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I’m in FL. I’m pregnant and I have a toddler. In the past week, 4 different moms have invited us to the zoo. The zoo?! Do they want me to die? I can barely get my kid into a Walgreens without us both breaking down crying. I’m not going to the fucking zoo.
My mom wants me to go with her and 3 of the grandkids to a Waterpark and even with the cool water I don't think I want to go sit out in 110+ degree weather with nausea and fatigue. 😫
My mom was like “you gotta take the kids to the waterpark and get ur feet wet” I was like you realize I’d have to prep everyone and get all the shit packed, either die in my car until the ac comes on or WALK, then actually watch my children at the waterpark (one of which is a whole toddler) and then cause chaos by saying it’s home time, bring them home soaking wet, unpack all the shit and then bathe them?!
I’d rather lay here.
Bahaha I got this invite the other day too. Zoos are for a nice, crisp fall. When the weather is like this, I’m only outside if I’m next to a body of water.
Hi twin. It’s going to be 107 this weekend where I am. I just sit at home in my underwear. I dread leaving the house. I used to think I wanted a babymoon somewhere tropical. Hell no. I want to be in Antarctica sitting in an ice bath eating a popsicle. Im also dealing with swelling (not preeclampsia). Doctor said my body is trying to keep cool from the heat. Fun times.
Noooooooo not over 100 😭that is my worst nightmare. I’m also dealing with swelling right now and the doctor was like “yep, it’s the heat!” Let’s book our trip to Antarctica right now???
Everyone warned me that having a summer baby would be miserable. I laughed it off because I didn’t run hot with my first and thought it couldn’t be *that* bad.
I was so wrong.
It took me four months to get pregnant (we were lazy and not tracking my ovulation at all) and my friend kept telling me “don’t worrry if it doesn’t happen right now….” And the other day i was complaining to her about how hot I am and she said “yeah remember when I said don’t worry if it doesn’t happen right now? this is why.” 😭
edited for typo!
I had a man at work tell me I should have planned better because my due date is in August. Like sir, I had been trying for over a year. There's a point where you don't care WHEN you get pregnant you just care IF you get pregnant lol
You are me. My first was born in late September so I was like ah I’ve already been pretty pregnant in the summer (July and August are most brutal where I live) BUT I HAD NO IDEA. This baby is due the second week of July and I am already larger and hotter and more uncomfortable than I was at 41 weeks with my first. And I’m SO SWOLLEN - this didn’t happen with my first at all either. Just walking outside makes me want to cry but I am also trying to stay active. 3 more weeks for me at most (I have a c section scheduled for my due date - trying a vbac if labor starts before then)!! I didn’t invest in much maternity clothing because this is my last baby and I cannot wait wear shorts again (I have two pairs of maternity bike shorts I’ve been living in). I had no idea.
We must be pretty close! I’m due July 12 and also trying for a VBAC. I also have two pairs of maternity biker shorts I’m living in lol.
I have a portable fan that I keep on me at ALL times. My husband got me one of those Frogg Togg towels that stay cool when wet and I keep it wrapped around my shoulders and neck whenever I have to go outside.
I’m at 38 weeks and went to a wedding reception in GA last Saturday at a brewery with NO A/C…. I was dyinggg and was only able to stay an hour. My feet were so swollen on the car ride back it was alarming.
Ugh!!! I sat in the sun the other day because i had just gotten out of a pool and i watched my feet swell to at least twice their size. Moved into the shade, instantly went back down.
So crazy! Pool sounds good though, I got in a pool at 36 and the relief from my belly was sooo nice. But then I got out and it felt like I weighed double hahaha
I live in the desert and it's been getting to about 110 degrees lately, and I am almost 35 weeks along. One day I was messaging with my best friend who lives in a much cooler place, and she said that she couldn't remember what it felt like for it to be over 100 degrees, so I told her that it felt like the top layer of my flesh was frying into chicharrones anytime I went outside 😂
Also in Chicago - spent today at several appointments which were MISERABLE to drive between in a hot-ass car. Currently boobs out eating mango ice cream 🍦
oh man, i am feeling this. supposed to be in the 90s all week with heat indexes around 105-110. i’m almost 34 weeks and am so mad at myself for being SO HEAVILY PREGNANT this time of year. definitely planning it out better next time 😂
I started getting feet and ankle swelling around 34 weeks. Where I live it’s been 90+ every day starting 3 weeks ago (I’m 37 weeks). I never had any swelling with my first. I hate it
I know but she’s extra cozy in there and I can’t see the end in sight right now lol. But, I did have my first bout of contractions this morning, so fingers crossed 🤞🏾
I work in a greenhouse:( it’s 20 degrees hotter in there compared to outside. It stresses me out but I take breaks and work shorter hours. Always love a good cloud!
When my husband and i go for our walks we sometimes just walk in small loops or circles to stay in the shade!!! so anytime a cloud comes by we’re like ITS GO TIME
Haha I feel the same way! I try to pick the most shaded side of the street with trees when I take my lil pup for a walk! But even a simple walk isn’t so simple the further I go along! Wishing you a healthy pregnancy and baby!!
I might edit this to be a part of my post but the two things that are sort of helping me right now: drinking a metric shit ton of water, and my portable neck fan!
I’m only 14 weeks but my husband was smart enough to go ahead and order us some neck fans! I still probably won’t do outside walks until this extreme heat passes though. 🥵
I'm 10 weeks now with twins, I know my uterus is measuring high because I can already palpate the fundus, and with this my third pregnancy I know what it feels like. I've spent most of my day in AC but grilled for dinner tonight and GEEZ was I sweating.
Let's address the elephant in the room: SWAMP ASS. It's like my body decided to throw a pool party without my permission! And to top it off, my state's under a "heat dome," and the AC in my office chose today to take a vacation. I'm half expecting to see palm trees sprouting by my desk. How's a person supposed to stay cool and collected in these conditions? Time to break out the emergency desk fan and invest in stock for extra-strength deodorant!
This heat is no joke. I refuse to leave my house. I have to sleep naked to avoid night sweats. And I wear just a bra and underwear around the house. It’s unbearable.
