Last trimester issues

[Anonymous]

I'm in my third trimester and will soon welcome my third child. I'll have a newborn, toddler and preschooler. I'm so exhausted. I have to urinate every 30 minutes on average, I can barely stay awake past my kids bedtime (8:30) and I feel hot and uncomfortable. My pregnancy has been great so far (no health problems) but I just feel so tired now. How is everyone else out there doing in their last trimester?

[Anonymous]

honestly? I hate to b*tch and be negative, but i'm really hating the third trimester, maybe because my first trimester was fine (no morning sickness) and my second trimester was so great - full of energy.

I've gained a ton of weight in the last few weeks, I feel like an enormous, ungainly whale, i can't seem to stop eating sweets and all of a sudden, running is uncomfortable. (I ran every other day, up to 8 miles at a time, in my first and second trimester.) My feet are swollen to the size of watermelons, I have frequent Braxton Hicks contractions (my doctor says not to worry) and I can't find a comfortable sleeping position so I'm not really sleeping and I'm exhausted. And like the OP, I pee even more frequently than before, which is really saying something. I'm also in a really busy time at work, so that probably has something to do with it.

I think maybe I'm still too far away from the birth to really see the light at the end of the tunnel, but I really hope the rest of my pregnancy isn't this miserable!