Is anyone else totally fed up?
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Topic: Is anyone else totally fed up?
Posted By: SarahG
Subject: Is anyone else totally fed up?
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 2:07pm
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Hi,
I'm 36 weeks pregnant with my 3rd baby and I've now finished work (yesterday) and I'm totally fed up with everything. I just want the baby out and to go back to being a mother again. I feel I can't do anything but be a whale (as DH says - kindly tho). Is anyone else feeling like this? I'm almost to the point I'd beg the OB to do the C section early. I'm fed up with: Not see my feet or put on knickers, socks, shoes Not sleeping for any more than 45 minutes at night Back pain Engaged baby on my cervix, grinding away like he's making coffee beans into granules My small bladder BOREDOM Despite having nothing to do all day, when the kids are back home from school I resent having to do anything for them, cos I'm knackered (and I know I sound like a bad mum) My boobs feeling like there's a desperate need to feed someone My hospital bag being packed and waiting in the corner of the bedroom, just WAITING. DH insisting that I'm not going to go into labour early, even though he knows I'm desperate to Basically anything DH says at the moment Spotty skin, I feel like a teenager Lovely discharge, and then I keep hoping it's my waters breaking Bleeding gums, but knowing a gum infection could bring on early labour, but still I brush 2-3 times a day, cos I'm bored you know Carpel tunnel in my right hand Not being able to wear my wedding rings cos my hands have swollen, and fearing that everyone in my small village thinks I'm an unwed mum which is ridiculous cos I'm well known but still there it is. I'm sure there's more, but now I realise I sound completely neurotic. Feel free to add to the list of things you're totally fed up with. I can relate - as you can tell. Have a go....It's not futile, I actually feel better having a rant on this forum doing the above, so have a go, we are a judgment-free zone here. Take care and hugs. Sarah -------------   
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Posted By: Kellyfer
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 2:47pm
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I hear you on everything!!! Except the kids coz this is the first one and I don't even have to look after anyone else. But I'm SO FREAKING BORED just waiting!!!
When I got to 37 weeks I was like "right we're good to go now", and I expected baby to have the same ideas as me - but they come when they want to and I'm still here at 40+1. I don't like not having control of when it's going to happen, and I haven't really enjoyed pregnancy at all, so being this close to the end its like "come on already!!!" It's a pregnant woman's prerogative to sound neurotic, so vent away lol. You don't have too long to go (even though it seems like each day is a decade!) so hang in there!! And good luck. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 3:09pm
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This is my 1st too and I'm only 29 weeks, I am however beginning to understand why pregnancy is only for 9 months, any longer I'd go mad. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 3:35pm
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Im getting there... come see me in a few weeks and I wiill ticking every box LOL -------------   
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Posted By: CJsays
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 4:19pm
I'm only 16 weeks and hating the nausea and the heartburn, not looking forward to the last few weeks, for all those things you have listed and I am sure a couple more! Does it help to know I am envious you are nearly there tho whereas I have another 24 weeks to go?????
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Posted By: amme_eilyk
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 5:40pm
| I'm 20 weeks and I am over the nausea and the exhaustion. I am sick of waiting and want baby to be cooked now. 9 months is far too long. |
Posted By: SarahG
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 6:01pm
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I thought 9 months was just fine with the other two. Now I'm nearly there is just agony waiting.
I've also had indigestion and nausea again, after it being absent since about 20 weeks. Oh the joys of late pregnancy. All I want is to lay in a nice hot bath for the remainder of my time, sadly tho I've no bath in my bathroom, only showers. Snif snif. 
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Posted By: SpecialK
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 6:35pm
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Oh I so hear ya!
I am fed up with my sore achey hips and back, heartburn, not being able to bend in the middle or sleep on my tummy or go for a long walk or have a glass of wine or a hot bath, having to do anything for anyone else and the guilt that goes with it, worrying about this baby being breech and whether it will turn... *sigh* I don't do pregnant very well. No more babies after this one methinks. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: SarahG
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 7:08pm
OMG I totally forgot about booze...How is that possible?