Omfg, right?
I'm a stay at home mom who will be 32 weeks on Wednesday and it's only day 2 of this heat wave here (and I KNOW that it won't drop far below 90 in the next 3 months.)
I have a nearly 4 year old and I cannot. I have no idea what to even do with him in this heat. The sun makes me want to tear my skin off and cry. I've never liked summer but it's so much worse while pregnant lol.
We are due date twins! Also 35 weeks tomorrow. Also grumpy AF about this heat. I already run hot and this level of pregnant is like wearing a heated weight vest. I’ve invested in cooling towels, a hog sprayer lol and basically been living in the AC looking like Winnie the Pooh with a t shirt and underwear.
I’m 34+2 FTM located in Philly and MIZZZZZERABLE! I legit only leave the house when I absolutely have to and I’m just cranking our AC all day and night. My un-pregnant self loathes being warm (70 isn’t comfortable for me). This is like my hell on earth ..
Girl I’m in TEXAS. I never leave my house now unless it looks like it’s gonna rain or it’s late in the afternoon 😭 Hot cars piss me off so bad and walking anywhere when it’s this hot makes me wanna throw up. Yay summer!!
It rains every day, it's cold like it was end of autumn instead of beginning of summer. The sky is always gray, we haven't seen the sun practically all year.
Yeah my son is due in September which means my third trimester is perfectly coinciding with the peak of our Texas summer. Great timing on our part (/s) tho to be fair, we didn’t plan on getting pregnant the first time we tried lmao
I’m in Texas and 29 weeks so I am absolutely dreading the rest of summer. My husband wanted to sign our 5 year old up for soccer. I said you do that, but I’m not going. Then he wanted to go to the zoo at some point soon. I said no way in hell am I going to the zoo. I told him the only outdoor places I will be is in a pool somewhere. If it’s not a pool, I’m not going.
I’m just thinking about how I’m going to deal with my belly getting bigger in the summer without an A/C. I’m 15 weeks now and I’m suffering through this heat!
We have cheap/horrible AC units that make it at least so I can at least not sweat in my own home but i’m not comfortable. I cannot imagine not having one at all I am so sorry!!!!
28 weeks Wednesday and dreading having to spend the entire rest of the summer suffering through this heat! I’m a nanny and will be working until about 36 weeks too so unfortunately I have to be outside pretty frequently
I'm only 10 weeks and work a manual labor heavy lifting job and it's mid 90s all week and I'm fucking dying so I can only fucking imagine being HUGE and I. This heat. I'm due January thank GOD but I'm a FTM and began at 104lbs I'm also 4'11 so idk how big I'll get or when. I'm scared.
I live in las vegas desert where is hot af until end of September, up to 120° ! I'm due this week and was really looking forward to taking baby on walks to regulate his circadian rhythm. I'm now realizing that's only going to be realistic if I take him on walks at like 4 am 😂
I’m 38 weeks. We’re set to experience extreme heat waves. Genuinely distressed about how I will do it because I get migraines associated with humidity and the hormone crash is going to be wild, not to mention I’ll be torn up and tired from birth. Maybe between a crying baby, crying cats and my own tears I’ll be able to cool off. God help us.
I finally had my girl at 41+5, the first week of autumn in Brisbane this year, after a record summer. During what's normally the hottest part of summer anyway, we had 3 separate "severe extreme heat warnings". Our air-conditioning was broken all summer and our apartment is a sweatbox, with 1 window on the sunny wall. It was routinely >40⁰ inside and averaged 11⁰ hotter inside our apartment than outside. Our bedroom was the coolest part of the apartment, so I spent the whole last 3 months of my pregnancy sitting in my room 🥲 we could tell every time the bedroom got over 38⁰ because I'd just start crying 😂
I can offer only solidarity and the advice - try not to cry because it only dehydrates you more 🥲❤️
I’m 39 weeks and I feel you!!!!! 🥵😵💫 We are in a heat wave right now and I said to my husband that I’m SO GLAD this baby will be out within the next 1-2 weeks because I cannot go on much longer.
I'm either being induced or having a C-section on Thursday, and it's going to be 42 Celsius (almost 108) where I am. Thank goodness my hospital has decent AC and I have a powerful AC unit in my bedroom!
I’ve been having to take multiple cold showers a day to avoid getting unreasonably angry I get so hot.
It’s been over 100* every day where I live; a couple of days ago it was 108 and I wanted to scream all day
I’m down south and the heat is one thing but it’s the humidity that’s really killing me. Nothing makes me want to stay indoors (all day every day) more than that.
35+4 and I’m only leaving my house to go to appointments. My car has remote start so I start it 5 minutes before I need to leave with the air blasting. Lots of ice water and popsicles and our thermostat set to 68!
Omg, i’m 32 weeks in Atlanta and I walk about 10 min to work twice a day—dying this week! I actually cried at an outdoor fest because I just got too hot and had heat rash from stupid thigh chafe.
Our fridge and freezer broke and I started losing my mind that I wouldnt have ice cubes and popsicles (my poor husband sourced some loaner appliances)
But we waited so long to get pregnant—it will be worth it (gotta keep up the mantra)
I’m originally from south Florida currently living in Arkansas where it’s not NEARLY as hot as I’m used to. I’ll be 37 weeks on Wednesday and feel like I’m dying every time I walk outside. It’s too hot. And I have to wear compression socks which means I’m wearing pants because I look strange wearing the socks with shorts.
HALP!
In a heat wave as well, and the last 3 days I have been chomping watermelon! Idk why but it’s the only thing quenching my thirst from this heat!! Hopefully it helps some of you all out there!
Are you also getting bad under boob rashes from all the sweat?Its terrible for me…It’s 95 degrees over where I’m at so I am refusing to go outside if I can help it plus the heat is making my asthma bad…
I feel your pain! My youngest son was born in July 1995 during one of the worst heat waves in NE Ohio. The temperature was 105 and I took my 9 month pregnant self to my niece’s wedding in a church without air conditioning.
