someone over the phone after baby...

Donna

[Shanana]

Well, I'm horrifically uncomfortable too, but have been that way for what feels like as long as I can remember. For those of you with bed/sleep problems, I'm tellin' ya, the recliner is the only way to go. If you're not afraid of a posterior baby and back labor, lol. Honestly, though, I probably wouldn't have slept for more than an hour a night for the last 4 months if it wasn't for my recliner. I'll probably curse it to no end while suffering through 48 hours of back labor (in mid-August, just to top things off), but it's the only thing that has made this pregnancy even remotely tolerable. Even it is starting to get uncomfortable, but I can still sleep in it for several hours before waking up in pain. Then I'll switch to the bed for 30-60 minutes for a change (even though this causes temporary excruciating pain), then back to the recliner -- usually for the rest of the night.

Nordic, for the swelling, I've found Traditional Medicinals pregnancy tea to be immensely helpful. Dunno if they have that in the great white north, but my doula said it's the nettles that help with swelling (they support kidney function), so you could get some nettle tea. Actually, I have a recipe for a tea that includes nettles and RRL (is probably very similar to the TM pg tea) ... I'll post it in a new thread.

Hugs to all you uncomfortable mamas. The end is in sight. Really!

Shana
EDD 7/29/05

[orangebird]

Thanks you all. I am sorry others are feeling so bad too but it makes me feel better that I'm not alone. I'm LMAO about the effort it takes to roll over, get in and out of bed, etc. I got so pissed everytime I have to get up and pee in the middle of the night.

Can't we just evolve to 38 week pregnancies already?

I never thought I'd complain because I really do love being pregnant. I do. I'm one of those women who loves it. But I knew the last month blues were coming, I just can't believe it's here. I can't wait to call in sick to work- in labor

[NordicMamma]

Originally Posted by Shanana

Nordic, for the swelling, I've found Traditional Medicinals pregnancy tea to be immensely helpful. Dunno if they have that in the great white north, but my doula said it's the nettles that help with swelling (they support kidney function), so you could get some nettle tea. Actually, I have a recipe for a tea that includes nettles and RRL (is probably very similar to the TM pg tea) ... I'll post it in a new thread.

I have some extremely ancient RRL tea that I have found impossible to tolerate this time, but I might have a look for nettle tea tomorrow.

Thanks for the tip!