I so want a glass of wine or a jog of pimms. And it seems that everyone keeps talking about booze around me. "Oh I bet you could do with a glass of wine" they say....Well yes of course I could, you bloody idiot. I feel like a whale, I have 2 demanding kids, and one on the inside stripping me of everything I have, not to mention having to move house last week with a breaking back and do my 4 year old's birthday party. Sorry, I'm having another rant again  -------------
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Posted By: Delli
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 7:44pm
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Being pregnant is BORING and it takes a GAZILLION years - at LEAST! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: rachaels
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 8:58am
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OMG yes!!!
Ticking all those boxes!! - Sick of having to ask someone else to cut my toenails which are growing out of control every week or so - Sick of waking up 8 or 9 times during the night because of the sleep apnoea I developed at the beginning of the 3rd trimester - Sick of wanting, no *NEEDING* McDonalds then feeling guilty as hell when I give in and get me a burger in case of listeria - Sick of being so hungry all the time, dishing up big plates then only being able to eat a couple of bites - and still getting horrid heartburn afterwards - Sick of sleeping with 4 different pillows propping me up in different places thanks to the SPD - Sick of people saying stupid things like 'hey, you're looking pregnant' or 'wow you're getting BIG' - Sick of needing to cry every 2 seconds - then giggling helplessly because needing to cry every 2 seconds is ridiculous - Sick of my son playing upside down pogo stick on my cervix - more sick of him starting to play that game at 2am - Sick of the vag hiccups - please tell me I'm not the only one getting these?? - So over looking at ladies with babies in the mall and being jealous because they already have their babies and I still have to wait 5-7 weeks for mine - Sick of new stretch marks appearing every second day - Sick of getting no sleep then having to drag my tired whale ass to work - only 12 more days to go....next time I'm stopping at 32 weeks! |
Posted By: sarahd
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 10:46am
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OMG that is hilarious.
And I am gettting sick of the nausea and I'm only 12 weeks. Looks like I have LOTS in store for me! |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 11:45am
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Dear lord Rach, what are vag hiccups????? -------------
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Posted By: SpecialK
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 12:14pm
Baby hiccups? Drives me nuts! I am also sick of people being judgemental about having a young toddler and a big pregnant belly BUT not offering to help or at least keeping opinions/snide looks to themselves! Yes, the middle aged lady at the supermarket who looked me up and down and sighed and mumbled as I tried to balance toddler on one hip, shopping in the other, nappy bag, and pay at the same time, I am talking about YOU! I am sick of people telling me how I am going to be busy with two. What do you think I do all day?! Paint my nails? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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melnel wrote:Posted By: Kellyfer
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 1:00pm
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Ugh, specialK - I sooo hear you on the stares and opinions. I'm pregnant, not a freak!! And yes, I know my life is going to change, I knew that when I decided to get pg in the first place. And people think that because you are pregnant they have a right to comment on your size/looks/cervix.
Sick of people calling me to ask if the baby has come yet. A) if he had, I wouldn't be at home to answer the phone. B) no, mum, I would not neglect to tell you when I'm in labour. And yay, now my feet look as though I have elephantitis. Mmmmm a nice glass of wine would be so nice....*sigh*. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: rachaels
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 1:17pm
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LOL - it's totally TMI!
