Menopausal woman competing with my pregnancy symptoms

I’m 35 weeks pregnant and I go on maternity leave in a week and I cannot wait. I have a very physical job and I work with older woman than myself. At this point I’m basically like a pregnant walrus who just needs to put her feet up 😂😂

But my god the comments that I have had to put up with since before getting pregnant regarding their menopause symptoms is really starting to piss me off. I really thought they’d of rained it in whilst I’m working around them right now and try keep their comments to some sort of perspective or be a little sympathetic towards my situation. I never complain or ask for help but all I have to listen to is this all day. Not to mention the unsolicited advice is driving me insane.

“I’m hot” “I’m exhausted” “I haven’t slept” “my husbands a dick head” “my brain fog” “I’m so tired I could just fall to sleep” “my neck and back are killing me” “I can’t stop gaining weight” “I can’t stop loosing weight” “everything hurts” “my hot flushes”

If I say I’m tired or feel a bit off it all I get is the “just you wait” comments. “If you feel bad now wait till baby is here” “are you sure it’s not twins” “when I was pregnant we didn’t have all modern gadgets” “back in my day we just get on with it”

Which I’m pretty sure they didn’t, Ive come to the conclusion that you do just forget how hard pregnancy is because I never ever get one supportive or understanding comment. It’s like their brains have been wiped clean of any memory of what it was like.

I can’t win and I always feel like they have to one up me which is never dream of doing to them. I can’t wait for next Friday 🥴🥳🥵😵‍💫

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When did you circumcise your baby?
If you DID NOT or DO NOT have a circumcised son DO NOT comment this post is not for you!

Did you wait a certain amount of time or have it done immediately?
Again respectfully, this is only for the parents who choose to do so.
opinions about how not necessary it is will not be appropriate for this post. Thank you in advance. 🩵

Can someone pls help i keep making this post and nobody is responding

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Postpartum

I’m only 3 days postpartum (FTM) and already have extremely bad anxiety. I’m crying every night, as I think of another night of no sleep. My baby will not settle in his cot, he cries every moment we put him down unless in his chair rocker. So me and my partner are having to alternate after 3/4 hours of being awake with him downstairs. I’m trying everything to get him to settle. It’s a load of overwhelming stress. I’m 23, I was desperate for a baby and now I have one and feel completely useless. I miss it just being me and my partner.

When does it get better?

I was crying on the phone with the perinatal mental health team today and the lovely lady, bless her, kept assuring me that it gets better. I kept telling her I hope so because people have been saying that since having my LO and it just feels like it keeps getting worse. She assured me it gets better....

Crawling

Did anyone’s little one start crawling yet? I feel like we are falling behind but really have no idea. I’m trying to introduce more floor time but it’s been rough because of having hardwood floors and our 80 lb oblivious to life dog. I got us a carpet for the living room and trying to put the dog out more when the weather allows. She sits like a pro and will roll to get the things she needs😅 but no real signs of crawling yet.

Silver cross pushchair

Has anybody had experience with the sliver cross cove or breeze? Me and my partner can’t make an agreement 😅 I like the cove but is it worth the extra money to the breeze?