My Third Trimester

40 weeks already. Where has the time gone? My second trimester seemed to last forever, but I feel like I’ve blinked and missed the past few months. It’s been a whirlwind, and I can’t believe that I’m coming to the end of this journey. In fact as this post goes live, I’ll be at the hospital, which is very strange to think about.

This is my third trimester.

Symptoms

Unlike previous trimesters, I’ve had quite a few different symptoms creep in this time. Here are some of them:

Insomnia: I’ve never experienced Insomnia before, but from 39 weeks onwards it’s been pretty constant. For some reason I’m just not tired at night. I’ll be tired all day, but as soon as I get into bed I’m wide awake and it is very annoying.

My Mental Health Slipped: This one has been hard, as I’ve felt anxiety creeping in and it’s been hard to push through. It’s had nothing to do with the pregnancy and more to do with socialising. I’ve not wanted to socialise and I’ll admit that I’ve isolated myself a little. At the moment things have picked up and I’m feeling much better, but I’ve definitely had wobbles along the way.

Tiredness: It feels a little strange to have insomnia and still be extremely tired. For some reason I can stay awake all night, but as soon as 4pm hits I’m ready for bed and falling asleep on the sofa.

Heartburn/ Acid Reflux: Luckily I haven’t struggled majorly with this, but when it hits; it hits. It kicked in from 39 weeks, and I felt it most nights. We didn’t actually have anything in the house for me to take when I first experienced it, so I was googling everything to try and find a remedy. Luckily drinking milk took it right off, and ever since I did that, it hasn’t been as bad.

Nesting, Nesting and More Nesting

I’d heard about nesting quite early on in my pregnancy, but I didn’t think it would hit me as hard as it did. I’ll admit that I’m usually quite a messy person, but nowadays I want to clean everything. When I say everything, I mean everything. I’ve cleaned the walls; and got into pretty much every nook and cranny.

I’ve also wanted to get everything ready for little mans arrival, and it was stressing me out that we were 30 weeks in and we still didn’t have furniture set up. Which meant I did certain things by myself, because I just couldn’t wait. The anxiety of not having it done, was a lot worse than doing it myself. In the end I set up the next to me bed, and the rocker. I’m glad that I did it, as I never used to believe that I could do tasks like that, but now I know that I can.

The Cravings

This is pretty much a follow on from My Second Trimester, as not much has changed. I’ve not had any weird cravings, and I’d say I’ve not really had many cravings at all. At the beginning I craved literally everything, but nowadays the cravings are few and far between.

I’ve craved Jaffa Cakes a lot, and I dread to think how many boxes of them I’ve gone through. Even though they weren’t my favourite pre-pregnancy.

This might be a slightly weird one actually, but I’ve loved eating ice cubes. Every evening I’ll fill a glass with ice and have it with some water and I love it.

Maternity Wear

I wasn’t sure to include this, as I’ve been pretty boring. I’ve brought slim to none maternity clothes, and instead I’ve had the same few outfits on repeat. From pretty early on in my pregnancy I couldn’t stand to have a waistband on my stomach. The slightest bit of pressure set my sickness off, so I’ve only been able to wear: dresses, skirts that can be worn above the bump or trousers around my hips.

How I’m Feeling About Labour

I thought I’d end on this one, considering labour could be any day now. In my second trimester the thought of labour didn’t phase me at all, but now that  it’s something that’s going to happen soon; I’m a little more nervous. I feel prepared, as I don’t think there’s an aspect that I haven’t researched. Which has really helped, and I’m going into it with a very open mind. If I can have a vaginal birth then great, but if I can’t then that’s fine too. Whatever happens, happens and I’m perfectly fine with that.

There we have it, that was My Third Trimester.

I can’t believe that’s all three of them posted; where have the nine months gone?!

Thank you for reading.