I don't really know how to explain them, but it's only started happening in the last couple of weeks which is about the same time I started getting that bowling ball between my legs feeling... Every now and then I get a little 'popping' feeling down low and I keep having to check my waters haven't broken! Kinda feels like I've had air trapped up there somehow? Was told it was because the baby's head was engaging and putting pressure where there wasn't pressure before! Super annoying....I call them my vag hiccups....or vagcups.....LOL and nope baby hiccups are a different thing! |
Posted By: SarahG
Date Posted: 26 August 2010 at 7:42pm
God love you Rach, I'm so sorry about the vag hiccups but thankfully I don't have to deal with that, but the baby hiccups I have about 8 times a day. I am constantly checking my pad to see if my waters have broken but I haven't had that characteristic popping sound or the sudden rush in a big way. I even had the OB checking the membranes today, which are confirmed as still intact  I also sympathise with the toenail cutting, mine seem to be growing at a rate of knots. Oh and also about the plates of food. I make a normal size one then am full after only 4 bites.
I also tried to do something nice with the kiddies, making cupcakes cos I'm not going to be able to do much of that after bubs is born, but after 1/2 an hour and sh*t loads of washing up I just felt resentful that they had chosen to make the icing some horrible flavour I couldn't stand. I've now been a grotbag for the last 3 hours and it's starting to wear even me a bit thin 
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 10:05am
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I'm fed up with standing in the kitchen for ages doing some awesome baking, only to take the first bite and realise its not what I (read: the baby!) wanted at all, and then have to sit and watch everyone else demolish the masterpiece i created... naughty bubba for not letting me eat chocolate!
I'm fed up with trying to figure out what it is that I want to eat, but everything i can think of is not the right thing! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: Plushie
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 10:16am
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Oh god, i have all this to look foward too.
Im just so sick of going into shoe stores, seeing all the beautiful new seasons heels and having to carefully coach myself to buy the flats. And that empire waists seem to be going out of fashion...boo. Im really sick of the baby being on my siatic nerve, i am going to cut my leg off if the pain doesnt get better, i swear. |
Posted By: kazzam34
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 10:39am
| The only way I can get through it is by thinking that 'term' is 37 weeks which is only 5 weeks away. If I think about it as 40 weeks which is another 8 weeks away it seems unbearably too long! |
Posted By: Marengo
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 11:13am
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i wondered if i was not far enough along to be fed up yet but i will join now that bk has hehe..
i am fed up wiht the heartburn and never knowing what i want to eat! fed up with not quite looking pregnant enough for people to say when are you due, but looking large enough to get quizzical looks at work! and sick of vomiting.. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: rachaels
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 11:38am
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I know what you mean, Kaz.
I've been trying the whole pregnancy to think about it was 42 weeks because with your first you're likely to go overdue, but I can't stand the thought I might still have another 6 and a bit weeks of this. However if I think about it as 37 weeks then I've only got 2 and a bit weeks to go! I've got a new one to add to the list. We at work tend to have shared morning tea and sometimes lunches together. I'm over people insisting I get in line before everyone else, then teasing that there'll be nothing left after I'm done....then looking at my plate which isn't too full of crap because I've been SO good and restrained and saying things like 'you know, you ARE allowed to be eating for two!' Wow I am having a grumpy week
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 27 August 2010 at 5:37pm
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Oh Rach ick, baby hiccups are bad enough.. though I would class those as "fanny farts" sorry if that offends anyone! LMAO... Have you been doing a lot of pelvic floor exercises? Maybe you have been trapping some air?
Im over SPD, its sh*te! Im over peeing all the time. Im over swollen ankles. Im over not having shoes that fit. Im over my jeans constantly falling down even though they are too tight. Im over having no energy and my house suffering for it. Im over heartburn. Im over morning sickness. Im over headaches. Im over baby hiccups. Im over leaking fluids. Im over the aversion to fruit and vegetables. Im over not sleeping properly. Im over being tired all the time. Im over my body hurting. Im over being a cranky pants. BUT I am not over being pregnant... I will miss it when its gone! -------------
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Posted By: SarahG
Date Posted: 29 August 2010 at 3:39pm
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I'm really not convinced I'll miss all of this once it's gone. I'm looking forward to meeting my son and holding him, breastfeeding him and watching him sleep. I'm also looking forward to sleeping for more than 45 mins at a time and being able to withstand more than an hour between pee breaks.
