I am 32 weeks today and truly huge. I stopped working at 30 weeks because I was having difficulty getting around and seeing clients. Now that I've been home for 2 weeks, I'm seriously so much bigger already, that I can't believe it. It's a bit frightening. I am uncomfortable ALL THE TIME. Walking is tough, sleeping is almost non-existent at this point and the hip and back pain is just brutal. I'm seeing a physical therapist and getting prenatal massages - reading lots of books and watching tons of baseball. I don't know how I'm going to keep myself occupied for the next 4 weeks until my scheduled c-section. I'm going mad. I'm bored and totally uncomfortable. Sometimes I just want to cry because I wish I could 'unstrap' my belly and just breathe for a few minutes without pain. I am exhausted due to lack of sleep, and exhausted from carrying all this weight around. I can't wait to meet my babies - but GOOD LORD this is hard. Anyone have any advice? I need a pep talk!
Don't have any advice, but just wanted to say that you are NOT ALONE. I could have written your post word for word for myself. I whine, wimper and cry every night while TRYING to sleep..can barely get off the couch because my legs/butt/hips hurt so bad. The only temporary relief I have is to go floating in my pool and then to take a shower and use hot water and lean forward letting the hot water hit my lower/middle back while letting my stomach just hang down. It doesn't satisfy for long, but gives me a couple minutes of relief. The babies seem to like the pool as they kick me a alot when I am in the water!! haha..I'm just thankful that my C Section is in 9 days!!! Relief is near!! Good luck!! :youcandoit:
I am only 7 weeks along and you just wrote my biggest fear lol. In between peeing, trying to fight off the nausea, and eating all I do is try to think where two babies are going to go in this tiny body of mine. Good luck to both of you. Hang in there.
The end is so hard and I hate to tell you that it's just gonna get worse. The last 2 weeks were BRUTAL. The thing that I thought about that got me through it was thinking that every day that I suffer is one day that my babies won't suffer in nicu. I remember feeling instant relief right after my c section. It was heavenly when I could breathe again and not have the back pain hip and rib pain.
I don't know, but I felt like the brutal end of my pregnancy was some cosmic way of preparing me for parenthood. I was so tired and so uncomfortable that by the time I had two brand new babies, things were easier! I actually got more sleep once they were born! I finally had energy to move, that getting out alone with two babies was a breeze. I feared having newborn twins, but actually, it was nothing compared to a rough pregnancy. So take solace in the fact that once they get here, things just may be better! :youcandoit:
I DID write your post last year . I also watched baseball everyday, cried & was miserable. I would repeat the mantra that this day is over and I never have to repeat it almost every day. I firmly believe that recovering from major surgery I was happier than that pregnancy. Being sleep deprived inthe first 2 months, I was happier than being pregnant at the end. You can do it- 1 excruciating day at a time. Hugs,
I so remember those last few weeks...I was on bedrest starting at 28 weeks, and I was SO uncomfortable! I only slept about an hour at a time because I had to pee all night long! I remember going to my doc at the end,and when I lifted my shirt, the nurse was like, "WHOA" Thanks! I already know I am huge!!!! I tried using as many pillows as I could...I did Sudoku puzzles and watched way too much daytime tv! It will end soon! The relief will be so great - and try and remember the longer the babies "cook" the better off they will be!! No NICU is the goal! Maybe you could read to the babies sometimes, or sing to them? I did that sometimes to try and put all of my aches in perspective! Hope all goes well! Hang in there!
swimming - that was my saving grace. Thank God I was pregnant in the summer!! The water just takes away the pain - I could float and the water just lifted everything off. I swear I was a prune that whole last month......
Same here. I'd rather have surgery and be sleep deprived from having infants that be over 32 weeks pregnant with twins. It is very hard! I was on bedrest by 30 weeks and I could hardly stand for more than 5 minutes at a time while on bedrest because I was so uncomfortable. I cried every day and just wanted it to be over. I HATED being pregnant. The only consolation that I can offer is that a few months after you have the babies, your pregnancy will feel like it was just a dream and you would gladly live through it again to have those little babies. Just seeing their little faces will make everything ok in the end. Time will pass and you will hardly remember it a few months after it is over.
I lived in my recliner for the last 9 weeks... modified bedrest. That was from 29-38 weeks. I watched movies, wrote letters, knit and crocheted sweaters for my babies, had friends come visit, refereed my older kids and was pretty much bored out of my mind, LOL.
You guys are great. Thanks for making me feel better about my misery and my self-pity. Sometimes I feel like the only person in the world who is sufferig like this and it helps to know that others did it, and I can too. My neighborhood pool is open on weekend only until 6/21 (I don't like going on weekends when there are tons of people). But as of next Monday, I can go during the week and lounge in the pool all by myself. I'm sure that will help! I'm so sleep deprived at this point that I cried several times today. It doesn't help that my last baby died at 37weeks and I'm freaking out every day that these babies will be born alive. My nerves are just wracked at this point. 3 weeks and 6 days to go. I'm trying to hang in there. Thanks Ladies.
I am not dreading 2 wks from now!! I am now at 30 wks and feel like a beached whale!! :cry: I am already riding an amigo thru the groc store. I have my 13 yr old neice to help me out every other wk this summer with dd while dh is away. Tmrw is my 30 wk appt so we are going to talk realistically about delivery. They keep telling me I am doing great but I know how fast things can change. All I can say is I thank God for Benadryl! Without it I would be an insomniac mess!! But I keep telling myself 8 wks left!!! I am going to start a day count down :FIFblush:
Hey, we're like a day apart in due dates! I've been wanting to count down, but I don't know when they'll come! LOL! Are you going to countdown to 38 weeks?
