A thread in which to complain about the 3rd tri

[isosmom]

So reading through these threads, many of us have said goodbye to the wonderful, feel good 2nd tri and welcomed in the not so comfortable 3rd tri. Thought we could all get together for a good old-fashioned bitch fest.
Let's see, I no longer sleep through the night, my bus rides make me feel nauseous, I can no longer tie my shoes, I hate stairs, I waddle, my back hurts, I'm exhausted all the time, and even though everyone keeps telling me how great I look and how I'm glowing, I feel hideous. Anyone else?

[moonchiald]

I never did get the promised energy in the second trimester, so I am feeling pretty much the same.

The last 3 days have been spent on the couch or in bed due to faintness, nausea, and weakness.

I miss laying on my back!

[Curlita]

I miss laying on my back too! And I don't feel like I sleep longer than 2 hours at a stretch. And I'm already sick of people commenting on how PREGNANT I look and asking how I feel.

I feel fine, thanks! Dammit!

[GinaRae]

I waddle too! And very very slowly. I have to cross the street twice a day for the school and I feel like everyone wants to honk at me because I am waddling so slow.

My back hurts now too.

The bummer is, I haven't quite reached the third tri! Waahhhhhh!

[moonchiald]

Originally Posted by Curlita

I feel fine, thanks! Dammit!

I told my Mom the other day that I no longer have conversations with people, I just give health updates.

[GooeyRN]

My belly is so big and I waddle. People ask when I am due, and I tell them. They seem shocked that I have so long to go yet! I am tired of an achy back and knees. My feet hurt and are swollen. Its getting painful to lift at work. I can't fit where I used to anymore. When I sit on the floor, I have a hard time getting back up. It sucks!!!

[cheeseRjedi]

I don't waddle yet but I am certainly uncomfortable a lot of the time.

It takes at least a half hour of switching from side to side to fall asleep. I need at least 5 regular pillows (although I have a body pillow so that's very helpful). I think I'll need to start sleeping propped up soon : .

I get really faint/dizzy and short of breath if I don't eat right away in the morning. Not good for someone whose DH turns making breakfast burrito into a 2 hour process .

After I eat sometimes, my heart starts beating all fast and I have to sit and relax with a fan blowing directly on me.

I am hot all the time.

Swollen feet are starting.

Whenever I go to shows (pretty regularly), I get tons of contractions dancing so I have to stay pretty mellow.

I think that's it.

It's funny though that even with all this stuff, I am generally pretty upbeat about pregnancy. I know all this uncomfortableness means I will be holding my baby soon.

[maisiedotes]

Originally Posted by Curlita

I miss laying on my back too! And I don't feel like I sleep longer than 2 hours at a stretch. And I'm already sick of people commenting on how PREGNANT I look and asking how I feel.

I feel fine, thanks! Dammit!

I work with one of those people who is always obnoxiously cheerful, and at least twice a day she says (quite loudly) "HI KERRI-GIRL! How ya feeling babe?" and I want to say "I feel like STABBING YOU." That is not nice. But I am running out of ways to say "I feel like a sweat hog, my back hurts, my tummy aches from stretching, I just peed myself when I sneezed, I hate this job, I don't want to work anymore, and I have not slept all night since last April." : But it will all be worth it.

[*Lindsey*]

My pubic bone hurts.

I feel like my belly cannot stretch any more.

I try to eat enough and get enough protein each day, but my stomach is so squished.

I waddle, too.

I'm hoping for a bedrest reprieve in the next few weeks before I turn into a blob of jello.

[AimeeandBrian]

I cannot go upstairs without resting.
I cannot breathe.
I am always thirsty, but I don't pee much. I think I sweat it out.

[sorteep]

I am exhausted
still have a sick day or two every week
can't eat much but hungry
getting heartburn
waddling
baby still breech and jamming head up under ribs
pee when I cough / sneeze
feel and look huge
calves starting to swell
work becoming very tough *sigh*
DH travels 3 wks out of every month so I get to do it *all* now!
I can't go on, I am getting depressed..

[Grace24]

Originally Posted by *Lindsey*

My pubic bone hurts.

Me too, what the heck is that? It started this week (third trimester to the day) and it's freaking me out. Is my pelvis changing shape to get ready for the birth or something?

I pee every 15 minutes whether I have to or not.
I'm constantly thirsty.
Tummy squished so I get uncomfortably full before I realize I should stop eating!
Back hurts.
Legs/feet swelling.
Feet so distended it looks like there's extra bone! and they HURT!
Wearing panty liners cuz I'm leaking pee throughout the day.
Baby's head jammed under my ribs, ow.
Walking slower and slower...waddling actually...
Can't bend over much anymore.

