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[Skyblueboston]

So 28 weeks tomorrow, just walked the dog around the block, it was hell!

My back killed, I waddle like a duck, I'm breathless and just feel sooooo heavy!

Am I the only one?

[DrFluffy]

My back and ribcage have started giving me gip this week (24). Felt fairly miserable today, so hope it's a one off thing, else work will be hell!

[Kaleidoscope]

I remember walking through my local shopping mall, usually it's no biggy to walk from one end to the other (a little over a mile to do so) but reasonably early on, maybe before 28 weeks, the amount of times I had to sit down was unreal! I couldn't believe it! I had to perform in a show and my set was only 20 minutes and at the end of it was about to faint! My back HURT like nothing else! I wish I could say it got better. I can barely walk down the stairs! My poor dogs aren't happy as I can't take them anywhere at the moment! They keep giving me looks! x

[Hidden]

Same here!am 27 weeks and so glad I left work early coz otherwise I will be on my feet up and down the stairs all day and right now I don't think I can do that.i thought I am lazy glad it's not just me!!i do little walks to the shops and back everyday though.xxx

[LunaD]

I struggled quite a bit from about 25 weeks and went off work at 32 (I'm a staff nurse on a ward and was constantly running from A to B for twelve hours) because it was too much. Constantly was having braxton hicks and felt exhausted. Was meant to stay on until 35 weeks so felt like a bit of a failure especially because there was a nursing assistant in my work who made it to 37 weeks! But I have to keep telling myself that everybody's different, even if I got very little sympathy from my colleagues....

I'm now 37 weeks and can only really do short walks. It's weird how some people manage to keep on without any bother but you need to listen to your own body and just give in!

[hippolike]

I will be 30 weeks on Thursday, and feel generally ok, but definitely get breathless more easily and find it very hard to sit up from lying completely flat - I usually need to be pulled up! I also get what I think are braxton hicks contractions when walking uphill. Reading LunaD's comment above - are braxton hicks normally triggered by exercise, then? As others have said, everyone is different, and it's entirely normal to feel more and more tired in your final trimester. Good luck! xx

[LunaD in reply to hippolike]

Hello, I think they are triggered by exercise? They definitely are worsened by exercise in my case, even walking around Adsa for two hours a few weeks ago I had a slight panic that I was going into labour! Haha. In hindsight I'm not sure if that's entirely normal.....Oh well

[Skyblueboston]

Ahhh ladies thanks or putting my mind at rest! Really can't wit till I can move easily again

[immysarch]

I am now 38+5 and for the last 2 months it has been killing me to walk (rest isn't too much of.an option as i have a 30 month old little monkey plus a 7 yr old). Some days i have to push.myself to do simple tasks like washing up etc. It doesn't help that i am no longer with my partner, but this is defiantly my hardest pregnancy out of the three.

[hippolike]

Thanks for the response, LunaD - there's not much info on the web about braxton hicks, so it's very helpful to hear other people's experiences. All the best, ladies! xx

[Clairew7]

Hi there, reading the above I think I've got off quite lightly so far.

I'm 35 weeks and still managing to get around pretty much as I used to, although I am starting to notice I'm much more tired when I get home from work if I've been driving long distances or if I've been working in London and hopping on and off tubes and walking distances.

Good luck all with the rest of your pregnancies, I'm sure it is all worth it when we get to hold our little ones.

[mrsturner17]

Being 2 days ahead of u skyeblueboston I'm feeling exactly the same too, I can't walk around for too long as my back and hips start to hurt rather badly, I'm also experiencing a lot of muscular pain in the front of my stomach doctor has advised me to start taking stronger painkillers cuz it's so painful but nothing else can be done cuz it's simply her growing xx