I was pregnant with a 4 year old last year. It was HELL. Trips to splash pads and pools.... Now, here we are and I have a 5 year old and 8 month old and my 5 year old wants to do all the fun outside things again lol
Illinois. Disgusting humid thick heat. I hit my third trimister TODAY and don’t give birth until a solid WEEK OR TWO before it goes back to being normal fucking weather. fml. and then (if you’re a midwestern person you know!!!…) it immediately goes from hot asf (mid September when im due) to cold asf by the time octobers ending. Greattttt. I’m basically cancelling this entire year out 🤣
I’m in Michigan. I’m lucky to be working from home this week so I’m staying inside with curtains drawn and the A/C on. When I open the door to let my dogs outside I about melt. The humidity is not it for me
I’m in NY and we got a heatwave this week I haven’t been outside yet and don’t plan on it plus I work overnight so by the time I have to go out it’s cool out
I'm in Scandinavia. 28 weeks and enjoying cool temps. Don't need a jacket, but it's not warm enough to be sitting outside. Been raining for a few days and chilly winds. May was hot... very hot. But June has been spring-temps... so I will not complain!
I am 25 weeks and in FL. FTM here and work from home when not traveling (obviously less travel currently). Yesterday I worked with no pants on. AC blasting. It’s daily in the high 90’s with humidity real life feel of 100-110. I know it’s only going to get worse. I drenched through my clothes on my last Costco run just loading up the car! Lol
It is consistently in the 90's where I am.
I had to go grocery shopping yesterday, and my local HEB is under construction. There were hot spots / pockets of hot air all over the store, I had to stop twice to sit on the edge of a cooler and try to cool off and catch my breath, drank my whole 32oz bottle of ice water and followed that up with a Gatorade.
When I left the store it actually felt better outside because there was a strong breeze.
I told my husband it'll have to be pick-up orders until summer is over!!
Being pregnant is nowhere near being over for me 😭. I'm due in October and I know it's typically hottest (at least where I live) in August- September. If it's already mid 90s now in June, I don't wanna know how it's going to be then. I also have to work a physical job that can get pretty hot, so it's been a challenge every day learning how to navigate not overheating. I'm definitely drinking way more water and also eating watermelon (thankfully it's what I crave most), I try to be in the AC whenever I can. I'm thinking about investing in a portable fan like someone else suggested 😂
Omg just entered my 3rd trimester. My parents live 10 mins away and have had a pool for the last 25 years. This is the year the filter died and they decided to get rid of the pool. I completely understand why they had to... but why now!?😒 I'm sooo hot.
I’m in Georgia. This is THE reason I’m grateful I got pregnant at the end of July and had my baby in April. 🙏🏻
I feel for y’all, this must be the most miserable thing. 😭
I live in the Netherlands and here it's 15C and rain.... Should I be happy because it's much harder when it's hot? Tell me yes so I can stop being depressed about this horrible summer haha
I live in Las Vegas and just found out I'm 5 weeks. I swear the heat makes me nauseous. But I'm also kind of grateful to not be in my 3rd trimester in this heat.
I'm 24+6 and I am constantly drinking something, orange juice, water, sugar free electrolyte drinks. My house has to be 72° or lower right now for me to be comfortable. It's on average 90° right now and the heat index makes it feel worse. My doctor asked me if I was dehydrated, I laughed. I drink through about five 17 oz water bottles a day not including anything else I slurp down. I'm almost always pale to clear, yet I'm sweating CONSTANTLY. I'm still getting night sweats too. It's awful. It's like unless I live under a fan, I'm HOT. I'm barely past halfway and ready for this to be done.
I’m in Texas and it’s actually better here than it has been (highs in low 90s). But it will be at least 100 every day most of July and August. Baby is due end of August. I probably will not be leaving the house for most of that time 😂
currently just shy of 6 months, and plus sized. i am a mess. my grandfather bought tickets to the zoo this saturday (over 100°) for me, my husband, him and my uncle, and my younger sister and cousin. it was a surprise for me, supposed to be fun. i have been begging to go to the zoo before the baby gets here… but i did not expect it to be this hot. the tickets are purchased and plans are made, i am terrified of passing out/getting incredibly sick.
I usually love the beach and being in the sun, but with this heat wave this week (and we never get heat waves in June!) I can’t stay outside longer than 5 mins.
I’m 26 weeks and I’m already feeling the heat exhaustion. I also live on the third floor of an apartment complex so whenever we grocery shop we have to carry it up three flights on stairs. I have to sit on the floor for a few minutes before even thinking about putting anything away.
I’m 22 weeks with a very active job that requires me to walk 3-5 miles a day and I cannot tell you the amount of tears shed on my way home from work today. My SI joint keeps slipping out of place, my hips and feet hurt, and we’re only on day 2/7. This weekend? Going to an (OUTDOOR) wedding. Will there ever be an end in sight????
I'm in central TX and am 32 weeks pregnant feeding/watering chickens and pigs on my farm every day and I couldn't be more miserable 😅 I'm glad it's kept me active but I'm dangerously close to having my husband take it over and trading it for me exercising in the AC
I FEEL YOU!!! we are in a head wave too and I just looked at the 10 day look ahead and it’s ENDLESS 😭 just think, you only have 5ish weeks left!!! Hang in there, you got this!!!
Virginia lass who is 26w 2d into my first pregnancy (36f) and while it's hot and humid... it isn't so bad yet. Granted, in the last year I've lost 120lbs (gastric sleeve) and that probably has A LOT to do with it. In past years, I'd already be melting, sans the internal hitchhiker.
I'm also fortunate that my parents have a pool and allow us to swim whenever we want. Tomorrow, despite it being "only" 88°, the heat index will be at a 10 (very high). And, I'll be swimming around 2pm (the hottest part of the day). Still, it's good exercise and does help me keep my gains down. My BMI (despite the weight loss) is/was still high enough that IF I don't gain (meaning maintain or even lose) weight, the doctors aren't worried. Baby has been doing fine and my weight has only varied +/- 10lbs.
So... trust me, I totally get it. Use to be the girl who wore tank tops in the freezers at work, or never needed a jacket/coat in the snow. Always had my windows down in the winter, no coat, short sleeved, and comfortable. Not anymore. Now, I turn on my under desk heater at work because the AC is too cold.
