Am I the Only One That Feels like Im Dying????

Sounds like someone needs a pregnancy massage! They're wonderful! You'll walk outta there feeling like a million bucks. :)

I felt that way with my first. If I walked up the stairs, I had to stop and rest at the top. I couldn't pick anything off the floor. I was miserable! I was also 39 and gained more weight than I ever had...ever! This too shall pass!! =) Congratulations!!

Do not hurt yourself?
Or are you nesting?
Don't over exert yourself.
Do not.
Rest.
Drink lots of water. To prevent contractions.
Tell your Husband to help.

Your body is telling you to stop and rest.

You are not supposed to lift anything heavy either.

Just tell others to do it and the cleaning.

I hope you are all packed for the hospital?

I remember those days hon. Do you believe in the Bible? If so, there are a lot of comforting verses about God strengthening us when we are weak. I feel better when I speak encouraging scriptures. I like to search them out using www.scripturetext.com. It's proven that we respond well when we speak positive and we respond negative when we speak negative. Think of it like the placebo effect. If you think you feel great, you will. Try it. You'll be surprised how it will work after awhile.

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You are not being dramatic! Pregnancy is rough on the body. I worked up until a week before I delivered. Try not to crouch down or bend over if you can help it. Make sure to take the time to rest as much as you can! Ask for help when you need it. I promise you will make it, and it's so worth it in the end!

If it makes you feel any better, I feel the same and I'm not even getting a little bundle of joy at the end of my journey. I just finished 3 days of IV Solumedrol 1000mg and boy oh boy does that do a horrible number on your body. I still have numb hands and my body is so swollen from the steroids that I feel like I could burst. So, just to put things into perspective for you...in a few weeks, you'll feel much better and have a beautiful little precious baby to help you forget these rough patches!!!
God Bless!

Wow, I am 35 weeks along (with my 4th) and I was thinking about posting a question asking if there are other pregnant women, third trimester, feeling as I am feeling. I have been nesting for the past few weeks and it's in overdrive now. My legs feel like heavy logs. I have to wear compression panty hose every day, all day because my doctor advised me to do so to preserve the veins in my legs. My pelvic bone has separated which causes me so much pain that I cannot lift my legs without feeling pain between my legs. I've never ridden a horse, but I can imagine with the pain I'm in, it must be a similar experience. I have been having braxton hicks contractions throughout the days and nights, every day and some are quite painful. I'm keeping track of them but no pattern to suggest labor. I have insomnia so bad that I have to get up out of bed and watch TV or go on the computer. The other night I was wide awake from 3:30 A.M. to 6:30 A.M. WIDE AWAKE. I wake up every 2 hours to pee. It seems I have to pee every 20 minutes during the day. My hips, thighs, calves, and feet cramp so badly every night that I have to literally jump out of bed to un-cramp them. I cannot wear high heels...because if I'm wearing anything other than flats, my feet cramp. My maternity clothes don't fit me anymore. I, too, have gained a lot of weight. And I'm exhausted every day. I get a bloody nose several times a week. I huff and puff just walking from the couch to the bathroom. And going up and down stairs? Oh my gosh, painful for my legs and I huff and puff because of the exertion. You are not alone. This is the last leg of our pregnancy. It's almost over and the reward is near! Yay! I'm having a c-section at the end of April and I fantasize when I can start working out again...to lose all this weight and be "normal" again. Good luck to you!

Yoga + Chiropractor = me functioning during pregnancy! Seriously.

Spend a bit of time stretching each night. In addition to helping to ease your muscle strain, it will prep you for labor and delivery and prevent stiffness going into the next day. Drink a lot of water as well to prevent dehydration (results in muscle tears, fatigue and water retention).

I know it feels like forever, but you're going to be on the other side of pregnancy SOON! Hang in there and try to be patient with your body and accepting of your limitations. Work with it (even if that means not "working" at all for a bit!) and allow yourself the rest you need. Having a new baby will bring its own set of new and unique challenges, so best to find ways to help yourself through rather than pushing your body too far.

Best wishes!

I'm only 5 months, and already feel like I got hit by a truck. haha usually just in the mornings. I haven't put on any weight yet, I just think it's your body and things moving around, growing and stretching. It's not fun! The extra weight probably doesnt help! EEK! Feel better.

Can you find a person who knows how to do pregnancy massage? They have you lay on a table with openings for your breasts and tummy. It felt heavenly!

Another thing to try is to relax in a swimming pool. It takes the weight off everything.

The other thing I did throughout my pregnancy was to regularly go to a chiropractor. I had sudden back pain when I was hardly showing yet, and I credit the chiropractor sessions for getting rid of that pain and keeping it away.

Your not the only one who has felt this way...we all feel ya Molly :)

My advice: This is your time to RELAX and take it easy! After the baby comes it's GO.GO.GO. all the time!

Congrats on the baby!

Nope- I am also 8 months pregnant and that is exactly how I feel after cleaning my house or anything else.

You aren't being dramatic. You are using muscles you didn't know you had because your abdominal muscles are all stretched to the max. That is why the core muscles are so important.

My OB recommends a preg belt to hold the baby up but I don't like they way they fit personally. I just put an ice pack on my lower back and tail bone and then move it up my back every 10 minutes when I get like this. Especially feels good between the legs!!

I physically can't walk sometimes when my hips start hurting! feels like daggers! Good luck and hang in there!