I hear you all and I am fed up too with being a grump-fudder. -------------
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 11:54am
No... don't say that... you'll jinx it. Lots of new Mum's don't get that 
But I know what you mean, I'm SO enjoying sleeping comfortably / on my tummy again. I just wish there was more of it  -------------   
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 1:11pm
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Gahhhhhhhhhh this thread came at such a good time for me, thanks SarahG!!
I'm fed up too, mostly I'm fed up of being such a grumpy biarch! I wake up grumpy some mornings and I KNOW it's a pregnancy-induced bad mood but I just can't shake it and it makes me rude and abrupt with everyone and then I feel bad about that too
I'm fed up of insomnia and then needing naps in the day. Luckily I have been able to get to sleep in the day but it means I get NOTHING else done. Today I am meant to be leaving C with a babysitter while he sleeps so I can go see a friend with her NB .... but I am so tempted to call and cancel because I know that's my only chance for a sleep today.. Grrrr I am fed up of everyone's well-meaning (or not so well meaning) comments about how big I am/baby is, how there's "not long to go" and how I'm going to go overdue this time (I'd had C by this stage!)... P*SS OFF, I don't want to hear it unless you're pregnant too or have just had a baby  ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 2:30pm
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Oh hun, it must be hard for you.. you must be feeling well overdue now!
Oh and Racheals didnt have to put up with too much longer after all, her little boy arrived yesterday afternoon -------------
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 30 August 2010 at 2:43pm
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Aww thanks Mel Weirdly, I don't *feel* overdue yet but I do feel enormous and a bit nervous about getting bigger because from here on out it's all new to me.
There is one thing I'm not fed up with (yet) and that's feeling the baby move because I hadn't felt any massive kicks and things really with C before he was born, not like what I'm getting this time round anyway! Woohoo CONGRAT RACHAELS!!!! I better start posting/reading the October thread again if we're already welcoming babies
 to you too Mel for MS coming back. I am crossing my fingers that that DOESN'T happen here.
But I get you on knowing you'll miss it all afterwards. I was missing it within a few weeks after Callum And one of my friends who had her baby less than 6 weeks ago reckons she already has bump envy lol.------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: ereynolds
Date Posted: 01 September 2010 at 11:20am
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Yuss I love this thread!
Am currently 41 + 5 (despite what the ticker says...) and am so over: * The neverending itching due to bloody PUPP!!! ARGH!!! (Thank GOD for pinetarsol) * Not being able to sleep on my tummy or back- soooo looking forward to that!! * Having my feet back to their normal(ish) size * The waiting... man I hate being overdue! * Being treated like an invalid (luckily not so much by DH) * Maternity clothes and having to constantly cycle 2 pairs of jeans because NOTHING ELSE FITS * Being told that I should just relax and enjoy the time I have to myself- NOT helpful, nor wanted, especially when I am the size of a house and bored! * having reflux in the middle of the night- its hard enough to sleep as it is (espec with the itchiness) phew that feels good to rant!!
I know i'll miss it when its over, but am so excited about finally meeting baby when it decides to grace us with its presence! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: MrsMc
Date Posted: 03 September 2010 at 9:45pm
| ugh sounds horrible!! at least there is an end, you know its not going to go on forever |
Posted By: pekay
Date Posted: 03 September 2010 at 10:22pm
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I am over waking up in the middle of the night choking on vomit as my heartburn is so intense in the night time.
