Third trimester, second time around
Categories: Pregnancy & birth
A couple weeks ago, I was thinking how I haven't noticed this baby hiccuping as much as Riley did when he was still in utero-and suddenly it was as though the hiccups became my belly companion's full-time fetal occupation. Several times a day, I feel as though I've swallowed a large ticking alarm clock: hic! Hic! Hic!
I mentioned to my husband how I thought I'd avoided the dreaded late-term heartburn, oh lucky me, and that very evening I woke up with what felt like battery acid crawling up the back of my throat. Every single night since then, I have to repeatedly get up and eat Tums, prop more pillows behind my head, and generally curse the gods of reflux.
I figured since my last pregnancy ended in late summer, I'd have a better chance of not swelling up like Violet Beauregarde this time around, but then I noticed it was taking me half an hour to yank my wedding rings off each night.
The skin tags, the congestion, the crushed-lung sensations, the *ahem* digestive issues . . . why, it seems the only major difference between this home-stretch section of pregnancy and my last one is my general outlook on life. "Jeez," my husband said to me recently. "You sure are more complainy this time."
Then, of course, I dipped him in salt, rolled him in chocolate, and devoured him whole. Because the food cravings are the same, too.
How about you, were the last parts of your pregnancies similar, or totally different?
I mentioned to my husband how I thought I'd avoided the dreaded late-term heartburn, oh lucky me, and that very evening I woke up with what felt like battery acid crawling up the back of my throat. Every single night since then, I have to repeatedly get up and eat Tums, prop more pillows behind my head, and generally curse the gods of reflux.
I figured since my last pregnancy ended in late summer, I'd have a better chance of not swelling up like Violet Beauregarde this time around, but then I noticed it was taking me half an hour to yank my wedding rings off each night.
The skin tags, the congestion, the crushed-lung sensations, the *ahem* digestive issues . . . why, it seems the only major difference between this home-stretch section of pregnancy and my last one is my general outlook on life. "Jeez," my husband said to me recently. "You sure are more complainy this time."
Then, of course, I dipped him in salt, rolled him in chocolate, and devoured him whole. Because the food cravings are the same, too.
How about you, were the last parts of your pregnancies similar, or totally different?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ethel 12-31-2007 @ 1:04PM
The only reason I wasn't complaining with the first baby was because I had no idea what was in front of me and didn't want to jinx anything. Second baby I burned it all and bitched up a storm. It was June and the first part of July, the hottest parts of the summer here, and my feet were huge. I couldn't sleep well not only becuase I was so huge and it hurt after a while, when you're pregnant you're a furnace - and sleeping on an ice flow isn't cold enough. My husband made too much noise and took too much room up (he slept on something like a 1'X6' section of our queen mattress), I couldn't get enough ice cream and leaving the house meant soaking my clothes with sweat even though I had only walked around the block, at night.
Then we had our second, who really blew the top out on fussy babies who can not be put down for any reason ever. I think I have nerve damage from holding him in a particular position for hours on end just so I didn't have to do anything for a minute except breath.
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Shannon 12-31-2007 @ 5:52PM
Ohhhhhh, lordy! My worst pregnancy symptom by far was swelling. It started just past the halfway point with my first. My legs swelled up until my ankles and knees were just a beautiful memory. I could make a half-inch deep indent on my shins. Gross! The second time I retained water in my belly. Because my stomach wasn't getting stretched far enough with an almost 11 pound infant! Water retention isn't usually categorized as a yucky pregnancy symptom. Just annoying. But I found it so disgusting. I couldn't wait to get those watermelons out and find my joints again. Unfortunately, I am now swimming in stretchmarks. Some days you just can't win for losing!
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Sara 1-01-2008 @ 12:32AM
Hey girl, my first comment over here, anyway I had to comment because of the heartburn crapshit stuff. I totally know how to kiss that one goodbye. Applecider vinegar, I know I know gross, but seriously kicks battery acid's ass in .2 seconds. I just put a TBS of it in a glass of water drank before going to bed and no more late night early morning burns. And, really its not that bad tasting.
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Sandyone 1-01-2008 @ 9:40AM
I'll have to try that one. I'm just in the second trimester of my 6th pregnancy and the heartburn has been coming and going for quite some time, now.
For swelling, cucumbers and watermelon...chew the seeds and swallow them. And then make sure to drink nearly a gallon of water per day. That keeps the swelling at bay for me.
Knowing more definitely makes us more complainy. I just keep in mind that babies are much easier on the inside than on the outside. Only one of mine was easier on the outside. Pregnancy really doesn't last forever, even if it seems it does.