NO YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE!!! Me too! I am in the same boat - 33 weeks pregnant, due May 15. With baby #3. Lower back KILLS ME, My freakin vag hurts like hell. It hurts to climb into my bed, it hurts to roll over, it hurts to climb the stairs! The baby does gymnastics for hours in my stomach every day. I am not sleeping well due to being unable to get fully comfortable so I'm exhausted... Ay yay yay.
I keep hoping I'll just go into labor! LOL! Despite this, I usually have several hours of the day that I feel "fine" and I am always busy doing lots of things with my other 2 kids, plus working part time, etc.
Today we got the baby's nursery 100% set up which was tiring but felt very good too.

I think that your body is talking to you.
You need to stop working. Take more naps and rest.
Eat well and drink ALOT of water.

Enjoy your rest now because when your little one comes you will wish you could take a nap.

Enjoy your baby.

God Bless

Well they say take it easy when your pregnant but that is easier said then done. My knees hurt me horrible with my first two pregnancies. It was very painful. My third pregnancy my knees were back to normal. I was able to bend them again while being pregnant.
Hang in there. Rest a bit.

I was totally feeling like you when I was at 8 months and my little one was a week late. That week felt like a CENTURY! I think those last couple of months are just DEATH. I told someone the other day that I think they make it so awful so when the baby finally gets here, your so relieved to not be pregnant that you can put up with anything lol

you need to talk with your OB and find out if you are having any complications.

Hormones are all over the place at this point. Thank God it's not the heat of summer (especially in Wentzville, MO!! the humidity would be killer!)

You need to find out if you have enough iron or potassium in your blood to stay healthy as well as for the baby!!!

I didn't get down on my hands and knees until my so was about 9 days past due. And then, it was a physical prayer for the baby to come out!

You have my empathy, and as Susan suggested, be sure to get lots of water in you to help flush out toxins and to make sure baby is fine.

It will get better when baby's out-- I promise. (might take a while, but it will eventually get better!)

I've worked in massage therapy as well as neurological and muscular integration for many years. One thing I've learned is that pain and discomfort is one of your body's ways of communicating. The trick is to sit quietly with yourself and listen to what your body is trying to tell you. It usually tells you when there is either too much of something or not enough of something. If I've learned anything, it is that when we try to just endure and ignore what the body is trying to tell us, it will begin saying READ MY LIPS!

This is the first time you have been pregnant AND the mother of of a 6 year old AND the mother of a 2 year old. During the last couple of months, your body's blood volume actually increases by about 20%. This puts extra strain on your entire cardiovascular system as well as on your kidneys, liver, and spleen. I know you don't want to have to urinate too often when your bladder feels like it has one 4th the space it needs, but that increased blood volume and that baby need you to drink enough water. It is also important to stop several times a day and recline so that your feet are raise higher than your heart and brain for 10 to 20 minutes. This will help prevent the development of varicose veins. Being on your feet for extended periods of time during the last 2 months of pregnancy is probably the most common cause of varicose veins. If you are feeling the strain, then your body is experiencing strain.

Another issue really can be the kind of touch you experience throughout the day. Our bodies read touch as a form of communication with our environment. It has a different chemical and hormonal response to different types of touch. A giving and nurturing touch encourages the body to produce those 'feel-good' chemicals like oxytocin, endorphins, and serotonin. They type of touch that communicates need and want, like the way a 2 year old touches mom, encourages the body to produce stress hormones. A pregnant body is already giving quite a bit to the unborn child. A 2 year old normally requires frequent touch. So, it is important to balance all that 'taking' touch with some 'giving' touch.

That could mean a pregnancy massage, which I agree can be wonderful. But, it could also mean having a friend or sister wash your hair for you, extra cuddle time with hubby, your mom or sister brushing your hair, or hubby rubbing your feet. Massage devices that vibrate your feet or a chair does not provide the same biochemical changes that human touch can, although they can relieve some muscle stress. Don't make the mistake of asking your children to rub Mommy's shoulders. When guiding your children to do something like that, your maternal instincts still interpret this as something you are doing to teach your child rather than allowing you to really relax and receive.

If you do go to get a professional massage, make sure you go to a therapist that is trained and experienced in maternal massage. They should be able to provide and inclined wedge or table so that you do not lay flat on your back. They should also know to adjust the pressure and the areas massaged on the legs. They should know to not put significant pressure in certain areas, such as on the sacrum and specific acupressure points, that could encourage premature labor. (Those points are great to know once labor begins.) Some offer special tables or pads that have a hole for the pregnant tummy so that you can lay face down. Be warned that many of those do not provide sufficient support for someone who is 8 months along. Unless you are PERFECTLY comfortable in that position, do not allow the therapist to leave you in that position. They should know how to give you a very good massage lying on your side. They should also provide a pillow for you to hug and lean into and another between your knees so that your hips can relax in that side position. I've heard women, even a doctor, tell me that they do not want another maternal massage because the therapist insisted that she lie face down on the pregnancy massage cushions. So, just go prepared to tell the therapist what makes you comfortable.

Chiropractic adjustments can also work like magic!!!

As far as all the cleaning work goes, if you cannot find friends or family to help you out for the next couple of months, consider hiring a housekeeping service a few times over the next couple of months. If this will allow you to not over-stress, it may not only keep your body healthier for years to come, but keep in mind that your baby stresses when you are in pain or stress.

Good luck and do take extra good care of yourself!

When do you go in for your next checkup? Mention it to your doctor so you can find out for sure that it's just eight-month-itis and not a real problem. I always felt like a beached whale by eight months. You have a great excuse to put your feet up and read a book!

Well not quite hit by a truck yet, but I am beat! I am 22.5 weeks and have been running around the last two days non-stop, topped off with cleaning the house this evening. I am now laying in bed, exhausted, with the heating pad on my back. I get worn out a lot easier now. So you being much further along than I am, I'm sure you must be hurting!