Struggling, please tell me it will get better soon :o(

[lmarszall]

Hi all,

Does anyone feel like complete cr*p or is it just me.

I am only 31 weeks and really struggling at the moment.

I am now bordering on totally useless and everyday tasks seem impossible. I went shopping to town the other day while DP moved the bedroom around. I was really struggling just walking from one end of town to the other and was so exhausted when i got in. Then yesterday i went to the garden centre with my mum then stood up coookin dinner for about an hour. The result was a massive flare up in my sciatica. I was agony all night and all day and could barely stand at one point.

I am starting to feel like i can't do anything and just stay sat on my fat bum all dayl Even having a bath seems to wear me out!!

I am so wanting to sleep but at night i find it so uncomforrtable. I can only manage to drift off when DP gets up about 7am and then i sleep until 11ish. Which is fine when i'm not at work but i am still working 3 days a week so it's not ideal!!

So now i am sat up as my restless legs are keeping me awake. My bump hurts when i lay down and feels really uncomfy. My body pillow isn't helping today.

How am i going to get through the next 9 weeks!!! I really don't know

Sorry for the rant.

Laura
31 weeks
xxxx

 

[*saulino*]

Hi

I completely know how you feel hun i knwo it aint gonna get better probably only worse but just think we are almost done then we will be complaining that we miss our bumps lol
Katrina

 

[cloud9]

I have felt much tireder in tri 3 than any other tri..I tend to have a nap in the afternoon if i can to keep me going. If you need to rest then rest.

 

[tuck]

you're not the only one so dont worry. I cant walk far without being totally out of breath and my feet ballooning!, at night I cant get comfortable and spend the night trying one side then the other and my bump also hurts, feels like i've pulled a muscle and then the heartburn starts!!!!! oh well, spose it's getting us used to the lack of sleep once littluns arrive!!!!!!!!!! I've been up since 5am as couldnt sleep

 

[neeko_1]

oh gosh i feel the same, i've got a cold at the mo and i just feel so. ehhhhhhhh.....

sleeping is no friend of mine, and i'm up at 7 too and then go to sleep about 1.00 on the sofa, which is fine better then the bed ..... your not the only one

walking is a joke and a snail could be faster then me

back hurts, groin hurts,everything hurts

but we have not got long

 

[Melly+2]

hun i was the same, i put on a whopping 6 stone when pg and even going up the stairs was tiring, you just have to plod on, it hard i know but it will drive you mad if you let it, just think bout the beautiful bubba at the end of it

 

[x-kirsty-x]

Im the same, everything is such an effort. I hate walking round the shops cos it wears me out. Saying that, so does walking up the stairs

Just take it a day at a time, try not to think 'Oh I've got another 9 weeks of this'. I was complaining at 20 weeks that I didnt know how Id cope for another 20! I think you just cope cos you have no choice really

When do you start your maternity leave? things will be easier for you then

 

[Dinski]

I personally feel much better than I did at 31 weeks. I was having dizzy spells, having visual distortions, couldn't walk more than a few metres without feeling exhausted and just felt like I was in some kind of weird stupor. I put it down to being anaemic as I have felt so much better the past few weeks. I have been taken Pregaday but I also think baby has dropped down a bit and I find it so much easier to breathe and I have had this energy spurt the spurt the last few weeks, I just feel so energetic and so much more comfortable. In fact I am sleeping so much better than I was a few weeks ago, its really weird. I also bought a special belt for backache which I have been wearing religiously for about a month and that has really helped as the backache has totally gone and I am independent again.

Some hospitals offer treatments such as acupuncture for free to pregnant women, you could ask you midwife and see if you could get something like that done as it is supposed to be really good for pregnancy problems (a friend of mine who had chronic sciatica had it and it vanished almost immediately).

I am sure it will get better hon! Just focus on the goal - holding your little one in your arms, try and think positive!

 

[Salad]

Hi there
I've been having a really rough couple of weeks too - I have a cold that just lingers on and on, my ankles swelled up massively overnight a couple of days ago and are still like that, and things are just not comfortable. There is comfort in knowing that I'm not the only one, and that there is an end to it!

 

[Red_Fairy]

i find that sinse about 30+ weeks i have 'bad few days' then 'good few days' - you may just be having a bad couple at the moment.
At about 34 weeks i had a full week of really bad aches and pains, 'fake labours', no sleep, etcetc... thought id die if i had to continue like that. I havent been 'that' bad sinse. Tho obviously i still get sore/tired from time to time.

 

[lmarszall]

Thanks everyone,

It helps to know its not just me being a winger! Not that i'd wish it on anyone!

I did sleep better after i eventually went back to bed at 2am. I woke at 4.30 and had a banana then woke at 7 when DP when to work then managed to get another couple of hours in afterwards!!

So i feel a bit better now.

I am taking my dog down the park in a bit for a lesuirely walk, lol! Then have to go with DP to the hospital to get his bloods done for this wierd blood thing i posted about.

Then i think i will chill all evening!

Thanks for the support )

Laura
xxxx

 

[Redshoes]

I really hope things ease for you Laura
I don't know what will help you but I would recommend relaxation, that can help send you off to sleep, and napping is better than nothing, just hope you take it easy and that helps ease the fatigue

 

[Ali K]

Don't beat yourself up about it! I've done that too, I haven't wanted to make any allowances for myself but WE'RE MAKING BABIES!!! It's hard work! Take any opportunity you can to rest, scale down your activities if you can and if people are willing to help them take them up on their offers (I'm a fine one to talk, I find it really difficult too!).

You'll get better days and they will make the worse ones more bearable! Just think, you get your body back soon!

 

[trixipaws]