I hope this is temporary

Now offically third trimester, but am having a few problems.

I'm getting severe pain lasting between 3-5 hours at a go. It starts with breathlessness, then it's joined by a throbbing back, stomach pains and heartburn.

Nothing makes the pain subside. Gavison does nothing and since I am unable to focus on breathing (I can't take deep breathes) I don't really have a coping strategy. Usually the pain builds up till about the 3.30 - 4 hour mark then becomes pretty much unbearable. At this stage I usually shut my eyes and rock back and forth, or start pacing around the house. I have tried baths for pain relief also, lying down and even sitting down seem to make it worse at this stage.

After that I'm sick (which always seems to help) and gradually the pain slows down before completely stopping.

It's the backpain that's the worse, I can cope pretty well with heartburn and whatever else comes my way but the back pain is relentless.

Midwives and doctors seem to think the back pain is just skeletal, but I only have it during these episodes so I don't see how that can be the case. The baby often moves about and shifts during the pain so it's clearly not just a posistion that it's lying in.

:( I've tried keeping my fluids up and my urine doesn't show any signs for concern (although its burnt orange). I've lost about 3 pounds over the last few days just by being sick and not eating very much (I'm scared to eat because I never know if that'll set me off).

I take it this is all some sort of pretty bad acid reflux, but its so hard to cope when nothing eases the pain and I can't even lie down. Sucks that I've had such a good pregnancy so far and then this greets me for the 3rd tri...