is anyone enjoying the end of pregnancy?

[mama_daba]

i feel a bit odd because i am loving this point in my pregnancy. i mean i am happy that my baby will be here son and i am happy to be waiting until
my baby is ready to come out. f i had another little one i was chasing around the house i doubt i would be enjoying this so much but since this is my firt i have nothing i need to be doing and can do whatever i want. my partner is working from home every day nd we are both feeling pretty relaxed and laid back and happy and we know the baby will come when ready. i feel a bit like a freak though for enjoying the end of pregnancy so much. it isn't that i physically feel great my hips are pretty sore and i can go for a walk which i love but after a walk i can hardly even stand for a few hours but i still feel great. i guess it is pregnancy hormones making me feel so good?

[Lukas's Mama]

I"m feeling pretty good too. I actually have a toddler to chase but I'm doing well. Much better than the beginning of pregnancy. I love my belly, the baby isn't doing things that are too uncomfortable. I'm definately wiped out at the end of the day but otherwise, I like this point in pregnancy a lot.

[Hippiemommie]

I'm feeling great, this whole pregnancy has been great. I hope that the birth is just as good. I'm chasing around a high energy 2 year old and I feel better this pregnancy than I did the first time around.

[naismama]

I'm actually feeling pretty good too, and like a pp, I have a toddler to chase! Around 34-38 weeks I was gettign so impatient to have this baby, but now I figure, I'm 39.5 weeks, and he'll be here in the next week or so. It's so soon, what's the use in being impatient now?

[2bluefish]

I have ups and downs - I think I'd be happier not pregnant at this point. But I can't complain; I've felt good when everyone else didn't. I guess we all pay the price at some point.

[Jenlaana]

I am hating it... lol. I just want the baby here already so I can have my body back and life can get moving again. It just feels like everyone/everything is motionless waiting for her to be born.

Last time I was pregnant though, it was my 2nd, but my DS was 9 yrs old and in public school (I homeschool him now) and it was my first pregnancy with DH (DS is from a previous marriage and pregnancy w/ him feels like a lifetime ago). So it was all new and exciting and all encompassing. I felt so great being pregnant I was almost sad it was over, and ready to have another baby the moment DD was b orn.

This time, I bring up DH's promised vasectomy at LEAST every other day.

[gigismom]

I am feeling really good right now... later in the day not so much but early in the day great. I have not entered that really impatient and grumpy period that I experienced with the last 2 pg at the end. I am happy being pg and am enjoying the anticipation and visualization of my birth. I don't know if we will have more babies so this could be the last few days of my life that I will be pg. I just wish it weren't so HOT outside still, mid to upper 80s when it should be mid to upper 60s. I love fall and have not been able to enjoy it yet.

jen

[mittendrin]

I am enjoying it. This is my last, dh got snipped a couple of weeks back and I love being pregnant...:

I am comfortable for the most part. Plus, I have no clue how to deal with my two wild boys and a newborn so I am enjoying every second that Niklas stays put and is still all mine.

I have never been one to start wanting the baby out as soon as I hit 38 wks, labor always took me by surprise. I think I would be fine with a 42-weeker, only my babysitter told me yesterday he booked a flight for the 5th of Nov and my EDD is Oct 30/31. That's the only reason why I am anxious to get the baby out but not at all cost. I'll start walking and lots more of DTD around 39 wks. I also scheduled a massage for the 25th to have some buttons pushed

[IfMamaAintHappy]

yeah I feel less pregnant right now at 39 weeks 5 days than I did 2 weeks ago. My hips are sore and my sciatic pain is bad, but Im not contracting, no heartburn, feeling pretty good, sleeping okay. Its wierd!

[Dena]

Yeah, I am enjoying this too!

I finally finished up all my work and have been on maternity leave this week, which has been fun. I have been busy feeding the freezer, volunteering at dd's pre-school, and doing fun things with her that I haven't had time for in the last month or so.

This may be my last pg, not necessarily by choice, and I am trying to just savor the feeling of having this little one wiggle around inside me while I spend a few special days of one on one time with dd.

[kleines]

I am honestly feeling pretty good too. My body is "working" and it is hard to get around though. My attitude is much more relaxed and positive now than it was last month. I am sure I could change day by day, but for now I am happy. We still have some things to do, many are being done today. -I am on "break."

Not that I would complain AT ALL if he decided to come sooner than later of course!

[DoomaYula]

Not I.

[Wildecat]

I have felt amazing the entire pregnancy. I must admit it has been getting harder now that I am at the end. I feel very tired and am having a lot of contractions especially at night. I have VERY frequent urination too. I love the way pregnancy hormones make me feel though

[durafemina]

I'm impatient because it's in my nature (or not so much impatience, but disbelief that the next step really is coming, so a sort of anxiety to have Life/Universe/Etc prove me wrong). BUT - I actually feel pretty good otherwise. Ok, at night the prodromal labour is pretty uncomfortable, but I don't feel like an enormous whale, no swelling, nothing more than minor aching and paining. . . and really, I'm 40 weeks today and I thought it would be a lot worse

[maureen73]

I am so anxious to have him arrive safely that it has ruined that last few weeks of being pregnant. This is supposed to be our last (I am scheduled for a tubal) however I am even having doubts about that thinking what is something does go wrong? Horrible thoughts.....but actively working on being positive for sake of baby. My father in law lectured me that my worries go straight to Jacob. If so poor boy is going to come out with bitten down fingernails and either a bald or gray head of hair.

[gottaknit]

Not loving it here. I am sooo ready to feel somewhat "normal" again, and have my mobility back!

I remember the last few weeks I was pregnant with DS. I took off work 2 weeks before my due date, and rested whenever I wanted. Shopped for baby stuff, washed and put away and oohed and ahhhed over all the cute clothes and diapers. It was a very romantic sweet time for DH and I.

Oh my God, being pregnant with an almost-three-year old is so different! I am too old for this!

DH said, "Yeah... but after a few months you'll be sad that you'll never be pregnant again." Um, NO. And please get a vasectomy!!

[gypsyfaery]

is anyone enjoying the end of pregnancy?

You're kidding right?! :

I'm not but I am glad to hear some of you are

[DoomaYula]

I did enjoy my first pregnancy, when I basically had no responsibilities!

I was single, so I made all the decisions. I was on bedrest (twins with TTTS) and I remember spending every day reading and watching movies and just relaxing and resting... it was probably really boring at the time but I look back and think, HEAVEN!

[jenmarie]

I feel pretty good overall. Frustrated a bit with the lack of mobility at this point (SPD pain), but not too bad.

I keep waffling back and forth between anticipating meeting this little one and thinking I am NOT READY yet for our little family to undergo the necessary overhaul. I know it will all work out, though.

I love how I actually LOOK so pregnant this time, not just to people who know me, but to other people too. hehheh

Last time between gaining so much weight and carrying so high, I just looked really fat, not pregnant. *laugh*

[candyapplez]

Trying to enjoy it but I broke down yesterday at the chiro's office b/c it hit me if my fingers are numb I won't be able to feel Bryce for the first time. Yes I know I'll feel him with other parts than my fingers but still... I'm going to miss him kicking me.
Oh and dh is sick so no dtd to help spur things on.