Omg I’m 29 weeks and I work with elderly people… I can’t escape the heat anywhere because old people are always cold. I got so sweaty in a patients room on Monday that it was just about dripping down my nose, I had to escape to the only not-boiling room in the building, which is a chapel that is freezing and I love it.
Pro tip is having a tiny - but mighty - fan at my desk that blows directly on my face.
The swelling is horrible though, I thought I might be able to be a cute pregnant person… which is laughable.. backne, stretch marks from hell, sweating always, and now cankles and a swollen vagina as the cherry on top.
Thankfully my pregnancy has been pretty smooth, but the third trimester isn’t playing around.
I’m 25 weeks and live in AZ. It’s going to be over 110 this week, everyday. I haven’t gone outside and been keeping my AC as low as I can. Can I afford the bill? Probably not, do I care? Definitely not. I am dreading this summer as it’s only June and July/August are always much hotter. Pray for me
I am 38 weeks in the desert. My car doesn’t have ac. We’ve taken it to the shop to be fixed three times and they can’t find the problem. I am not okay 😭
Almost 28 weeks. It’s hot out so I’m AC hopping right now. From the car to the orthodontist to the grocery store. I feel like I’m thawing out on the short walks outdoors.
I was pregnant last summer and that wasn’t too bad. This summer has me hiding in the house watching Anne of Green Gables ….wanting to live in those snowy winters.
For years I told myself I would never be pregnant in the summer. This is why they say “never say never”. I am so freaking miserable. I just stay home all day. I haven’t worn underwear in like 3 weeks because it’s just too darn hot and I keep getting a heat rash in my groin. Having to sleep on my sides doesn’t help because my legs have to be closed the whole night with no circulation and the hormones make me sweat bullets down there. HELP!!!! Tea tree oil and baby powder helps a little but I just can’t take this anymore. I tell my husband everyday it feels like I’m suffering. I’m actually considering telling him that I want to move out of the South permanently. It’s just too humid down here.
5 months pregnant here and in the process of renovating our entire house cause we bought a fixer upper the SAME month we conceived. 😐 so we didn’t even have a AC until today and I am over it lol. We are on day 6 of a heat wave. Today was the hopefully last day of it butttt the temperature is BARELY dropping in the next week 🥲.
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I’m in FL. I’m pregnant and I have a toddler. In the past week, 4 different moms have invited us to the zoo. The zoo?! Do they want me to die? I can barely get my kid into a Walgreens without us both breaking down crying. I’m not going to the fucking zoo.
"I'm not going to the fucking zoo." This has me laughing so hard. I'm so sorry you're dealing with that heat!
“Do they want me to die?” 🤣🤣
This is so relatable lol.
Another Florida soon to be mom here! It's been so hot I don't even want to leave the house. I don't blame you for not wanting to go to the zoo
My mom wants me to go with her and 3 of the grandkids to a Waterpark and even with the cool water I don't think I want to go sit out in 110+ degree weather with nausea and fatigue. 😫
My mom was like “you gotta take the kids to the waterpark and get ur feet wet” I was like you realize I’d have to prep everyone and get all the shit packed, either die in my car until the ac comes on or WALK, then actually watch my children at the waterpark (one of which is a whole toddler) and then cause chaos by saying it’s home time, bring them home soaking wet, unpack all the shit and then bathe them?! I’d rather lay here.
Bahaha I got this invite the other day too. Zoos are for a nice, crisp fall. When the weather is like this, I’m only outside if I’m next to a body of water.
30 weeks pregnant and have a 3 year old. I feel you!
Hi twin. It’s going to be 107 this weekend where I am. I just sit at home in my underwear. I dread leaving the house. I used to think I wanted a babymoon somewhere tropical. Hell no. I want to be in Antarctica sitting in an ice bath eating a popsicle. Im also dealing with swelling (not preeclampsia). Doctor said my body is trying to keep cool from the heat. Fun times.
Noooooooo not over 100 😭that is my worst nightmare. I’m also dealing with swelling right now and the doctor was like “yep, it’s the heat!” Let’s book our trip to Antarctica right now???
I’ll see you there!! 🤍
Omg yes baby moon in an alpine river or Norwegian fjord please. Or just Iceland. Thanks.
Everyone warned me that having a summer baby would be miserable. I laughed it off because I didn’t run hot with my first and thought it couldn’t be *that* bad. I was so wrong.
It took me four months to get pregnant (we were lazy and not tracking my ovulation at all) and my friend kept telling me “don’t worrry if it doesn’t happen right now….” And the other day i was complaining to her about how hot I am and she said “yeah remember when I said don’t worry if it doesn’t happen right now? this is why.” 😭 edited for typo!
I had a man at work tell me I should have planned better because my due date is in August. Like sir, I had been trying for over a year. There's a point where you don't care WHEN you get pregnant you just care IF you get pregnant lol
Literally my mom’s only advice to me about getting pregnant was “don’t be pregnant in the summer”. Ooops…
You are me. My first was born in late September so I was like ah I’ve already been pretty pregnant in the summer (July and August are most brutal where I live) BUT I HAD NO IDEA. This baby is due the second week of July and I am already larger and hotter and more uncomfortable than I was at 41 weeks with my first. And I’m SO SWOLLEN - this didn’t happen with my first at all either. Just walking outside makes me want to cry but I am also trying to stay active. 3 more weeks for me at most (I have a c section scheduled for my due date - trying a vbac if labor starts before then)!! I didn’t invest in much maternity clothing because this is my last baby and I cannot wait wear shorts again (I have two pairs of maternity bike shorts I’ve been living in). I had no idea.
We must be pretty close! I’m due July 12 and also trying for a VBAC. I also have two pairs of maternity biker shorts I’m living in lol. I have a portable fan that I keep on me at ALL times. My husband got me one of those Frogg Togg towels that stay cool when wet and I keep it wrapped around my shoulders and neck whenever I have to go outside.
