I'm a little late on posting this.... well I'm actually really late posting this. I wrote this blog throughout my last trimester but the last 2 weeks just seemed to fly by. While trying to get everything prepared for baby and getting Georgia prepared for starting back nursery and becoming a big sister. I seemed to blink and all of a sudden the baby was here. But I thought I would post this anyway. If it can help at least one person out or make them feel better that they are not alone then why not. If it doesn't help then we can laugh about it together.
The biggest thing about the third trimester is obviously that your baby is running out of room to move so the rib pain that comes with this is unreal! I had not experienced this with Georgia (she was a very tiny baby to be fair and came 3 weeks early so I kind of skipped that uncomfortable stage). but being uncomfortable in general was very different this pregnancy. My little baby had set up camp under my ribcage on the right hand side and would not budge lol, a pregnancy pillow helped a lot to ease this and help sleeping.
With this also brings the heartburn. Oh my! the heartburn! I cannot explain how bad this heartburn/reflux has been this pregnancy. No matter what I eat or drink or even when I don't, I have heartburn. From the first thing in the morning. Nothing has seemed to work except sipping a can of coke! sounds bizarre I know. I also mentioned this in my pregnancy essentials blog. But if you tried it then you know it works!! Lets not question it ladies, just go with it.
Another thing I have experienced this pregnancy is very low iron. This has left me extremely tired some days. Which as you can imagine being self employed working as close to your date as possible with a toddler is not ideal. I have no time to be tired, coffee is a necessity and iron tablets too obvs.
Another odd symptom I have experienced only from week 35 on wards is leg cramps. Wow they are inconvenient. Especially when they wake you up in the middle of the night. Apparently drinking more water can help with this. Not going to lie as someone who normally drinks water, between the coffee, the can of coke to help keep the heartburn at bay and pee'ing every 5 minutes I haven't been great for drinking water . The lesser of two evils I suppose.
Those are pretty much all that has been going on during my third trimester but to be honest in the grand scheme of things they are all very small issues and it is all worth it. When your in the third trimester you pretty much expect the being uncomfortable etc as you are growing a little wiggly human after all. There will be days were you feel awful but most days I felt fine. I got tired quicker but again to be expected. One thing I will say though is take each day as it comes and don't worry about always having to be happy. It's ok to not feel ok during pregnancy so don't beat yourself up if someone appears to be coping better than you. She may just be very good at hiding it, or this is just one of her good days. I had a few days were my hormones got the better of me and I would feel so low then I would feel guilty for feeling this way and would make myself feel even worse as I felt like I was being ungrateful or something.
Symptoms aside, I have loved being pregnant (yes I'm one of those weird people) even on the bad days I remember how lucky I am to be pregnant. I also had this weird sense of panic at the thought of not having my bump anymore and how much I was going to miss it. I know the baby will be here but the closeness and bond with your little bump and all the kicks and movements you feel I found so comforting. We have also decided that this will be our last baby. So I'm experiencing this for the last time maybe and I kind of feel sad about that final decision.... until the heartburn kicks in!! jokesss!!!
So thats my highs and lows of the third trimester. They all sound like lows to be honest but hey if we cant get away with complaining when we are pregnant then when can we?
What has been your highs and lows of the third trimester??
G x x
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