Miserable

Just a warning, this is a complaint post so if you're sensitive to pregnancy complaining, this one might be a good one to skip. 

I've tried to stay positive, I've tried to be cognizant of my words but I need to get it out. Things are getting HARD. Here are my current symptoms:

Pain bubble is back-constant pain level of 3 as of today
Severe heartburn
Shortness of breath
Headaches
Can't bend forward
Severe insomnia, averaging three hours of sleep a night 
Hurts to sit without my feet being elevated
ZERO energy
Random severe cramps
Night sweats and frequent overheating
Constant bladder pressure-very uncomfortable 
Nausea spells
Butt and tummy is expanding and it hurts to sit in smaller chairs
LOTS of lower abdominal pressure-feels like a bowling ball is going to fall out of me any minute

My point: I'm miserable. This stage in pregnancy is much harder than I thought it was going to be. I'm really ready for him to come. I'm medically considered full term at 37 weeks and can go as long as 40-41. I'm 34 weeks on Monday. He's averaging very big so I'm hoping they will move his due date up or maybe that he will come early. I want him to wait until he's developmentally ready but as soon as he is, I hope he comes!!! It's just getting really hard to be this uncomfortable 24/7. 

Last night, I was laying in bed and had a talk with Mr. Pumpkin and told him that he needs to bake fast so he can come out to meet his mama. What was cool is that he reacted to my voice. That was a really neat moment. He started squirming as soon as I started talking to him. *LOVE*

I will find out next week if he has turned or if he's still breech. I do feel movement much lower now so I'm wondering if maybe he has started dropping, or maybe he's just longer and I'm feeling that.

I now will be having weekly dr's appointments and sonograms to determine his positioning and my cervical effacement.

It's coming!!! YAY!!!!!!!! Soon I'll slowly feel like me again while cuddling with the cutest little pumpkin in town. 3-7 more weeks!!!!!

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