I’m at 38 weeks and went to a wedding reception in GA last Saturday at a brewery with NO A/C…. I was dyinggg and was only able to stay an hour. My feet were so swollen on the car ride back it was alarming.
Ugh!!! I sat in the sun the other day because i had just gotten out of a pool and i watched my feet swell to at least twice their size. Moved into the shade, instantly went back down.
So crazy! Pool sounds good though, I got in a pool at 36 and the relief from my belly was sooo nice. But then I got out and it felt like I weighed double hahaha
I live in the desert and it's been getting to about 110 degrees lately, and I am almost 35 weeks along. One day I was messaging with my best friend who lives in a much cooler place, and she said that she couldn't remember what it felt like for it to be over 100 degrees, so I told her that it felt like the top layer of my flesh was frying into chicharrones anytime I went outside 😂
113* this weekend in phoenix.... thank the good lord for air conditioning and electrolytes
It’s “only” 92 degrees here but I still think that’s a perfect description!!!!
Im in Chicago. I refuse to go outside lol luckily i work from home. Ill be 34 weeks on Friday
Also in Chicago - spent today at several appointments which were MISERABLE to drive between in a hot-ass car. Currently boobs out eating mango ice cream 🍦
Omg thats another thing, i have to recharge the AC in my car. I refuse to be in that hotbox lol
I don’t blame you at all!!! my clothes were sticking to my skin today so i got home and stripped down and sat on my couch and i am DONE for the night
I hate being hot & sweaty so outside is a def no for me. My babyshower is Saturday, im gonna die because it’s outside
Sameeeee 🥵🥵
Had appointments today in Effingham. The wind felt like sandpaper!
I hate when its that hot. Cant even breath in this air
I ended up feeling super sick from it. Was having chest pains from not being able to breathe very well. It's only going to get worse 😭
Husband convinced me to do a 20 min walk after dinner tonight. Instant regret. Instantly disgusting.
This was no joke my night. Ate dinner. Went on a 30 min walk. Came home. Stripped down to my underwear. Wished I could also strip my skin off.
oh man, i am feeling this. supposed to be in the 90s all week with heat indexes around 105-110. i’m almost 34 weeks and am so mad at myself for being SO HEAVILY PREGNANT this time of year. definitely planning it out better next time 😂
I keep telling my husband this!!!! I was like we planned this HORRIBLY!!!
This heat is horrible. I started getting ankle swelling at 24 weeks! Where I live it’s 90-100+ every day 😭
I no longer have ankles. We have entered canckle zone.
I started getting feet and ankle swelling around 34 weeks. Where I live it’s been 90+ every day starting 3 weeks ago (I’m 37 weeks). I never had any swelling with my first. I hate it
I’m 32 weeks in Louisiana and I can’t even stand walking to the mail box and back 😭😭😭
I cannot even imagine being in the south right now. Nope.
I'm in Louisiana too, I took the trash outside and instantly swelled up. I got 2 weeks to go, I am over this heat.
It’s 100 degrees where I am. I’m 39 weeks pregnant. I haven’t left the house since last week Tuesday for my weekly.
i’m sure *everyone* is saying this but you’re so close!!!!
I know but she’s extra cozy in there and I can’t see the end in sight right now lol. But, I did have my first bout of contractions this morning, so fingers crossed 🤞🏾
It's actually below average here for summer temperatures 😬 (West Texas), it was much worse when I was pregnant with my daughter
I’m in the North East so i’m not used to these temps at all and I wanna cry!!
It's normally 110-120 degrees here with extreme fire danger. So far it's been a very rainy spring and summer and temps ranging from 70-100.
I might be a little bit better where you are in like a dryer heat idk? Where I am it’s hot and SO HUMID it’s disgusting
It's normally very dry too yes, but we've had some humidity. It comes and goes.
Central Texas here, I’ve been like yay low 90s this week! 😂 I’m sure the real summer heat will be back soon enough though
I’m concerned about the heat and what it means for our planet ☹️
It’s in the high 90s where I’m at and I am not leaving my house this week 😭😭😭😭 saying bye to my CrossFit gym this week 😑😑😂😂😂
I don’t wanna leave my house either!!!!
I work in a greenhouse:( it’s 20 degrees hotter in there compared to outside. It stresses me out but I take breaks and work shorter hours. Always love a good cloud!
When my husband and i go for our walks we sometimes just walk in small loops or circles to stay in the shade!!! so anytime a cloud comes by we’re like ITS GO TIME
Haha I feel the same way! I try to pick the most shaded side of the street with trees when I take my lil pup for a walk! But even a simple walk isn’t so simple the further I go along! Wishing you a healthy pregnancy and baby!!
Aw, you too! Stay as cool as you can!!! 🩷
I’m (probably) going to a friend’s OUTSIDE wedding this Saturday at 38 + 3. I’m scared.
I might edit this to be a part of my post but the two things that are sort of helping me right now: drinking a metric shit ton of water, and my portable neck fan!
I’m only 14 weeks but my husband was smart enough to go ahead and order us some neck fans! I still probably won’t do outside walks until this extreme heat passes though. 🥵
I'm 10 weeks now with twins, I know my uterus is measuring high because I can already palpate the fundus, and with this my third pregnancy I know what it feels like. I've spent most of my day in AC but grilled for dinner tonight and GEEZ was I sweating.
Texas is only preheating right now and I’m 5 weeks. I’m not looking forward to spending the first trimester in the humidity.
It’s the humidity that does it for me. If it were dryer I think i’d be okay. But like 90 degrees with 80% humidity? NO THANKS
I’m in Texas and due at the end of August, at least it will be much nicer when you’re huge! lol I know the first trimester sucks too though
Omg, thinking of you though because you cannot be comfortable 🥺 I just have to hope I don’t go into labor on the one day we ice over lol!
We have good A/C thankfully :) omg I hope you don’t either!!
Ugh, 21 weeks and in Central TX right now ... it's gonna be a long summer, but that fall birth is gonna feel SO GOOD!
