Emotional & Breast Changes

Jul 03, 2013 02:55

Hey everyone, I just have a quick couple of questions. I'm 31 weeks and the past couple of days I've been an emotional mess. Up until now, I've been fairly even keeled as far as emotions go, but lately... I'm falling apart at every little thing. I'm frustrated, tired of being pregnant, and as much as I love my daughter- I feel like I'm losing my ( Read more... )

emotions, breast issues/changes

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moondrunk July 3 2013, 12:55:39 UTC
Jut be gentle with yourself; no pregnancy - even "easier" ones - are ever really easy and the third trimester is physically painful and exhausting for a lot of women. At 27 weeks I'm feeling pretty much the same way you are. When sleep sucks and your back and pelvis and even ab muscles hurt, it sucks. You start falling apart not because anything's wrong with you, but because most people in those circumstances are going to struggle. The fact that you have been pregnant for months doesn't make it easier to deal with now, so yeah...be gentle. It's totally okay to feel this way.

As for the milk/colostrum, every pregnancy is so different. With my first pregnancy I leaked early and often; at 16 weeks, still a belly sleep because I hadn't popped yet, I still managed to glue myself to my sheets. That is one of my more interesting memories from that pregnancy :P This time I can express colostrum if I want to and if I orgasm I leak a little bit, but don't have to wear breastpads like I did last time. There is a huggggge range of normal when it comes to lactation during pregnancy.

And because you need to hear it - it will not last forever, I promise!

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wishformore July 3 2013, 20:03:42 UTC
Thank you. It feels like I am going to be pregnant and crazy forever right now, although I know that isn't the case.

I also feel really awful because people want to hang out with me and do things and I just don't have the energy. Seriously, going out and being sociable for one day/evening leaves me drained for the next 2 to 3 days.

Thanks.

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moondrunk July 3 2013, 20:08:28 UTC
Yeah, I know that feeling too. :( Entertaining guests at our house for one night and I'm tired. Walking around the city, which used to be no problem, had me out of commission the rest of the week. It's just so...exhausting. Existing is exhausting. I want to be happy and grateful because, zomg baby! but I'm just so tired that really, I just want a frigging nap. I've mostly decided either they get it or they don't and either way, I can't change it.

Hang in there. I know it happened in my first pregnancy but as much as I remember that looking back at my journal entries I don't /remember/ remember that. (Which I'm pretty sure means it was lost in a fatigue induced blur, but I'll take it.)

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wishformore July 3 2013, 20:16:51 UTC
Yep, pretty much. I know that I will survive this, but I'm so exhausted and frustrated that I feel like I'm on the verge of a total meltdown most of the time.

Speaking of naps, I think it's just about that time for me, lol.

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