i am so frustrated at this point! i feel so terrible all the time. i feel so tired that it feels like i am drugged. i wake up every hour at night. and i just feel like crap all the time. i am so at the end of my rope, because i just called the dr, and he said "it's normal". well, these are my 6th and 7th babies, and my SECOND twin pregnancy. i have never felt like this. i feel so awful it's not even funny. like i have NO energy to do anything. i am 32 weeks, and with my first twin pregnancy, i felt bad towards the end, but not like this. what is wrong with me? i'm torn between feeling like i am a pansy and feeling like the dr is brushing me off. anyone ever feel like this? so so tired, nauseous after eating, run-down, etc? and i'm not talking about typical pregnancy fatigue here. it's so bad that i just want to sleep all the time, and i cannot do that because i have five other kids to take care of.
Well, don't take this the wrong way, but you're older now. My twin pregnancy was my hardest of all 5. But my last pregnancy with spencer was pretty close in a lot of ways. I was totally exhausted and so uncomfortable that I let myself be induced at 41 weeks even though he wasn't ready to come yet (which made for a totally miserable delivery). And 32 weeks with twins feels about like 41 weeks with a single baby. You can do this. But don't be too hard on yourself, when it's too hard take a nap. Can you put your oldest in charge for awhile in the afternoons so you could rest? Or put on a movie for the kiddos while you nap on the couch? It won't kill them and will help you make it through. Good luck! And the iron suggestion is a good one. And make sure to take it with vitamin c (or orange juice) and avoid milk at the same time for best absorption.
If you think something is up, go to your family doctor and have them run a check on your blood, just to make sure something isn't going on, and to give you some piece of mind. If nothing is wrong, you've only spent a copay (hopefully that is all it will cost you).
I was going to say what Dielle said. My singleton pregnancy was ten times worse than the twins, but I was in my 30's as opposed to my 20's. I just always figured it was because I was older, was working and running the household by myself half the time.