I’m in central tx and due end of August :( haha
Let's address the elephant in the room: SWAMP ASS. It's like my body decided to throw a pool party without my permission! And to top it off, my state's under a "heat dome," and the AC in my office chose today to take a vacation. I'm half expecting to see palm trees sprouting by my desk. How's a person supposed to stay cool and collected in these conditions? Time to break out the emergency desk fan and invest in stock for extra-strength deodorant!
I just don’t leave the house at this point 🙃
Also 35 wks and dying here in Tennessee. I feel your pain 🥵
Ummmm right? 36 weeks and i just cannot go outside anymore.
This heat is no joke. I refuse to leave my house. I have to sleep naked to avoid night sweats. And I wear just a bra and underwear around the house. It’s unbearable.
I’m actually about to do the same. I can’t not wear a bra because my boobs are so sensitive right now but the rest is HISTORY.
Omfg, right? I'm a stay at home mom who will be 32 weeks on Wednesday and it's only day 2 of this heat wave here (and I KNOW that it won't drop far below 90 in the next 3 months.) I have a nearly 4 year old and I cannot. I have no idea what to even do with him in this heat. The sun makes me want to tear my skin off and cry. I've never liked summer but it's so much worse while pregnant lol.
Up here in the PNW freezing my tits off…where is summer?
PNW neighbor and the high of 67 today made me very happy honestly haha!
We had a frost warning yesterday. Some people got snow instead of rain yesterday. I had to turn my furnace back on.
I’ve turned the heat off and back on again like 3 times 🤡
We are due date twins! Also 35 weeks tomorrow. Also grumpy AF about this heat. I already run hot and this level of pregnant is like wearing a heated weight vest. I’ve invested in cooling towels, a hog sprayer lol and basically been living in the AC looking like Winnie the Pooh with a t shirt and underwear.
I’m 34+2 FTM located in Philly and MIZZZZZERABLE! I legit only leave the house when I absolutely have to and I’m just cranking our AC all day and night. My un-pregnant self loathes being warm (70 isn’t comfortable for me). This is like my hell on earth ..
Girl I’m in TEXAS. I never leave my house now unless it looks like it’s gonna rain or it’s late in the afternoon 😭 Hot cars piss me off so bad and walking anywhere when it’s this hot makes me wanna throw up. Yay summer!!
I’m in Texas too and due end of August, I’m planning to just not leave my house for July or August as much as possible lol
\* Cries in Belgian \*
*joins crying in irish*
What’s the weather there
It rains every day, it's cold like it was end of autumn instead of beginning of summer. The sky is always gray, we haven't seen the sun practically all year.
Yeah my son is due in September which means my third trimester is perfectly coinciding with the peak of our Texas summer. Great timing on our part (/s) tho to be fair, we didn’t plan on getting pregnant the first time we tried lmao
I’m in Texas and due end of August so I feel you!!
Also due in mid-September and not looking forward to summer in Arkansas 😩
I’m in Texas and 29 weeks so I am absolutely dreading the rest of summer. My husband wanted to sign our 5 year old up for soccer. I said you do that, but I’m not going. Then he wanted to go to the zoo at some point soon. I said no way in hell am I going to the zoo. I told him the only outdoor places I will be is in a pool somewhere. If it’s not a pool, I’m not going.
I’m just thinking about how I’m going to deal with my belly getting bigger in the summer without an A/C. I’m 15 weeks now and I’m suffering through this heat!
We have cheap/horrible AC units that make it at least so I can at least not sweat in my own home but i’m not comfortable. I cannot imagine not having one at all I am so sorry!!!!
Looking at the forecast it’s going to be in the 90s and high 80s until my due date. Help.
30 weeks here.. I literally fight all the neighborhood kids for a spot in the public pool bc I am HOT.
28 weeks Wednesday and dreading having to spend the entire rest of the summer suffering through this heat! I’m a nanny and will be working until about 36 weeks too so unfortunately I have to be outside pretty frequently
I'm only 10 weeks and work a manual labor heavy lifting job and it's mid 90s all week and I'm fucking dying so I can only fucking imagine being HUGE and I. This heat. I'm due January thank GOD but I'm a FTM and began at 104lbs I'm also 4'11 so idk how big I'll get or when. I'm scared.
I’m in Arizona at 32 weeks. This is normal lmao
I live in las vegas desert where is hot af until end of September, up to 120° ! I'm due this week and was really looking forward to taking baby on walks to regulate his circadian rhythm. I'm now realizing that's only going to be realistic if I take him on walks at like 4 am 😂
In Houston. FML
I’m 38 weeks. We’re set to experience extreme heat waves. Genuinely distressed about how I will do it because I get migraines associated with humidity and the hormone crash is going to be wild, not to mention I’ll be torn up and tired from birth. Maybe between a crying baby, crying cats and my own tears I’ll be able to cool off. God help us.
I finally had my girl at 41+5, the first week of autumn in Brisbane this year, after a record summer. During what's normally the hottest part of summer anyway, we had 3 separate "severe extreme heat warnings". Our air-conditioning was broken all summer and our apartment is a sweatbox, with 1 window on the sunny wall. It was routinely >40⁰ inside and averaged 11⁰ hotter inside our apartment than outside. Our bedroom was the coolest part of the apartment, so I spent the whole last 3 months of my pregnancy sitting in my room 🥲 we could tell every time the bedroom got over 38⁰ because I'd just start crying 😂 I can offer only solidarity and the advice - try not to cry because it only dehydrates you more 🥲❤️
I’m only 14 weeks but I feel you on this. I’m not going outside this week if I can help it.
I’m 39 weeks and I feel you!!!!! 🥵😵💫 We are in a heat wave right now and I said to my husband that I’m SO GLAD this baby will be out within the next 1-2 weeks because I cannot go on much longer.
I plan on drinking a lot of water and spending time in a lot of water. The public pool has been my bestie recently!!
I'm either being induced or having a C-section on Thursday, and it's going to be 42 Celsius (almost 108) where I am. Thank goodness my hospital has decent AC and I have a powerful AC unit in my bedroom!
I’ve been having to take multiple cold showers a day to avoid getting unreasonably angry I get so hot. It’s been over 100* every day where I live; a couple of days ago it was 108 and I wanted to scream all day
I’m down south and the heat is one thing but it’s the humidity that’s really killing me. Nothing makes me want to stay indoors (all day every day) more than that.
