Things I am no longer able to do in my 3rd trimester

due to my gynormous belly:

1. Put underwear on standing up. Apparently I can only lift my leg to mid-calf-sih level and I cannot bend down enough to get them on without sitting down.

2. Flush a public toilet with my feet. See above regarding lifting my legs up high enough.

3. wipe after #2 reaching from front to back my arm span does not equal belly span. I now have to wipe coming from the back!

Please feel free to add your new physical limitations.

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Sit up from laying down.
I literally have to roll out of bed because the amount of pressure put on my vajay from sitting up is so uncomfortable.

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Getting out of bed and having to roll to the edge & using my nightstand as a support piece.

I thought I was the only one with the wiping issue That is annoying!!!

Bending down to get anything and having this forced grunt come out is scary.

Sitting on my couch than trying to get up requires several attempts at rolling forward & back to hoist myself up.

Getting in and out of my SUV is a mission.

Thank goodness for flip flops because there would be no way that I could tie shoes with the belly in the way.

Shaving my legs is NOT a pretty site. I won't even go into the blind attempt of shaving the bikin area.

50 days left...50 days

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ditto to everything - except for shaving. I will NOT allow myself to not shave! NO matter how much it hurts!

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Top of the list, shaving or at least being able to see what I am doing while shaving. I refuse to not do it even if it takes me hours to accomplish it.

Putting on undies is a mission in itself, I literly have to put one leg in and then use my toes to get it around the other one -LOL

Wiping totally!!!! It's exhausting and I have now been using baby wipes to make sure all is clean down there.

Getting a full night sleep. I wake up every hour or 2 to pee.

59 days to go

Message edited 7/16/2010 11:11:42 AM.

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Does anyone have a standup shower? no bath?

Shaving is super easy! I just lean into one corner of the shower, and wedge my foot into the opposite corner (on the diagonal) and shave my legs that way!

All clothing putting on and removal I have to do sitting.

Everything takes a bit more effort in general and I will admit, there are lots of things that I will leave on the floor and just wait for someone else to pass to pick them up

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Getting in and out of our SUV is horrible!!
I'm also no longer capable of walking from the subway to work in the afternoon.. too uncomfortable and tired at the end of the day... my cc bills will be awesome next month from cabbing to Penn Station!!

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Put on socks

Put on shoes that require laces to be tied

I gave myself a pedicure last week but I literally had to hold my breath each time I pulled my foot up to paint, then breathe after putting it back down

Get up from a lying down position without having to roll on my side first and use my arms to push myself up

Shave my bikini area w/o feeling like a blind person. So far, shaving my legs is still ok!!

Walk up a flight of stairs w/o getting winded

And the list goes on...

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the underwear thing is sooo true! its such a hassle!

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-roll over in bed without waking the whole house up.

-secure the straps of my sandals, so if DH isn't home I can't wear them, and my 2 1/2 year old is not help!

-underwear is just a mission and a half. If there wasn't the need for a panty liner I would just forgo it altogether.

-care what anyone f-ing thinks of anything I say or do!

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Posted by curliegirl

-roll over in bed without waking the whole house up.

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I've given up on laundry at this point, I can't bend into the washer or dryer.

I agree wiping is a an enormous task.

Getting out of bed at night is something I dread, and sometimes have to wake DH to help me get out.

42 days to go and I have no idea how I'm going to make it. Worst part of this pregnancy is the heat...can't we just get one cool day????

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SLEEP! Last night I slept sitting upright in my living room chair....

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ummm lets see: blow dry my hair without sweating like an animal, take my socks off (i have to wear these horrific compressions stockings at work, and my husband has to take them off for me), brush my teeth without looking like a vampire when I'm done (*****??????) the list goes on and on and on!!!!!!!!!

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I can barely sit up straight in my last weeks. My belly is cutting off the circulation to my lower legs!!

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1. sleep comfortably thanks to braxton hicks and pelvic pain.
2. put on pants or underwear standing up
3. walk normal thanks to a swollen foot and pelvic pain

thankfully we're almost there ladies and before you know it we'll be holding our little ones and all our pains and aches will be forgotten!

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Pee in public places!!!!!

I am OCD and refuse to plant my tush on a public toilet! Well that came back to bite me in the butt not once... twice! I have to brace myself to squat, which is a project in itself! Well apparently I am not able to squat low enough because I have literally peed down my leg twice! So gross!!!! I told my DH we are not going anywhere with gross bathrooms anymore (happened at the beach today)!!!! At least I gave him a good laugh! 39 days to go!!!!!

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such a good thread- at least we know we're not alone!!

- can no longer wipe as well! I feel disgusting every time!

- get off of the couch with looking like a fish out of water

- sex attempted tonight and is no longer comfortable

- sit with my legs together!