change in last 15 weeks ??

[IsaiahsMommy9]

soo in general ive heard a lot of women complaining about the end of their pregnancy about how much they cant wait for it to be over & how its unbearable. well i'm 25 weeks & besides a little trouble getting comfortable at night, aching feet, getting a little out of breath when walking around a lot or doing steps, & some mood swings sometimes.. i actually feel great. i went from 135lbs to 151, so its not so easy to move around, but nothing to really complain about. so my question is.. should i be prepared for some major change in the next 15 weeks? is this where it all starts going downhill? lol

[MamaBear0612]

I'm 37 weeks, the baby has generally been good to me, but it definitely can get challenging towards the end. She's big enough she's squishing all your internal organs so you can't breathe as deeply, you get constipation and heartburn. You're doing the penguin waddle and it's hard to get up (you should see me get out of bed at night, I'm sure it's hilarious lol), and you start swelling like crazy. It's even harder for me to sit up since she's taking up so much room, so every once in a while I lean over on my side. Overall I would say I'm not doing too bad, it's been a pretty good pregnancy minus some of my own medical issues, but I'm starting to whine too lol. On the plus side, a lot of my discomfort didn't hit until 34 or 35 weeks, so it may not hit you until well into the third trimester.

[FirstUterally]

i thought id be one of those lucky ones that would have a easy pregnancy. never had morning sickness or heartburn or any really drastic mood swings, im tall so i have lotsa baby room, except for the growing belly (which didnt really grow til 6 mos pg) and the movement in it, i wouldnt have even known i was pregnant. until like 33 weeks. then i started going downhill. im tired all the time, hip pain can get excruiciating, i cant poo, i cry over EVERYTHING, my feet look like pontoons, cant sleep and i feel like im constantly overheating. but i still have good health on a drs chart. i think its just all normal symptoms, just depends on how you can handle it. i try to be upbeat and smile thru it, which most of the time i can. but its still kinda crazy how fast you can go from feeling wonderful to feeling like dirt in the last month. i still feel lucky that my pregnancy has been so easy until now.

[IsaiahsMommy9]

thanks for your responses! yea i have a little heartburn too and my arms frequently fall asleep. i had severe morning sickness in the beginning but thats been gone. i guess i just have to prepare for the symptoms to get a little worse, but hopefully i'm just one of the lucky ones who has an easy pregnancy :)

[cch1029]

With my first it wasn't too bad in the third trimester I was walking I had a great pregnancy. I was going to school and I was nine months pregnant. When I was in labor I was smiling and laughing and my mom was looking at me crazy. I was in pain but tried to make the best of it.

This one I'm very happy and just anxious for him to get here. Time has been flying but the countdown is seem to slow down as I have 16 days left to my due date. I've been in some pain and first trimester was horrible for me morning sickness until I was 16 weeks. So 8-9 weeks of morning sickness versus with my first of only 1 week or less. Mentally everything is great. Physically everything has been great just nearing the end an everything you have to watch out for.

[Ashleigh529]

For me it got bad around 30 wks, extremely bad restless leg syndrome,  severe constipation,  super tired to where im literally passing out all the time, very irritable,  horrible pelvic pressure with a giant swollen vein (its soo bad some days i cant sit on the toilet to pee without it feeling like itd going to explode), and now im getting first trimester morning sickness randomly, accompanied by hot flashes, clammy skin, and very bad tummy aches :-( ya i definitely want this to end!!! But i can tell u with my first 2 pregnancies i didn't experience this and i felt great at the end!

[amy8702]

I am a lot like factorymomma, emotionally I'm a burning fuse. I'm only 29 weeks but physically I'm okay other then the sleeping part. With my son, I felt great the entire pregnancy other then heart burn. I guess it depends on how well you handle things. Another thing I'm lucky about is I'm tall so my babies have lots of room pretty much my entire pregnancy.

[Factorymomma]

I'm 38 weeks and pregnancy wise I'm not to bad, but everyone around me is seriously getting on my last nerves.  They all know I'm having a c-section, the date has been set for two months and they still ask if I've had the baby yet.  Um, I think there would have been phone calls had I went into labor, which I won't anyways because I didn't even go into labor with my son three years ago.  I have two days left, feel pretty good physically, but everything is wearing on me mentally... Hard.

[Lesley27]

I really hope you dont have to worry about any changes... some woman have really good pregnancies right to the end... i wouldnt say most by any means but its possible your will be one of the lucky ones :) i just hit 32 weeks and am now starting to feel the rath of this pregnancy... last time it was around 5 months on... so i cant complain that bad! but it can start to get rough! for me its really bad at night so that affects sleep and everything else! but always remember no woman is pregnant forever and be thankful its not a chronic condition! not to mention you get a beautiful baby in the end :)

[eve0512]

Lol it depends,but I remember with my first I was crying that I want this baby allready lol it gets pretty hard in the end, and u want to hold ur baby allready, plus somehow the time doesn't move so fast in the end... But maybe it will be different for u :) I'm almost 25 weeks right now and can't really complain... its not bad yet :)