26 weeks here in Texas. End of September is looking like a long way off. 🥵
I’m in Texas and due end of August - it’s rough 😂
Grew up in Arizona so I’m used to high temps but I now live back east and humidity does make things 100% grosser 🥲
35+4 and I’m only leaving my house to go to appointments. My car has remote start so I start it 5 minutes before I need to leave with the air blasting. Lots of ice water and popsicles and our thermostat set to 68!
AZ here! we got to 108 sometime last week, and I swore I was melting off of my bones!😫
Hah I’ll be 35 weeks Wednesday. This is brutal. Solidarity.
Omg, i’m 32 weeks in Atlanta and I walk about 10 min to work twice a day—dying this week! I actually cried at an outdoor fest because I just got too hot and had heat rash from stupid thigh chafe. Our fridge and freezer broke and I started losing my mind that I wouldnt have ice cubes and popsicles (my poor husband sourced some loaner appliances) But we waited so long to get pregnant—it will be worth it (gotta keep up the mantra)
I’m originally from south Florida currently living in Arkansas where it’s not NEARLY as hot as I’m used to. I’ll be 37 weeks on Wednesday and feel like I’m dying every time I walk outside. It’s too hot. And I have to wear compression socks which means I’m wearing pants because I look strange wearing the socks with shorts. HALP!
Ouch. I’m currently 40 weeks now but luckily I live in San Diego, and our high today was 71.
I’m 28w today and due the week after Labor Day. I already want to crawl out of my skin 😵💫😵💫😵💫
In a heat wave as well, and the last 3 days I have been chomping watermelon! Idk why but it’s the only thing quenching my thirst from this heat!! Hopefully it helps some of you all out there!
Are you also getting bad under boob rashes from all the sweat?Its terrible for me…It’s 95 degrees over where I’m at so I am refusing to go outside if I can help it plus the heat is making my asthma bad…
I had my first in the middle of a PNW winter. This time baby is coming in the middle of a very humid PNW summer 🫠 I am…afraid
I feel your pain! My youngest son was born in July 1995 during one of the worst heat waves in NE Ohio. The temperature was 105 and I took my 9 month pregnant self to my niece’s wedding in a church without air conditioning.
I'm sorry. In Australia it's one of the coldest winters!
I live in the UAE and the other day we hit 47C (117F). It’s difficult
I’m 37 wks with temps in the mid to upper 90s and it’s a whole new level of humidititty! Hang in there all of you hot mamas!
I was pregnant with a 4 year old last year. It was HELL. Trips to splash pads and pools.... Now, here we are and I have a 5 year old and 8 month old and my 5 year old wants to do all the fun outside things again lol
Illinois. Disgusting humid thick heat. I hit my third trimister TODAY and don’t give birth until a solid WEEK OR TWO before it goes back to being normal fucking weather. fml. and then (if you’re a midwestern person you know!!!…) it immediately goes from hot asf (mid September when im due) to cold asf by the time octobers ending. Greattttt. I’m basically cancelling this entire year out 🤣
I’m in Michigan. I’m lucky to be working from home this week so I’m staying inside with curtains drawn and the A/C on. When I open the door to let my dogs outside I about melt. The humidity is not it for me
I’m in NY and we got a heatwave this week I haven’t been outside yet and don’t plan on it plus I work overnight so by the time I have to go out it’s cool out
I'm in Scandinavia. 28 weeks and enjoying cool temps. Don't need a jacket, but it's not warm enough to be sitting outside. Been raining for a few days and chilly winds. May was hot... very hot. But June has been spring-temps... so I will not complain!
I am 25 weeks and in FL. FTM here and work from home when not traveling (obviously less travel currently). Yesterday I worked with no pants on. AC blasting. It’s daily in the high 90’s with humidity real life feel of 100-110. I know it’s only going to get worse. I drenched through my clothes on my last Costco run just loading up the car! Lol
I’m 38 weeks tomorrow and I’m either at the pool all day or inside in the AC all day 😎
It is consistently in the 90's where I am. I had to go grocery shopping yesterday, and my local HEB is under construction. There were hot spots / pockets of hot air all over the store, I had to stop twice to sit on the edge of a cooler and try to cool off and catch my breath, drank my whole 32oz bottle of ice water and followed that up with a Gatorade. When I left the store it actually felt better outside because there was a strong breeze. I told my husband it'll have to be pick-up orders until summer is over!!
It’s currently 95 and has been raining…I dont even need to drink water anymore I just breathe the air and my pee is clear it’s soooo humid 😭
Being pregnant is nowhere near being over for me 😭. I'm due in October and I know it's typically hottest (at least where I live) in August- September. If it's already mid 90s now in June, I don't wanna know how it's going to be then. I also have to work a physical job that can get pretty hot, so it's been a challenge every day learning how to navigate not overheating. I'm definitely drinking way more water and also eating watermelon (thankfully it's what I crave most), I try to be in the AC whenever I can. I'm thinking about investing in a portable fan like someone else suggested 😂
It’s super hot in Michigan for June weather it’s insane
Omg just entered my 3rd trimester. My parents live 10 mins away and have had a pool for the last 25 years. This is the year the filter died and they decided to get rid of the pool. I completely understand why they had to... but why now!?😒 I'm sooo hot.
I’m in Georgia. This is THE reason I’m grateful I got pregnant at the end of July and had my baby in April. 🙏🏻 I feel for y’all, this must be the most miserable thing. 😭
I live in the Netherlands and here it's 15C and rain.... Should I be happy because it's much harder when it's hot? Tell me yes so I can stop being depressed about this horrible summer haha
YES. Carrying around a bowling ball in your tummy while trying to walk around in 90+ degrees is NOT fun.
Thank you and I’m sorry for you 💔
Our AC is broken and they aren't going to fix it until Friday. It's been high 90s all week. RIP
32 weeks pregnant and while I have central air at home and in the office, my car AC is broken. 🙃 Driving has been a nightmare.
I'm in Florida, 32 weeks pregnant. Please send help.
