Who would be comfortable with a belly this size?!
About two months ago I was complaining about my last trimester. Well, I should have been enjoying it back then instead of complaining about it, because the last MONTH of pregnancy is even worse!
This weekend I realized that I’m SO DONE with this pregnancy! All because I can’t find a comfortable position to sleep in. I’m supposed to lie on my left side for better circulation. But when I do, I wake up in the middle of the night with all my right fingers numb! I can’t even form a fist. (My doctor said that this is absolutely normal. It happens.) So I turn over and lie on my right side, only to wake up an hour later with my right leg in pain. (My doctor said that this is absolutely normal, too. Cripes!) So, I roll over to my left side again and, once again, my fingers are numb. I do this so much throughout the night that I feel like a rotisserie chicken!
But the pregnancy blues don’t stop there. Every time I roll over, I have to get up and pee. Or if I do finally fall asleep, I get woken up by a massive leg cramp! To top it off, I’m swelling everywhere! I can’t wear my wedding ring, I can’t wear my watch, and my left foot is bigger than my right. (This better go away after pregnancy because there is no way I’m going to buy two pairs of shoes in different sizes.)
I’m counting the weeks left. I have five more but I’d be happy to deliver at 37 weeks. Oh, to be comfortable again.
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OK, I’m “left” wondering why you didn’t notate that your doctor said having one foot bigger than the other is normal?!? This is a new one to me…I’ve never heard of that! Hope you can get some good rest before you have Chips (or Salsa).
Jamee, on the bright side, if your feet stay one size bigger than the other you will “HAVE” to buy shoes at Nordstrom (they will sell you two different sizes of the same shoe…ask one of your notable readers, she knows…and I won’t mention names!haha) and that is NEVER a bad thing! Plus an excuse for a whole new shoe collection, what more could a girl ask for?! 😉
I’ll have to ask my OB the next time I see her regarding my swollen left foot. 🙂
I didn’t know Nordstrom will sell two different shoe sizes. Good to know, but I still would feel like a freak of nature.
I think the last month of pregnancy is God’s way of making you really, really happy to go through the somewhat painful process of delivery! You are soooo happy to be finished with the actual pregnancy, and so ready to be ‘normal’ again that labor is a piece of cake!
That reminds me of a friend of mine, who, with her first (and only) pregnancy just LOVED being pregnant. She loved everything about it. She wanted it to go on forever! Then she hit her last month, and suddenly couldn’t stand it. I remember her telling me that she took it as nature’s way of preparing you for birth, otherwise, you’d never want it to end!
I agree that the last month of pregnancy is nature’s way of preparing you for birth – and the sleepless nights with a newborn! I had one friend who adored every second of her pregnancy, and she had a terrible time not being pregnant once her baby arrived. I have the problems you describe (minus the weird one foot being bigger than the other one thing) starting in the second trimester, and it is SO nice to finally get a baby at the end of it!
Most of my preganacy was wonderful but the last month was the worst. I had the numb fingers (both hands), my hips would have horrible pains when I TRIED to sleep, and I also had acid reflux constantly. It’s true. It almost made the labor (which was also quite difficult) not so bad because there was at least the light at the end of the tunnel.
Of course, having that little baby in your arms is wonderful and worth every second. My feet are now even bigger (10 1/2 or 11-depending on the foot). I don’t think I can have a second baby just because I can’t bear to have my feet even larger (somewhat joking here). I also haven’t been able to wear my rings on the fingers they were on since my knuckles are all just slightly wider.
Good luck! I wish you a speedy and stress free labor.