And if one more person says "three more months, are you sure?" WTH???? I'm measuring right on schedule. Stop making me feel like a circus freak.

Oh, yeah, and I'm fat and ugly. (or at least feel that way)

Cellulite covering every square inch of my body.

But, like a PP said, closer every day to meeting my son!

[crunchywannabe]

well-my hip problem has started really bad now.

My SI Joint pops out of place (the sacroiliac joint) and it makes it very hard fo rme to walk, sit etc. Last night it took me 5 minutes to get to the kitchen from the living room because I could not get my leg to move once I stood up (it couldn't bare the weight since the joint was out of place)

it took me almost 2 hours to do grocery shopping yesterday because I am walking so much slower now.

I don't remember ever having this much trouble/pain getting around this early and it really sucks. I don't even like to get up to go in the kitchen to make food because it hurts too bad.

[De-lovely]

HEARTBURN HEARTBURN HEARTBURN. Its terrible and sorry TMI but I am STOPPED up and they want me to take iron supplements-RIGHT! I am a belly sleeper and I am starting to be VERY frustrated with never being able to really sleep solid because I cant be on my belly. Ahhh welll......8 weeks right? For me anyway.....

[kgrfcharlton]

Wow! I thought I was the only one who was getting uncomfortable so early.

I feel like I roll from one side to the next 15 times a night (which is a lot harder than it sounds for a big prego to get that body pillow & herself readjusted!)

I now make some kind of grunting noise when I bend down to get something. My kids are always asking what's wrong.

I am craving sweets like there's no tomorrow & I am in a wedding 2 months after the baby's born! I still can't control myself!

But...like the others said, it's getting me closer to holding my little one

[marisa]

I could have written Jessica's post. The kids need me for something and I'm like "UHHHHHHH, do I have to get up, really?" Pathetic. It hurts so bad just to put one foot in front of the other.

I have a chiro appt tomorrow. I hope and pray that this gets fixed, because I'm worthless right now.

[kathteach]

Weird little moles including red dots.

[GinaRae]

Originally Posted by moonchiald

I told my Mom the other day that I no longer have conversations with people, I just give health updates.

Hubby does NOT understand this! He's like, everything is boo-hoo! All you talk about is the bad stuff, money, etc. I told him that:

A: he isn't listening to all my convos to know that and
B: that's what we do! We talk and vent and lean on each other instead of joke and pretend everything is great. Women (not all, but I think I can generalize here) tend to give and get support ALL the time. We seek it out or it just finds us, you know?

[GinaRae]

Originally Posted by kgrfcharlton

I feel like I roll from one side to the next 15 times a night (which is a lot harder than it sounds for a big prego to get that body pillow & herself readjusted!)

I now make some kind of grunting noise when I bend down to get something. My kids are always asking what's wrong.

Me too! Me too!
And I grunt when getting out of a chair or off the couch and feel like I don't even know how to stop it or realize I am doing it.

Oh! And this new thing where if I sit too long on my office chair or in the car or at the table, when I get up, sometimes my right hip WON'T WORK and I almost fall. I have to grab something and give it a second before my leg can move forward again. It feels like a sciatica thing???

[pixiesmommy]

Not much has changed with me since second tri, just getting bigger and bigger by the day. Like some others said, I constantly get worries from others that I'm going to go into labor on the spot- like I am that pregnant!! We had a tornado blow through the other day and I was in GreatClips with DD getting her hair cut and the manager said, "Chile, don't you have that baby in here. I know what storms do to pregnant women!" It was funny, but still... and then when I told her my due date, she immediately told me it is twins. Everyone is telling me it's twins. NOPE- not twins, I just grow big ole babies.

Acid/heartburn (still)
Sleeplessness (though it has been better this week, I can do more than 3 hrs a night)
Getting up to pee... and getting up to pee again... and again... (averaging every 2 hrs/night now)
Tired... it's coming back with a vengeance
Thrush (still. Will talk to MW about drugs for it tonight.)
Breathlessness- at night and some during day
Hot flashes
Not fitting into ANYTHING. Pants either dig in or fall off, shirts are ALL too short and tight.
Waddling- yuck
Trying to stand from squatting or sitting on floor (I can't do any bending anymore without total pain.)
Answering WEIRD questions from strangers- "Sooooo, how are you feeling?"
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And, yeah, pubic pain.. but that's old news! (Sitting on the birth ball helps and the Arnica helps some too.)

Manda