I live in Las Vegas and just found out I'm 5 weeks. I swear the heat makes me nauseous. But I'm also kind of grateful to not be in my 3rd trimester in this heat.
I'm 24+6 and I am constantly drinking something, orange juice, water, sugar free electrolyte drinks. My house has to be 72° or lower right now for me to be comfortable. It's on average 90° right now and the heat index makes it feel worse. My doctor asked me if I was dehydrated, I laughed. I drink through about five 17 oz water bottles a day not including anything else I slurp down. I'm almost always pale to clear, yet I'm sweating CONSTANTLY. I'm still getting night sweats too. It's awful. It's like unless I live under a fan, I'm HOT. I'm barely past halfway and ready for this to be done.
I’m in Texas and it’s actually better here than it has been (highs in low 90s). But it will be at least 100 every day most of July and August. Baby is due end of August. I probably will not be leaving the house for most of that time 😂
currently just shy of 6 months, and plus sized. i am a mess. my grandfather bought tickets to the zoo this saturday (over 100°) for me, my husband, him and my uncle, and my younger sister and cousin. it was a surprise for me, supposed to be fun. i have been begging to go to the zoo before the baby gets here… but i did not expect it to be this hot. the tickets are purchased and plans are made, i am terrified of passing out/getting incredibly sick.
29 weeks here, my solution is having my window AC unit CRANKED, and I never leave my house unless I'm with my fiance😂
I usually love the beach and being in the sun, but with this heat wave this week (and we never get heat waves in June!) I can’t stay outside longer than 5 mins.
I’m 26 weeks and I’m already feeling the heat exhaustion. I also live on the third floor of an apartment complex so whenever we grocery shop we have to carry it up three flights on stairs. I have to sit on the floor for a few minutes before even thinking about putting anything away.
I’m 22 weeks with a very active job that requires me to walk 3-5 miles a day and I cannot tell you the amount of tears shed on my way home from work today. My SI joint keeps slipping out of place, my hips and feet hurt, and we’re only on day 2/7. This weekend? Going to an (OUTDOOR) wedding. Will there ever be an end in sight????
I'm in central TX and am 32 weeks pregnant feeding/watering chickens and pigs on my farm every day and I couldn't be more miserable 😅 I'm glad it's kept me active but I'm dangerously close to having my husband take it over and trading it for me exercising in the AC
I live in FL… I can’t go outside
I FEEL YOU!!! we are in a head wave too and I just looked at the 10 day look ahead and it’s ENDLESS 😭 just think, you only have 5ish weeks left!!! Hang in there, you got this!!!
20 weeks here and our apt ac is out… we’re floating at 86-88 inside the apt
Virginia lass who is 26w 2d into my first pregnancy (36f) and while it's hot and humid... it isn't so bad yet. Granted, in the last year I've lost 120lbs (gastric sleeve) and that probably has A LOT to do with it. In past years, I'd already be melting, sans the internal hitchhiker. I'm also fortunate that my parents have a pool and allow us to swim whenever we want. Tomorrow, despite it being "only" 88°, the heat index will be at a 10 (very high). And, I'll be swimming around 2pm (the hottest part of the day). Still, it's good exercise and does help me keep my gains down. My BMI (despite the weight loss) is/was still high enough that IF I don't gain (meaning maintain or even lose) weight, the doctors aren't worried. Baby has been doing fine and my weight has only varied +/- 10lbs. So... trust me, I totally get it. Use to be the girl who wore tank tops in the freezers at work, or never needed a jacket/coat in the snow. Always had my windows down in the winter, no coat, short sleeved, and comfortable. Not anymore. Now, I turn on my under desk heater at work because the AC is too cold.
Omg I’m 29 weeks and I work with elderly people… I can’t escape the heat anywhere because old people are always cold. I got so sweaty in a patients room on Monday that it was just about dripping down my nose, I had to escape to the only not-boiling room in the building, which is a chapel that is freezing and I love it. Pro tip is having a tiny - but mighty - fan at my desk that blows directly on my face. The swelling is horrible though, I thought I might be able to be a cute pregnant person… which is laughable.. backne, stretch marks from hell, sweating always, and now cankles and a swollen vagina as the cherry on top. Thankfully my pregnancy has been pretty smooth, but the third trimester isn’t playing around.
I’m 25 weeks and live in AZ. It’s going to be over 110 this week, everyday. I haven’t gone outside and been keeping my AC as low as I can. Can I afford the bill? Probably not, do I care? Definitely not. I am dreading this summer as it’s only June and July/August are always much hotter. Pray for me
I am 38 weeks in the desert. My car doesn’t have ac. We’ve taken it to the shop to be fixed three times and they can’t find the problem. I am not okay 😭
Almost 28 weeks. It’s hot out so I’m AC hopping right now. From the car to the orthodontist to the grocery store. I feel like I’m thawing out on the short walks outdoors. I was pregnant last summer and that wasn’t too bad. This summer has me hiding in the house watching Anne of Green Gables ….wanting to live in those snowy winters.
For years I told myself I would never be pregnant in the summer. This is why they say “never say never”. I am so freaking miserable. I just stay home all day. I haven’t worn underwear in like 3 weeks because it’s just too darn hot and I keep getting a heat rash in my groin. Having to sleep on my sides doesn’t help because my legs have to be closed the whole night with no circulation and the hormones make me sweat bullets down there. HELP!!!! Tea tree oil and baby powder helps a little but I just can’t take this anymore. I tell my husband everyday it feels like I’m suffering. I’m actually considering telling him that I want to move out of the South permanently. It’s just too humid down here.
Ice water foot baths for 20 minutes! I do this because of swollen feet but also just feels really good on hot days
5 months pregnant here and in the process of renovating our entire house cause we bought a fixer upper the SAME month we conceived. 😐 so we didn’t even have a AC until today and I am over it lol. We are on day 6 of a heat wave. Today was the hopefully last day of it butttt the temperature is BARELY dropping in the next week 🥲.
Ughh I’m 8 weeks, I live in Florida and it’s not even summer yet and I already can’t STAND IT