30 weeks and suddenly feel very pregnant

Here to moan and hopefully get some advice on how to make things easier.

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I'm 30 weeks today. The past 2 weeks I've barely slept, starting to feel so uncomfortable. Tossing and turning all night from side to side. So difficult going into work (nurse) on only a couple hours of broken sleep and my back and sciatica pain is really starting to get to me. The sound effects when I'm changing position or trying to pick things up is embarrassing at this point too.

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The worrying thing is the thoughts of having 10 more weeks of this, baby is measuring ahead by approx 2 weeks and so active. I feel my bump is already making sleep uncomfortable that I cant imagine what it will be like by week 35!

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I'm sure all of these things I'm experiencing are normal pregnancy symptoms but does anyone have any tips on how to make this trimester a bit more comfortable.

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Part of me wants to ask to be signed off work but nervous that I'm being overly dramatic since I'm having a smooth pregnancy overall. My appointments are always so quick with the consultant that I find it hard to even bring up.

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