At what point did you start to get really uncomfortable?

Just curious at how many weeks you became more miserable

 

I would say the downhill slide started around 24 weeks and by 28 weeks I was whimpering a lot.

 

For me 25wks. I went to part time work about 3 weeks ago and am already wondering how much longer I can make it at all. My back hurts to sit for too long, and I just want to sleep....I think I will be done working period in another 3-4wks if I can stand it that long. I'm trying my hardest to make it to the end of April, but we shall see. I am pretty much miserable right now... Happy that the babies are still cooking, but feeling the pain!!!

 

I don't remember the exact week, but I had a virtual baby shower at 28 weeks & remember that halfway through I couldn't take it anymore and had to lay down after about 20 minutes.

 

Never, and I went to 39 weeks!

Well, I was a little alarmed about my size at 30 weeks or so. But either the growth plateaued or I got used to it. Some SPD pain, and I would have been MISERABLE past 28 weeks if I hadn't gotten compression socks, but fitted out in my super socks and belly bra, I could work all day, walk miles, and be happy. Where did all that energy go? Oh yeah, that was before the twins were born . . . :laughing:

Good luck!

 

30 weeks was the start of the pains. I remember having to literally hold my belly to get up or pull my self up off my bed with my headboard. (baby A was head down in the pelvic from weeks 20 on....)Weeks 33-35 were terrible. The last week (I gave birth at 35 weeks 4 days) was PRELABOR the whole 8 days. Contractions would come and go 10 mins apart to 7 mins apart and then go away for a few hours...etc. the WHOLE 8 days!!! The last day I was just so exhausted and my water finally broke! I remember just wanting them to come out so I would stop being in so much pain! But looking back...they are sure worth it! :grouphug:

 

wow! were these your first???

hugs! i know what you mean! I was on bed rest from weeks 22 on...dont worry you will make it through! and they are so worth it!!

agree 100%

 

I definitely turned a corner at about 34 weeks which is when I felt like I couldn't really get around as easily and things started to swell a bit. I wouldn't say I am so uncomfortable now that I can't move or sleep or whatever but I'm definitely feeling the final stretch. It kind of happens all of a sudden, I found. I'm hoping to hang in there a couple more weeks though!!

 

Although things are definitely getting heavier I am still far away from saying I'm miserable.
Now at 32 weeks I kind of feel like the last week I was pg with my singletons. It's more difficult to turn in bed, get out of bed and so on. Not resting as well etc.

 

I was really uncomfortable when I got to 34-35 weeks. It was harder to breath when laying down and harder to get comfy when sleeping. I don't think I was ever truly "miserable" but the last few days where exhausting as I was just ready to be done! GL and hang in there!!

 

I was officially miserable around 32 weeks - it went downhill from there ... until 37 weeks, when I suddenly felt like a rock star! Not really, it's all relative, you know ... but there was something about being able to tell people "My c-section is next Tuesday" that made me want to jump for joy! Especially after months of being asked if I was on my way to the hospital since I was so freaking huge!

 

32 wks for me too. Has been feelin umcomfortable from day 1, but after 32 wks has been just TERRIBLE.

 

About 35 weeks! Up until around 30 weeks, it didn't feel too much different from a 'normal' pregnany.Was feeling ok apart from fatigue until then, but started swelling, bad back pain, and not being able to get comfortable in ANY position started my downhill slide.

As pp have said, I've also literally had to hold my belly to move in bed and hang onto headboard to get up, can barely dress myself (lol), etc etc.

 

Ha! These are making me feel funny. I'm 27 weeks. Have been pretty uncomfortabel and miserable throughout the pregnancy, except since 25 weeks I feel like like a whole new woman! I don tknow if its I finally got the right combo of belly pillow, leg pillow, wedge so the hip pain is more bareable or I am just used to being huge and sore all the time.

I also kind of feel like there's an end in sight, so whatever comes, I can do it for a little while longer. Like last week I realized the average twins are 36 weekers. So 10 more weeks. I can ptu out my hands, and see that. So for 10 more weeks, I will be uncomfortable and then I can have some babies!

