The third trimester gets rough
"Many 'problems' return with the third trimester: pressure on the bladder, the need for smaller and more frequent meals, difficult sleeping... plus some new issues arise. This is from Babyfit.com:
'Once you are in your third trimester, even if you were a marathon runner and in the best cardio shape of your life, you may experience some shortness of breath after taking only a couple of steps. Stay calm -- even the fittest women feel this symptom of pregnancy and it is not due to what kind of shape you are in. It is a fact that by the time you reach your 36th week, your uterus has expanded to about 1,000 times its normal size. Logically, this gives the rest of your organs, including your lungs, less room to move. So the shortness of breath you may be experiencing is likely due to the overcrowded conditions inside your body. The best you can do is to maintain good posture and know that some relief will come when the baby drops down into the birth canal.'
Now I have been experiencing this shortness of breath for a few weeks, and it's not a whole lot of fun. The worst is when I'm trying to tell a story I'm excited about, which really takes my breath away from me. My co-worker noticed it and said, 'The first thing I noticed after my daughter was born was that I could breathe deeply. I didn't realize how restricted my breathing had gotten until the pressure was gone.' And she ran everyday until the birth of her first child!
Also, they say 'relief will come when the baby drops' and so I asked my mom when my siblings and I dropped before birth. 'You all didn't drop,' was the response I got. Oh, no! I wonder if that tendency has been passed on to me as well as the lack of stretch marks?"
--Clare, 12/12/05
Editor's note: I've been posting some backed-up blog entries from Clare. Bucky did drop earlier this week.
'Once you are in your third trimester, even if you were a marathon runner and in the best cardio shape of your life, you may experience some shortness of breath after taking only a couple of steps. Stay calm -- even the fittest women feel this symptom of pregnancy and it is not due to what kind of shape you are in. It is a fact that by the time you reach your 36th week, your uterus has expanded to about 1,000 times its normal size. Logically, this gives the rest of your organs, including your lungs, less room to move. So the shortness of breath you may be experiencing is likely due to the overcrowded conditions inside your body. The best you can do is to maintain good posture and know that some relief will come when the baby drops down into the birth canal.'
Now I have been experiencing this shortness of breath for a few weeks, and it's not a whole lot of fun. The worst is when I'm trying to tell a story I'm excited about, which really takes my breath away from me. My co-worker noticed it and said, 'The first thing I noticed after my daughter was born was that I could breathe deeply. I didn't realize how restricted my breathing had gotten until the pressure was gone.' And she ran everyday until the birth of her first child!
Also, they say 'relief will come when the baby drops' and so I asked my mom when my siblings and I dropped before birth. 'You all didn't drop,' was the response I got. Oh, no! I wonder if that tendency has been passed on to me as well as the lack of stretch marks?"
--Clare, 12/12/05
Editor's note: I've been posting some backed-up blog entries from Clare. Bucky did drop earlier this week.
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