I suck at being pregnant

sara76

I am looking at the YMCA online because I'm pretty sure we are going to join as a family after my Shapes membership expires.  I almost clicked on "get a guest pass" when I realized right now I don't have the motivation to walk across the room.  Yet when I see my Dr and they say "how are you feeling" and in my head I want to say "OMG I am so stretched out I think I'm dying" instead what comes out is "great" mostly because I'm pretty sure this is normal, and I'm just a wimp.  I go on the bump on Dec and Jan birth month boards to whine but so many of them are already having their babies early I can't go there, it's freaky.  I think they are willing their babies out and I want mine to cook a lot more.  OK I feel better now.  I hate to complain to H because he hates to see me uncomfortable so I figured I'd let my fingers do the whining. 

nicoleg1982

I vote wimp, but I totally love to whine, so I get it.    You're almost there!

sara76

Thank you for making me laugh

moonstone523

I have no idea what it feels like to be pregnant, but I think you have every right to complain at 8 months in.  And yay for the YMCA.  I love my Y and think it's a great place for a family.  As a kid, I walked home from school and stopped in the Y every day to hang out. 

sara76

The town I grew up in was too small to have a Y but I loved working there in college and becoming a part of the community there.  I worked with the respite program and did the summer camp.  I didn't even realize there is a full facility down the road from me, I thought we only had an "express".  I was looking into swim lessons for LO.  They don't start those until 5 yrs old but they do provide day care hours so I can get workouts in, yay!

Gator_Bride08

Dude. Carrying a baby is no joke. So if you feel like whining, go right ahead. When my friends talk about their perfect pregnancies I want to punch them in the boob. I WISH being pregnant was "fun" for me.

roses12985

At least you're 3 weeks ahead of me!  I'm getting sick of being pregnant too and I'm only at 32 weeks.  But I miss being able to bend over and pick things up off the ground.  And walking fast.  I am not looking forward to struggling to put on socks and snow boots and then waddle around Chicago...

sara76

Well this made me thankful that I can still wear flip flops.  You aren't going to be walking to work in the winter are you?  That's crazy talk.

How's this for awesome?  I can't see my belly button.  I realized it today in the shower.  I tried to look at it to see if it's going to pop out, but it's on the downward slope of the belly and I can no longer see it with out a mirror.  If you would have asked me before today if I thought that was humanly possible I would have said oh hell no. 

roses12985

Our new apartment is 0.7 miles (about a 12 minute walk) to the train...this won't be bad once I'm not pregnant, but I'm not excited about it now.  The other end is probably another 5 minutes from the train to my office.  That should be interesting, especially since I plan to work until I go into labor.  Oh the joys of city living...and being too poor to afford a good place closer to the train.

diamondgrrl5

Sara, H got on my case for doing the same thing.  Now he makes sure when I go to the Dr. that I tell them everything.  And I mean every episode of dizziness (like when I flip my head over quickly drying my head), swollen feet (after a full day of work), etc even if they sound like normal stuff for pregnancy. 

babygator15

Gator_Bride08:

Dude. Carrying a baby is no joke. So if you feel like whining, go right ahead. When my friends talk about their perfect pregnancies I want to punch them in the boob. I WISH being pregnant was "fun" for me.

This.  Usually the same ones whose baby never cries. 

Gator_Bride08

babygator15:

Gator_Bride08:

Dude. Carrying a baby is no joke. So if you feel like whining, go right ahead. When my friends talk about their perfect pregnancies I want to punch them in the boob. I WISH being pregnant was "fun" for me.

This.  Usually the same ones whose baby never cries. 

And who have their kid potty trained by 6 months. :P 

ChangeOfPace

Don't feel bad at all.  It's totally normal to slow down so late in your pregnancy.  Before you know, that baby will be out and you'll be a new sort of exhausted.