Handling these last few weeks

For those that had another baby close in age to your twins, how did you handle the last few weeks?? I know I will get through it but these days I just want to cry. My hormones are raging, I'm a hurtin' unit, I can't breathe, and I just keep thinking how these last few weeks are crawling by. It probably doesn't help that I'm a SAHM and my hubby works 12 hour shifts so I do a lot by myself. The weather is turning crappy and I don't have much, if any, help. I need help staying positive. Not doing so great on that right now and it's affecting my boys.

I have NO idea how I made it through the boys' pregnancy. Thank goodness, for me, they were my first because I was sooo much bigger w/ them!

 

You are one day ahead of me. I have no advice just wanted to send you a hug. I'm getting out with the girls a lot less lately b/c I'm really starting to feel uncomfortable. I can't imagine how large I must have been last time. I also take a lot of baths during the day. :laughing: It just helps me to relax. ardon: If I start to feel overwhelmed I put on an episode of Mickey Mouse or Little Einsteins and go sit in my tub.

I am about ready to give up on keeping the house picked up, it's just too much bending over to pick up after the girls every time they leave stuff out. I'm just hoping I go into labor closer to 37 weeks and not more like 42 weeks. :faint:

 

Thanks Amiee for the hug and I'm so glad to know that I'm not alone! I'm really trying to just take it one day at a time so it doesn't overwhelm me but today just got to me. I so badly wanna be able to play w/ the boys and do things with them but it's getting harder. It's a good thing you tend to forget about all the aches and pains from your previous pregnancies or I don't know that I'd be doing this again! :escape: :laughing: Thanks again! :hug:

 

I'm just trying to not feel guilty about the amount of TV they are watching right now...

 

Yeah I sat/laid on the floor a lot with the boys to play towards the end and totally didn't clean much LOL You'll get through it!! Then you will be so tired you will almost wish to be pregnant again bc they are so much easier to care for on the inside LOL!! :laughing:

 

I know that's probably going to be the case but I just want my body back and the energy that that brings. I know I'll be exhausted from taking care of them all but I'm hoping, probably wishful thinking, that it'll be a different tired than the pregnancy tired. :blink: :unknw:

 

I totally understand. I get SO tired during the day now! I try to get out at least once a day with the twins so we all don't go stir crazy, but it is getting really tiring now! Sometimes I just lay on the couch, and the twins will bring me books for me to read to them, or just crawl on me, and then they will go play and I can just lay there and watch!

I have also tried to cut down on housework. I will try and make a big dinner one night, so we can have leftovers the next night, so I only end up cooking 2 or 3 times a week for dinner. Or sometimes I freeze the leftovers to have when the new baby comes. I also try and put things away right away so I don't have a "pile-up" of stuff that I need to clean up.

yes, and there are times that the only thing that makes the kids happy is and Elmo dvd, and, well, I am just okay with that!

This weekend my girlfriends are taking me out for a pedicure and lunch! It is our little tradition that we started when another mom was pregnant! It is nice to get out and relax and not think about kids, housework, etc.!

Hang in there!

 

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I totally know what you mean. I remember how tired I was from the sleep deprivation with infants, but it seems like back then all it took was a good 3 or 4 hours in a row of sleep for me to feel re-energized and ready to go again. Now a days even if I get 8 hours I still feel like I got nothing.

 

You will feel soooooooo much better once the baby is out. I was miserable and exhausted during the last month or so. Now I feel a million times better - even with a two month old and almost 3 yr old twins. You are almost there!! You may even be sad when its over - believe it or not!