Humor Me Please. 38 Weeks Pregnant and So over EVERYTHING!!!

Girrrrl, Im 30 weeks and feel this way already. Im actually pretty jealous of you!! Lord help those around me!

I had a three year old son who was diagnosed with scabies the day before my due date with my daughter (imagine my shock as I'm in the ped office having contractions and now I learn I have to wash EVERYTHING in the house and cover the whole family head to toe in prescription strength cream!), it was 119 degrees outside all week, my sister was driving two hours each way to my house every day "just in case" I had the baby and she didn't want to miss it, my mom had been staying with us for over two weeks and kept saying "I think today's the day!!!" every time I had a contraction. My daughter ended up being 4 days late, and I thought I was going to SCREAM if I got another phone call from a friend asking "when is that baby going to get here??" Hang in there, these last couple of weeks will DRAG like none other, but then the next five years will fly by!

You are supposed to feel tired, moody, grouchy, achy and completely miserable by the time you are 38 weeks pregnant. This is so you CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE THE BABY and are ready to do anything to get unpregnant including GOING THROUGH DELIVERY!!! Plus, you are getting practice being tired, moody, grouchy, and achy for when you are NOT GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP after the baby arrives.

By the way, CONGRATULATIONS!!! on your soon to arrive little one!

Humor YOU!!!! I was in your boat at 38 weeks , but was TWO BIG FAT WEEKS OVERDUE!!!! So, yes, it can get worse!!! (technically it was 13 days...thats close enough)
So that is MY ugly side.

M:)

Its 1am and i'm up because I can't sleep. My partner is knocked out because he had one to many at friends birthday party. On top of that he's snoring and grinding his teeth! It sounds like nails on a chalk board. *Excuse me, I have to go pee for the 3rd time this hour* I got a boil on my butt so sitting hurts and getting up hurts with my already aching back.
Yes, my love I feel your pain.

So close! We can make it!

My grandma always told me that God makes the last month of your pregnancy so miserable that you'll do just about anything to get that darn baby out! It's so true! I'm right there with you, I'm 35 weeks along and am already wanting this baby out. It's almost over, just hang in there (that's what I tell myself every morning).

Some women LOVE being pregnant. I'm not one of those women. For me labor was easier than being pregnant (and I had a low risk, no morning sickness pregnancy. I also had a 48hr labor with my daughter in OP for the majority of that time). I despised being pregnant. I love being a mother. Rest assured, you are not alone, you will have that baby soon and it will all have been worth it. For *me* it certainly got better.

I found the last few (okay maybe last 4-6) weeks of pregnancy was uncomfortable for me too. It's hard to really rest and there's so much anticipation/worry. Sounds pretty much normal to me.

My ugly story is that my second baby lodged her little head right on top of my bladder for the last 3 weeks--I kept hoping she would be born already cause it hurt to stand up and walk. But no, born the day before her due date. Going into labor that time was the best birthday present ever (her birthday is the day after mine). The ugly story from my first one was the rash from hell (PUPPS) the last 2 weeks and after the baby was born. It was so itchy and made me crazy.

It will get better. The newborn phase is a little crazy but you will start to get in a routine in 6-8 weeks. They grow so fast the first year it is always something new.

Hi,
:) No, it actually gets worse... :) At least initially. Then it gets better.
But I did want to comment on your idea of not having your hubby in the delivery room. Do what feels right for you. Don't think he needs to be there. Mine wasn't. I had my M. and a doula (plus hospital nurse). Because I knew my husband's worrying would distract me too much. So he waited outside. No biggie. He loves our baby the same. So seriously, talk about it with him, and do what you think will be best for you.
It is almost over...

I loved being pregnant until 7 1/2 months when I blew up and my exhusband was being a douche (like seriously, many of the reasons I divorced him happened while I was pregnant). I think I would have loved being pregnant had my ex treated me like I was still beautiful after I blew up. I am naturally impatient (with my daughter I'm not for some reason, a miracle lol) and by 9 months I wanted her OUT.

I was SO OVER my feet being swollen though.

With my last pregnancy I ended up on bed rest due to preeclampsia for the last six weeks of my pregnancy and I was miserable I have always been a very active person had just gotten a promotion to shift manager in a casino that year and suddenly there I am feeling like I'm trapped at home with my husband and 13 year old son. I was so grouchy and irritable I couldn't wait for them to go to work or school so I didnt have to tolerate them. I had a closer relationship with my dog at that point in the pregnancy, I was sick and miserable and unpleasant to be around I'm sure, thank goodness we all made it through still loving each other, it was a true test of a relationship that's for sure. It was definately all worth it once little our son was born happy and healthy in fact I think it made us closer cause we look back on it and can laugh now and figure if we can live through that sane we are set. Hang in there it does get better and it is so worth it.

You are not alone. I had to look to see for sure who wrote this because this sounds exactly what my daughter would write today. She's 38 weeks also (due date March 30) and had to quit work a couple of weeks before she'd planned to do so. She is sooo miserable! Baby on her bladder and rectum. Everything hurts. Cramps/contractions day and night. Not enough sleep and a husband who's anxious and tense. Two kids, 7 and 10, who are no more wild than usual but now they get on her nerves.

