In my opinion, this was the worst trimester. My fatigue came back, I developed insomnia, I had to get up to pee every hour and no amount of pillows could make me comfortable. Your body is definitely preparing you for the baby and not getting sleep anymore. The exhaustion I felt was unreal. I planned on working up until labor but I became really useless at work and could barely make it through a day so I decided to go on maternity leave early. I became really moody/irritated and I wanted to isolate myself again. I did not have the energy to socialize and I was tired of everyone asking me “how are you feeling” because the reality was, I FELT LIKE SHIT! There was no other way to answer that question. 

My mindset really changed towards the end top with how I felt about giving birth and educating myself. I got tired of reading the books, taking classes, browsing forums → these were great in the beginning and good learning tools, but towards the end you just realize everyone’s experience is different and just go with the flow, you will figure it out and do what is best for you.  My birth plan? Out the window. Everything I thought I would want during birth and everything I read became kind of moot. I got to the point where I just wanted this baby out of me and IDC how they do it (drugs, pitocin,c-section etc…). 

This is the trimester that made me hate men, because they could NEVER handle the way women feel during pregnancy, and made me never want to be pregnant again. But I can give you hope and say that this changes (the pregnancy part, not the men part…that gets worse :P).