I am currently 31 weeks pregnant with my second child. The doctor said that I'm pretty much out of room, and they will monitor the baby to see if they need to take him/her early. However, this is so uncomfortable to me. I feel like I can barely breathe and I have a 19 month old son as well. I can't sleep anymore, as every position hurts! ANy suggestions?
I found that sleeping in a recliner was much more comfortable than the bed. I don't know what there is to do except try to get through it and keep as positive of an attitude as possible. It seems like forever, but it will be over soon.
swim swim swim. Now that the weather is getting nicer. try and get in the water as much as you can. You will feel so much better I promise you. And your 19 month old will have a blast being in the pool.
All I can offer is sympathy... My first pregnancy (and only, so far) was miserable from about 32 weeks on. No room to eat despite feeling like I was starving, had to pant to get enough oxygen, felt like I had bedsores on my hips from side-lying. I remember the pains like they were yesterday (almost 7 years ago now). Maybe there's a reason the first hasn't yet been followed by a second. I agree with one of the previous posters, it was SO much better after delivery. I could eat, breathe, sleep (well, catnaps were nice, anyway), and of course have my (not-so-)little peanut in my arms instead of in my belly.
get a body pillow also in the day get a support binder for preg. women.
good luck and hopefully not much longer.
T.
Out of room ? I have never heard of this -- I've heard of situations where there wasn't much amniotic fluid, but never that the womb didn't expand to allow the baby to grow. Call the office nurse and ask her to interpret what that meant and means. If you don't get a good answer, get a second opinion. With your second child, your womb should be more stretchy than with the first. With each successive child our stomach muscles get more lax, so it doesn't make sense to say that the uterus wouldn't stretch to accomodate the child.
That said, I wondered if there's less amniotic fluid than there should be. That would make it appear as "less room" for the baby -- and if that's so, I can see why the doc might monitor the baby, but I would think s/he'd also tell you to push fluids.
I just had baby #5 on April 22. I couldn't get comfortable sleeping from about January on. I had a body pillow but it hurt too much to get up from lying down. I 'borrowed' our daughter's reading pillow (the ones with the little arms), put the body pillow across the reading pillow and had 3 regular pillows arranged one at my head, one for the middle of my back and one for my lower back. I basically slept sitting up in a slightly reclined position. When my husband wasn't here, I would use his pillows to elevate my feet. I was able to get about 5-6 hours of straight sleep like this until about the last month...then I had to pee all the time. Just to warn you, sleeping like this will most likely cause you to sleep with your mouth opened, snoring may occur and you'll probably end up with a dry mouth by morning.
I wish you the best of luck. I know it doesn't seem like it, but this will all be over before you know it.
This sounds so much like my third. The baby was 9lbs 5 oz. The doctor said the same thing to me. Really you can't run out of room but it can be a concern if the baby is measuring big. My doctor scheduled me to be induced at exactly 39 weeks becuase of this but luckily I went into labour a few days before.
The same thing was happening with my fourth and as usual I failed me first glucose teat but passed my second just barely. The doctor decided since I already had one large baby she would put me on a diabetic diet as a precaution. My next baby was 8lbs 9oz and I didn't put on so much weight. (I did cheat in the last two weeks which may be why he was still big!)
This could be happening to you and may be why you are so big. You have to watch out for blood pressure etc with this.
For me, I got a pelvic split and intense ligament pain. Nothing worked, tylenol did nothing, belly bands hurt me more. I just had to live with it. Exercise and or rest also did nothing.
I would plan on resting up as much as possible after the baby is born. Get lots of help and catch up on lost sleep. I felt better after the baby than before it was so miserable!
I feel your pain!! I am in my 7 month and am uncomfortable too. I have been doing some yoga stretches that have been helping. Yoga for pregnancy birth and beyond is the book I have been using. they have easy stretches for every skill level and stage of pregnancy. I have a 3 year old and an 18 month old and I try to nap when they do. I get heartburn if I take a nap so my doctor reccomended taking some tums before I lay down and so far it has been helping! Good luck and relief will come soon!
HI M.,
I'm sorry you are going through this discomfort. I was always told to sleep on my left side with knees bent and a pillow between the knees.
Does you 19 month old still nap? If so, please try to rest when he does and take good care of yourself.
Frequent small meals may help you feel more comfortable.
Sorry--that's all I've got. Good luck and hang in there.