I am also fed up of people asking "Are you excited"....urm...WTF do you think? Of course I am !! |
Posted By: SarahG
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 7:36pm
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I'm over drooling in my sleep. It's got excessive and not something I normally suffer from. and yes I know it sounds gross. -------------
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 11:45pm
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Ewwww! But I so get you! I drool in my sleep at the moment too So weird. I *think* it's because I'm more congested so I'm sleeping with my mouth open ....? ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: 4thtymlucky
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 9:52pm
Totally agree. When they look at me and ask. "Don't you have SKY TV?"...and you're hands will be full the babies, and how will I cope?...ggrrrr...I'm already stressed out about the financial side of things and don't need their 2 cent comments about having a baby due the day after our son's first bday. |
Posted By: MrsFord
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 10:56pm
So much for me to look forward to 
So far I don't have any real complaints, I just don't really enjoy being pregnant but I am excited to feel baby move and getting to be a mum at the end of it all. -------------  
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Posted By: amme_eilyk
Date Posted: 12 September 2010 at 9:24am
| i'm sick of being emotional. i spend two hours crying yesterday because my birthday present from my brother and his gf was all stuff for the baby and nothing for me. and that my birthdays always get eclipsed by the events in our lives at the time. |
Posted By: MuppetsMama
Date Posted: 13 September 2010 at 9:12am
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Sorry if these have already been said, but because I find it so blimmin uncomfortable sitting down with my huge belly and legs spread at about 180 degrees trying to make it more 'comfortable', I havnt read all of the posts!!!
I am fed up of not being able to hug my hubby properly. I can hardly reach the man. Even sideways doesnt really work. I am also very fed up of farting. Lol TMI for some perhaps but SERIOUSLY! Living in maternity leggings at the moment and I feel like a total slob, but nothing else fits or is uncomfortable when I sit down!! All I can say is THANK GOODNESS I am having a c-section at 38 weeks, I wish it was 37 lol! Ooohhhh it is so good to have a moan! |
Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 14 September 2010 at 8:24am
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Gah I cant drive comfortably and I cant sleep and I am over it!
But I still dont want my baby yet..... -------------
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Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 14 September 2010 at 1:07pm
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OK I think I'm almost at the "hit the wall" stage!!!
I had a really good couple of weeks, excited that I'd got past C's gestation date and then last week when I got to 34 weeks and the doctor said if I go into labour they'll let me have the baby and he's a good weight etc etc etc... Now overnight I have FAT feet and FAT fingers and I can't get comfortable even when I sit down. Can't sleep for longer than 2 hours at a time. Can't carry my toddler who has also just discovered the joy that is playing dead on the ground so I can't pick him up when he doesn't want to move 
It's so FREAKING hot here at the moment, I wish I could just sit in the pool all day but to get to the pool we have to drive OR walk over an overpass on the main road which involves 2 sets of stairs so I can't even take the pram. Sigh. Ahhhhhhh it does feel good to moan about it all though! I'm trying really hard to be positive because I don't want another premmie but GAH!!! Sometimes I feel like C was fine at 32 weeks so this one will be too and I wish he'd just hurry up  That's pretty terrible eh ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: kandk
Date Posted: 14 September 2010 at 10:32pm
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I remember the boredom! At 38 weeks I was just about ready to go back to work just so I had something to do - and the highlight of my week was a dentist appointment ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kiwijosephine
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 6:27pm
| Oh my goodness, I just found this thread and I'm so relieved to see that other women are feeling the same as me. I feel terrible for being so bored with my prengancy when everyone is telling me what an amazing experience it is and how they loved every minute. And yes, I too am very aware that my life is going to change and yes, also aware that at this time next year I will have a baby.. that was the point in getting pregnant in the first place.. duh! Oh for a big huge glass of wine... |
Posted By: Emmecat
Date Posted: 19 September 2010 at 8:34pm
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TOTALLY agree on both!!! -------------   http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: newme
Date Posted: 20 September 2010 at 9:51am
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Okay, I have just started to feel a bit fed up in the last day or so.
All of a sudden I can't get comfortable at night, I think the baby must have changed positions and is head down cos now all my maternity pants are too small around the waist, and I have discovered that I have stretch marks on my bum :( AND...... I was running around chasing my son, and then I sneezed and a bit of wee came out!! |