This will pass. She doesn't remember it being this way with the last two but her midwife said she probably was. Moms tend to forget the terrible stuff when they hold that precious baby. My mother said moms have to forget or they wouldn't do it again. lol

Oh......I was SO THERE with this last baby. Not only did we move in August, the HOTTEST weekend of the year, I was 8 months pregnant!!!
The babies head was "in position" for WEEKS, it hurt to walk, to sit, to lay....
If I heard one more person say "You look you're gonna pop any minute" I would've punched them lol
I woke every morning the last few weeks ANGRY that I hadnt gone into labor. I literally would wake up, look at my husband and hiss "Huh, look at that STILL pregnant" and stomp off to the bathroom!!!
Everyone told me for weeks, "You're gonna go early, no way you'll make it" ...... Oh yeah? I was induced the day before my due date because when my Dr. examined me she said "oh you're still dilated to 1" i started bawling and she took pity on me!
The baby 6 months old now, times flying and I hardly remember feeling that miserable! Hang in there girl! It's almost over :)

Yep. Was there twice. Baby #1 was born an hour before her due date, but I had bronchitis at the time and my mother-in-law was dying of Leukemia. They wouldn't let me see my MIL because she was really ill and they weren't sure what infection she had picked up and didn't want me anywhere near her while I was 9 months preggers. So, I was a hysterical mess. I wasn't thinking too clearly as I wished the baby would come out so I could visit my MIL. Upon having the baby, I realized there was no way I was going to leave my brand new baby with a sitter to visit my MIL anyway. So I wished her out and life didn't get easier as I had previously imagined.

Baby #2 was huge. I was soooooo over being asked if I was due last month, when I still had a month to go. I also was rather sick of the question "Oh my you are huge, do you have twins in there?". No, I'm 5'2" with a short torso. My husband is 6'5" and helped create a huge baby, not that it was anyone's business. Well, baby #2 didn't arrive on his due date and I got induced at 41 weeks since the baby was huge. My 10 lb 7 oz baby was finally born! I swear it took 3 months after that before I saw my ankles again. Ah the joys of pregnancy and delivery!

So, I completely understand your frustration. I was super cranky and irritable too. You'll get through it. Today I'm so thankful for both of my kiddos and those last few weeks are just a story to tell now. My 2 little blessing are definitley worth the struggle!

One more thought: Once that baby is born and the lack of sleep kicks in, you might have moments where you wonder why the heck you wanted him/her out. The first 3 months are a huge adjustment for both you and baby (and I guess daddy too). So, hang in there and know you'll all be ok once you get your own routine down. There really is a light at the end of the tunnel. Congrats! You're in for an amazing journey!

I am 37 weeks pregnant and chasing after my 14 month daughter who has just recently learned the joys of tormenting the dog and trying to walk up and down the steps by herself. She is getting faster just as I am getting slower.

You name it, I have it. Excruciating back pain? Yep. Constant pelvic pressure? Yep. Only sleeping two hours a night? Yep. Hey, did I mention, that I'm only 4'11"? Gaining 40 lbs looks great on me!! Another 5lbs and I am just going to fall forward and to top it off, I am coming down with a cold so in addition to not being able to breathe because my lungs are currently in my neck, I am also congested.

My husband works about 60-70 hours a week and last weekend, decided he should help out with a church function so the one day he would have been home he spent 10 hours at church (no resentment there on my part ;)). During that time, the dog tried to dig his way under the fence, resulting in me (just in case you forgot - 9 months pregnant and 4'11") chasing him around the muddy yard and then wrestling him into the bathtub.

So yes, Hon, I am right there with you!

We finally got our winter baby, but he was scheduled for c-section four days after Christmas (2010). On Christmas Eve, my other two kids, ages 3 and 7, were diagnosed with influenza type A and running 103-104 fever. We spent Christmas at home on tamiflu. I also had a sinus infection from Thanksgiving on and had lost my voice totally from the coughing by Christmas day. My son was lying transverse, so he was pressing on my diaphragm and I couldn't breathe. When my son was born on 12/29, my cough got better, I could breathe, I could go 10 minutes without having to go to the bathroom. Hang in there! You can do it!

I lived with my in-laws the last month of my pregnancy with baby #1 -- enough said :) ha! Talk about being grouchy and fed up with my hubby and his mom's passive aggressive behavior and him taking HER side. I ended up having that baby on my due date after 28 hours of labor, broken water and pitocin (only 35 minutes of pushing so Thank God I was spared that at least....God must know I have LIMITS :) ha!)

Baby #2 -- told I could get induced a week early if I was dilated.....1 week PAST my due date, I still wasn't dilated and they induced anyway -- ended up with a c-section. Yeah, the week OVERDUE was hell. I kept working just to pass the time (and my hospital was closer to work than home so I figured I might as well be there).

Sitting pretty at 31 weeks with Baby #3 now -- already have grouchy pregnancy PMS as my husband so KINDLY calls it. He says he is about to avoid me religiously or stay at his parents if I don't start acting nicer....it is just so HARD to be nice when you get up to pee a gazillion times a night, your uncomfy, bloated, and people keep ASKING WHEN YOU ARE DUE! I have like 2 MONTHS people! Yes the baby is big, yes I am carrying high but I wish people would mind their own biz - you know :)

Oh- and my parents are NOT allowed in the delivery room with baby #3 because of a scene we had when my induction failed with baby #2 and I got an emergency c-section (his chord was 6" so he couldn't come out). I cried like none other that day because of THEM and so they lost that privilege this go-round. I am sure your hubby won't be as bad as my parents were -- and you need someone there to help you push so give him a chance. You have your pregnancy PMS glasses on right now....it probably isn't as bad as you think it is :) Take a deep breath, get a pedicure or prenatal massage and relax. That is my plan for the months ahead!

With my friend, her baby came 1 week, late.

Then, she was induced.

I agree the last few weeks are not particularly fun. Not only are you becoming increasingly uncomfortable, but it feels like the pregnancy has lasted FOREVER. Aside from whatever practical things you can do to get ready. Take yourself to a ton of movies, get a haircut, foot massage, pedicure (if you can stand the smell). Sleep, read, etc. Shan't be much time for this for the next couple years! Treat this as a super special treat-yorself time. Congrats! Oh yeah, hope you get advice on your husband too :)