Ow Ow Ow..:cry: and sleep deprivation

[eatwotsits]

Going mad now. Period pains coming and going daily - anything from one hour to several hours without any stopping Taken more paracetamol in last week than throughout whole pregnancy Not painful so much to bring tears to my eyes, but painful enough for me to ALMOST be in tears and just sick of them

The next super new thing is backache - last 2 days, coming and going, feels like its the middle to top of my back like my ribs?!?!

Sleep deprivation - always been bad but now ridiculous - every half hour on the dot.

Acid reflux / heartburn - every hour. Actually waking up every hour in the night with acid IN MY MOUTH.

During the night i spend it mage uncomfortable, wide awake, peeing, chewing gaviscon, drinking pints of milk, rubbing my stomach cramps, with legs in the air due to leg cramps. Im soooooooooooooooo frigging uncomfortable that i cry with it. And then in the day i cant do anything because im so uncomfortable, and then i cant sleep due to above reasons.

Another 5 weeks of this?????

 

[Sweedot]

awwww, i feel your pain, Im not as far along as you, but im in agony too! the acid reflux, i too am up constantly chewing gaviscon, the leg cramps I get every single night without fail, i cant do anything to make them stop...

my hip pain is terrible, i cant lie on my side anymore, the pain radiates right down my leg....

I cant imagine lasting another 11 weeks, lol

 

[miss.anna]

I know how you feel with the lack of sleep it's killing me. I fall asleep no probs at about 10-11pm then wake up at 1-2pm every night needing the toilet. When I lie down to get back to sleep I get really bad heartburn, i'm then awake until 4ish then partners alarm wakes me up again at 5am. I'm getting about 3-4 hours sleep a night it's really starting to get me down and i've still got 3 weeks to go i'm so run down with a 3yr old to look after as well i've come out in loads of coldsores yesterday.

Everyone keeps saying it's my body preparing me for being up with the baby but i'd rather get up to feed a baby anyday than this. With my 1st daughter she only ever woke up once in the night, had a bottle and went back to sleep so i'm hoping i'll sleep more once this baby arrives. zzzzzz

 

[Catwiffy]

I know how you feel! My SPD has been so bad today, back and hips are crippled, in agony, acid reflux going bonkers, not sleeping properly. To top it off, think Braxton Hicks have started, that was a weird feeling. I want to cry. I'm so uncomfortable today, but uncomfortable is a stupid word that doesn't even cover how I feel

 

[eatwotsits]

its horrible isnt it???

I mean people are like "oooo, wait until the baby gets here and THEN you wont sleep"..and that kinda makes me want to cry even harder, because I am soo looking forward to my baby being here: of course I am, but the thought of not even being able to get any sleep at all when he does?? I just want one full 7 hours sleep where I DONT wake up. :sigh:

Im sure its taking its toll mentally on me..I see slights with my OH where there are none, Im being needy and clingy, teary and awful He's utterly fantastic but even he hit his limit last night and got mad at me Trying to explain how its not one thing, its NUMEROUS tings (see original post) and its the CONSTANT never being able to get comfortable. Not in the day, not in the night. Not with 10 pillows, not with anything, anywhere, anyhow. Im seriously at my wits end!

I just feel terrible - physically, emotionally and psychologically....im a wreck

Sorry to share the misery ladies...i wish all of our LO's arrive on time and not too late!!!

 

[babyhopesxx]

its horrible isnt it???

I mean people are like "oooo, wait until the baby gets here and THEN you wont sleep"..and that kinda makes me want to cry even harder, because I am soo looking forward to my baby being here: of course I am, but the thought of not even being able to get any sleep at all when he does?? I just want one full 7 hours sleep where I DONT wake up. :sigh:

Im sure its taking its toll mentally on me..I see slights with my OH where there are none, Im being needy and clingy, teary and awful He's utterly fantastic but even he hit his limit last night and got mad at me Trying to explain how its not one thing, its NUMEROUS tings (see original post) and its the CONSTANT never being able to get comfortable. Not in the day, not in the night. Not with 10 pillows, not with anything, anywhere, anyhow. Im seriously at my wits end!

I just feel terrible - physically, emotionally and psychologically....im a wreck

Sorry to share the misery ladies...i wish all of our LO's arrive on time and not too late!!!

the last weeks are the worst aren't they. But soon enough you'll have your lo and you'll feel so much better. Whats 5 more weeks when you've gone through 35 of them already
Yeah you wont get much sleep when baby is here, but there are ways around it. Catch up on your sleep during the day when lo sleeps. If your planning on bottle feeding will your OH have some time off work so you can share the night feeds?

 

[Pielette]

Oh God I feel your pain! I'm so uncomfortable now and all I want to do is have a proper night's sleep. The burn in my throat is horrid, leg cramps are waking me up constantly and I just can't settle on either of my sides in bed.
People drive me nuts with the whole 'you wait till the baby's born' crap - actually, at least when he's here, he'll wake me up for a feed, I'll feed him, put him back to bed and I'll be able to settle back down COMFORTABLE. And be able to sleep on my stomach. And then have little naps during the day when he does. And not feel like I need to put matchsticks between my eyelids, but be unable to sleep at the same time!

 

[Mrshoffie]

Gaviscon was my saviour while I was expecting.
Hope you are all feeling better soon, not long to go now!

 

[jacksmom]

YOu all sound like me. I can't sleep on either side due to back pain and sciatica. I sleep in 1.5hour increments due to heart burn, pain, leg cramping and needing to pee. IF I do manage to fall asleep, my husband wakes up at 5 for work and hits the snooze button a minimum of 3 times!!!! Then my son crawls in to bed with me if he hears my husband leave for work! UCK.
Today my midwife attempted to manuver the baby off my sciatic nerve. All in vain, now I am more sore then ever. But atleast she was trying to help.

 

[xBabyGoose]

I totally agree with Pielettes post about the sleep thing!
I mean, there's a massive difference btw being sleep deprived due to midnight feeds and restless baby all night, and the exhaustion of pregnancy, where your body is working so hard your physicall drained of energy! And once the baby is here even if you cannot get to sleep whatsoever there are ways to control it to an extent (energy drink, extra strong coffee, a half hour power nap which is COMFORTABLE). When your pregnant you don't have a choice, its whether your body let's you sleep or not. Big difference!

If it makes you feel ne better /) I'm not getting much either with 5 week to go. I'm awake practically all night with the baby wriggling, and backache and hburn is getting quite regular now... And to top things off I've started getting period cramp pains which are mild at the moment but I can feel them progressing!