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Yuck! Poor you! Everyones body reacts to pregnacy differently so you never know how it will be for you until you are in it. Are there things you could do to take care of yourself (massage, pedicure, etc), or projects that would help you focu on when lo is here? We had no budget for massage but i spent a lot of evenings sewing birds for lo's mobile. It sometimes helped me to think about what mey body was working so hard to do--of course you are tired! Good luck!

Take the third trimester as a time to calm down and relax. Just focus on relaxing on the couch or doing a hobby, something along that line. I remember that I couldn't make it to knit night because I dreaded walking from the El to the store. For me, that was my signal to relax about that. We didn't get the nursery done until days before LO arrived, but I think that brought on labor more than anything. Just relax and take good care of yourself.

I'm sorry you are feeling lousy. I've had many weeks where I was just really surprised by how little I was enjoying pregnancy-- I thought I'd be one of those people who just loved every moment, then morning sickness and fatigue hit. Thankfully that's lifted now but I'm getting to the point where my back and joints are constantly sore. I think all you can do is really take it easy on yourself-- so you don't exercise like you thought you would, or you gain a little more weight than expected-- you are being healthy and growing a healthy baby and that's important part, not the number of reps at the gym or minutes on the elliptical.

For the back, have you ever been to a chiropractor? My midwife suggested it yesterday-- really, said said chiro, massage, yoga, and acupuncture could all help with the soreness, but she often recommends the chiro first since it's usually covered by insurance. I'm dying for a massage but the prenatal ones are so expensive I feel like I should wait until I'm feeling even worse.

Also, I know when my mom was pregnant with me, my dad made a comment at the end of the 2nd trimester about how that was the end of the "good" trimester and she just burst into tears because she felt awful all through it. She actually felt way better in the 3rd than she had the entire time, so maybe that will happen to you!