Im sure its terribly naive, but it helps!

 

I guess I never really hit a point where I was truly uncomfortable. I had the twins at 35 weeks 5 days and worked right up til then. My water broke after the end of tax season party that day after work. 3 days before I had them, I was sitting on the floor at my oldest DD's birthday party and I got up all by myself. Yes I was huge too! LOL

Gook luck.

 

Yup. I'm in awe of you mommas who care for older babes while pregnant with twins.

:woman:

 

Seriously!! I don't know how you do it!

 

30 weeks was the beginning of the end. I started swelling, became insanely tired, and was feeling "done" emotionally. I hung on for another 5 weeks, but they were tough.

 

I worked all the way up until I had my girls, was on my feet constantly, and I was miserable by the time I hit 30 weeks ( i have a long torso so room wasn't necessarily a problem). My girls were pretty good size and very active...they kicked me to death! They were up when I wanted to sleep, and asleep when I was up...makes for a long night trying to sleep.

 

Exactly! Well put! I feel 'Done' emotionally too but at the same time am grateful to still be hanging in there.

 

I have two older boys (12 and 9 at the time) and they were helpful to me when I was on bedrest. Since these were my 3rd and 4th kiddos my body had a harder time. Austin was head down from week 20 on and when I mean head down..i mean about to fall out!! I was dilated at 1 cm from weeks 28 on. But the good thing was I was only in serious labor for few couple hours and literally pushed twice and they came out!! the body is an amazing machine!

 

It's funny- I go through phases where I am so uncomfortable and even drying my hair in the morning before work was exhausting and then a couple of days later I'm bouncing off the walls with energy!!! I'll be 35 weeks tomorrow and the doc had me stop working last week and I was put on bedrest last week- which has made a HUGE difference for me!!! I feel like I have a lot more energy but now the swelling and contractions have started to take their toll on me- especially at night!! I'm the same as a lot of the PP's! I can't get comfortable standing, sitting, laying down.... but I know this is all worth it! The closer we get to the end of the pregnancy the more willing I am to put up with the discomfort!!!!

 

UGH. Today! 33 weeks 1 day. I hate complaining, because I want these girls to stay in as long as possible, but today I CANNOT get comfortable. What's worse is I'm only measuring about 5 weeks ahead. Some ladies on here are measuring up to 10 weeks ahead. Come on week 36! (Of course, always the glutton for punishment, at week 36 I will be hoping for week 37 and full gestation.) I'm off to the heated pool. Maybe being weightless will help - hope no one mistakes me for a water buffalo!

 

at about 31 weeks or so when I could no longer drive (I couldn't put the clutch to the floor to shift my car)...DH had been tying my shoes from about 20 weeks on...

 

I think when I hit about 30 weeks was about when DH started saying that he didn't think my belly could stretch anymore, I couldn't do anything for myself really, my ds was beating my ribs to death, I couldn't get comfortable or catch my breath, and I spent all of my time in the swimming pool (I delivered in September) because that is the only place I felt ok!

 

umm..a couple days after I concieved! I had a pretty terrible pregnancy IMO. I was sick and extremely hormonal in the begining and when that started to settled down (around 20 weeks) the pain started. I had siatica, pelvic pain, SOB, dizzy spells. I did have some weeks that seemed more managable then others but over all the whole thing sucked lol.
I think it was around 34 weeks that the size of the babies made certain things worse. Those last 4 weeks were very long and hard. Of course it is all worth it in the end though :wub:

 

About 25 weeks was when I was really uncomfortable. That's the point where DD decided that resting transverse, above her brother, inside my ribs was the place she was going to spend the rest of my pregnancy. I couldn't breathe, couldn't eat, couldn't sleep. I was on bedrest, so I couldn't even try to change position much to relieve the pain. By the time they were delivered at 33 weeks, I was crying every day. I so wanted them to go to term, but I couldn't imagine another 4 weeks of that.