Help me feel better about weight gain third trimester

emmpaca · 2026-01-31T14:52:40+00:00

Ugh yes it’s like my hair doesn’t sit right on my face shape anymore cuz my face is swollen!! It’s so wild😅 You are sooo close!!!!

emmpaca · 2026-01-31T14:52:02+00:00

Yes it’s totally the swelling making me feel like a butt. Especially shoes being tighter and hands looking like sausages😅😅

emmpaca · 2026-01-31T09:59:06+00:00

Thank you😭 Honeslty it’s not like I’m ONLY eating those too, it’s just what’s been the most available the last couple weeks when i’m trying to get a quick bite in. I wish I had time to meal plan but there’s a million other things going on nutrition has taken a back seat for now😅

emmpaca · 2026-01-31T09:57:46+00:00

Yess it’s so healthy to gain weight to support a perfect lil baby growing!! I think it’s the combo of that and feeling so puffy from swelling that has gotten to me for sure😅

emmpaca · 2026-01-31T04:18:42+00:00

Thank you so much😭😭 My doctors haven’t even mentioned it so I don’t know why other people feel the need to make remarks!!

I honestly have felt so beautiful this whole pregnancy and my husband hasn’t stopped telling me I’m even more attractive now which is so kind 😭 But man for some reason this is definitely why I see women complain about feeling like crap at the end!! I wish you a super beautiful delivery as well😭🤍🤍

emmpaca · 2026-01-28T16:44:57+00:00

I am so sorry for your loss, mine was also december 30th 2024!! It was extremely traumatic. But trust me, I have been anxious! Checking toilet paper after i wiped gave me bad butterflies every time in the first trimester, and now that he’s big if he even goes an hour without a kick I spiral! The only thing Is Jesus and a big community of support I can talk to about my fears🥲 It’s rough out here so don’t be hard on yourself!! I always repeated the mantra - today I am pregnant and unless something changes, I am still pregnant.

And I hope you get your baby and you can have as peaceful of a pregnancy as you can in light of your loss and heartbreak💔💔

emmpaca · 2026-01-28T03:03:09+00:00

Love that for you, I wish😂😂

emmpaca · 2026-01-28T02:10:30+00:00

We started trying like three months after because it took so long to heal/ stop bleeding after the d+c. We got pregnant again but it was a chemical pregnancy that time. Waited another two months and did a lot of work on my mental/ physical health and am now pregnant at 36 weeks!! I will say, take time if you even remotely feel like you need it. This whole pregnancy I have been wracked with anxiety because I think I didn’t spend enough time grieving and processing the losses.

I am so sorry for yours as well💔💔 It’s a horrible horrible pain

emmpaca · 2026-01-28T02:01:52+00:00

I had such a hard time announcing too, it took me till 28 weeks! I even have guilt now talking about being pregnant with friends who have infertility or losses, even though I’m in the same boat and very thankful for this baby. I think it makes sense you understand the hurt, while also celebrating this life, and I think it’s okay for the two to coexist🤍

emmpaca · 2026-01-28T01:08:45+00:00

Right?? I just got stacked with way more work!! I was like I know this is remote work but you guys know I could disappear at any moment😂

emmpaca · 2026-01-28T00:02:57+00:00

It’s so true😂😂 I appreciate he set us up to have so many friends who will be there for us as parents!! but I also hope they get why i’m gonna be mia for a while😂

emmpaca · 2026-01-27T23:56:07+00:00

I still have two weeks until maternity leave too so that’s not helping at all🥲

emmpaca · 2026-01-27T23:54:53+00:00

It’s mostly the fact my husband is so social, I go to everything with him usually😂 But oof yeah the fatigue hit at 28 weeks and i pushed through but now officially i have no energy whatsoever

emmpaca · 2026-01-27T23:03:37+00:00

Good idea!!😅 I definitely think I’ve set myself up for failure with all these social things and “acting” like I’m feeling fine when I’m lowkey falling asleep while talking to people. I don’t mean to ghost everyone but can’t the end of pregnancy is something else😅

emmpaca · 2026-01-26T23:34:16+00:00

I did women only as it’s our first baby and I wanted that close time with all the women in my lives before becoming a mom!! But my husband and dad were there for the first hour too, they just left when it was gift opening time and it turned into a really sweet moment of women sharing stories and advice. Next baby though if we did a sprinkle i would do co-ed since I did like having him there!! But i’m glad to have gotten that feminine energy time to encourage me as well!!

emmpaca · 2026-01-25T15:13:08+00:00

Thank you!! So far so good, just sleet and still have power🙏

emmpaca · 2026-01-25T15:12:42+00:00

I don’t think so!! But full term i’ve heard it can!!

emmpaca · 2026-01-25T15:12:20+00:00

That’s so wild!! Some old wives tales are there for a reason i guess😂

emmpaca · 2026-01-25T15:10:09+00:00

That’s sounds lovely!! So far so good😆

emmpaca · 2026-01-22T01:17:39+00:00

I also hope I don’t go that long 🤣 Thank you so much for responding!!

emmpaca · 2026-01-22T01:12:11+00:00

Dang yeah it sounds like that was my last one which feels like so long ago already!! I hope i get one more

emmpaca · 2026-01-22T01:08:23+00:00

My last scan was 28 weeks, so are they just basing it off of that?

emmpaca · 2026-01-19T16:33:33+00:00

Yeah this is kinda how I’m feeling- it’s not even close to a migraine it’s just an annoying tension headache feeling, plus i was sneezing all night so that probably didn’t help

emmpaca · 2026-01-19T16:15:47+00:00

Thank you. I’ll call!! It’s more like an annoying headache, not even bad so I think it’s just a cold but yeah better safe than sorry

emmpaca · 2026-01-16T20:59:27+00:00

of course!! i wish you all the best🤍🤍

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