Strangely, feel ready for 3rd tri already :o/

[Twinminator]

Many ladies going over to 3rd tri say they don't feel ready to, but I on the other hand feel like I've been in 2nd tri forever, and that many of my concerns i'm having to post in 3rd tri now.

Does that mean that I'm...

a) far too anally retentive/ needlessly super-organised??

b) missing something that 2nd tri still has to offer (aside of course from you LOVELY LADIES )

c) wishing away my pregnancy..????

Plus, more & more of the new threads seem to be about things I went through ages ago, and although it's nice to give people the benefit of my own experience, I am ready to be given the benefit of others' experiences who are more likely to be in 3rd tri now.

Is it just me? Hormones, I don't know, but it makes me feel sad. (What doesn't at the moment though?? Lol xxxx)

 

[PixieBelle]

I know what you mean with regards some of the posts as I do sometimes have to stop myself from asking if anyone knows how to use the search button as it may be something I've offered advice and my experiences on in at least 3 or 4 threads already. BUT, I then remember posting a lot of things when I first moved over so I stop and be nice and 'play well with others'.
I can't say I'm ready to dive into third tri yet though. I have a lot of questions and will really appreciate others advice and input (and post lots of threads that have already been dealt with ) but the tone of the third tri group feels very different when I've had a few peeks. Far more serious and I like the relaxed silliness in here to lighten my anxiety.
I think the solution for me will be information gathering and experience sharing over there and some silliness to lighten the load over here for a while. I say a while, probably until LO is born no doubt .

 

[lilfish]

It's not just you, I'm feeling the same. I think my body's moved on to third tri anyway - my bump is enormous, I just want to sleep and we're getting ready to meet our little lady.

 

[codegirl]

I think part of it is that this isn't your first as well, so it's not that "new" to us. I think that's why I don't spend a lot of time in the Second Tri section.

 

[Scarlett316]

I'm ready for 3rd tri too, can't wait to get over there!!! I feel like i've been here ages too.

I think there's something about knowing you're on the home straight that's really exciting, still got to wait three whole weeks though!

 

[Aunty E]

Ditto - maybe it's a second baby thing. It's really not that long since I had Mog, so I have a certain amount of 'been there, done that' about the whole thing. This pregnancy is much more of a means to an end than the last one, which was interesting and fun the whole way through. I just want the baby already

 

[Tanikit]

I also feel ready for third trimester - I sort of feel though like I am between trimesters now as all the major milestones of second trimester are behind me now and many of my symptoms are mroe third trimester ones now - also I will spend most of my time in second trimester since baby will come early anyway. Maybe it is a second pregnancy thing.

 

[Mummy to be x]

No you can not go! Look I'm still here x

 

[Twinminator]

Maybe that's what it is, I hadn't thought about it like that... my first pregnancy was exciting from beginning to end (even the bad bits) but this time, it's only the milestones that are exciting - everything else is predictable really. A bit like any interesting journey, the awe and wonder of the sights along the way aren't so sharp when it's been seen before, you're just focussed on your destination! And "Destination " again for me, which is brilliant of course, but I don't even have that "Wonder what it's like cleaning a ickle winky??" type-thing going through my head either.

 

[evewidow]

im ready too though , again i think because already have children the only new thing i have had to experience in 2nd tri is the gender finding out

though i will be hanging round 2nd too as the threads are too funny and about chocolate lol

 

[Jenniflower]

I really wish I was more like that. But everytime I pop over there and start to see women in labour and get sucked into reading their stories I know I need to step out again. It's just that I have sooooo much time left I'm afraid to get antsy. Besides, at least for me, most of my questions are still in this thread more so than over there. I also think I'm a bit of a wimp

 

[babypowder]

What would pregnancy be without a worry or two? We ladies do tend to over analyse everything during pregnancy don't we, if we didn't then these forums wouldn't exist Move when you feel ready! I'm not quite ready yet, give me another week or two and I will be. However ask me if I'm ready for mat leave, that's a whole other story x

 

[Jenniflower]

What would pregnancy be without a worry or two? We ladies do tend to over analyse everything during pregnancy don't we, if we didn't then these forums wouldn't exist Move when you feel ready! I'm not quite ready yet, give me another week or two and I will be. However ask me if I'm ready for mat leave, that's a whole other story x

HAHAHA good point. I just started mine this week. It's bliss

 

[Angela49uk]

I know exactly how you feel. I'm ready to move over now. Not too long to wait though! I too feel like i've been in second tri for far aaaages! x

 

[MrsH1980]

I confess I am totally ready to move over (and this is my first)...like you say, I think once you hit the 'major milestones' so to speak and have gone through the discussions about when MS stops/what 20 week scan is like/gender questions/first movements/V-day etc you naturally feel ready to move over to the next stage.

I personally love reading about the women going into labours/waters breaking etc but then I am a weirdo

I think I am too excited because I am a first timer and am clearly i denial as to how the birth will actually go - my glasses are so rosey I can barely see out of them. Despite reading so many stories about the blood and the poo and tearing...my baby is going to slide out effortlessly on a bed of rose petals

 

[Twinminator]

I think I am too excited because I am a first timer and am clearly i denial as to how the birth will actually go - my glasses are so rosey I can barely see out of them. Despite reading so many stories about the blood and the poo and tearing...my baby is going to slide out effortlessly on a bed of rose petals

That is definitely the best way to think, for psychological AND physical reasons! P.M.A. will stop those muscles tensing up too much, therfore minimise damage when baby passes through. Keep visualising the rose petals Mrs H!!!

 

[KandyKinz]

I'm with ya and am anxiously awaiting the third trimester cause the second trimester is well ummmmm boring.... I don't have a big bump yet, I'm still not getting big movements and it still seems too early to be getting all the baby stuff ready. The third trimester is funner, prepping for baby, prepping for labour, belly photos, belly casting, belly henna and then there's the anticipation of the big event drawing nearer and nearer each day!

 

[Twinminator]

Thanks, I thought I was being a bit of a party pooper by seemingly (but unintentionally) "dissing" 2nd tri

And I think the tone of 3rd tri may sound more serious and less pi$$-takey, more because of the set of people who happen to be in 3rd tri at the moment, i'm still going to be the same me when I get over there, as I'm sure you all are, we'll all eventually be discussing those things together over there like we have done over here.

 

[Fabby]

I am always peeking into 3rd tri! x

 

[brunette&bubs]

I'm ready too, and this is my first.
I pop over to 3rd tri from time to time, but never post anything.
I enjoy reading the birth stories and junk because it gets me excited for whats to come.

I too feel like I've been in the 2nd tri FOREVER
Now that I'm past all the milestones and am just enduring my TWW until I can move over,
it's weird to see all these new people who are 14 weeks getting ready to go through this stuff all over again
I just can't really relate anymore, but I guess I'm not really surprised as I felt the same way the last 2 weeks of the first tri.

I don't want to seem like I'm wishing my pregnancy away, but I just can't really relate to much in the 2nd tri anymore except for the food related threads