So Much Discomfort! :(

I'm only 22 weeks along and boy it's getting uncomfortable already.

I have concerns for what is to come. Is this normal or am I just a sissy?

The babies are positioned like a cross....one inside and up and down, the other outside and straight across.

The baby outside stretches and really hurts me, making my belly oblong and weird shaped.

The inside one kicks down on my lowest parts and causes sharp pains.

By mid-day my back is literally killing me and my sides feel like sooo taut and it really hurts.

The skin on my belly feels like it's going to break open and it's itchy - worse at night.

I feel so silly complaining this early on. I only have gained about 16lbs so far but the pressure is bothering me alot.

I gained 55lbs with my first born and I don't remember this discomfort until the last month or so.

Any thought? Anyone else feeling the crunch 1/2 way through?

 

Oh man, that does sound uncomfortable. :hug: I hope they switch positions a bit so that it will possibly ease some of this discomfort. :hug: I don't remember being too uncomfortable at that time, but mine were positioned differently, so I'm sure that had alot to do with it.

 

I complained about the excessive, early discomfort to my doctor...I feel that it is way too early to start feeling this bad. (I am 23+ weeks, but started feeling this way at about 20 weeks)

My doctor laughed at me and told me to quit comparing a twin pregnancy to a single pregnancy.

I have heartburn, I can't sleep, I think if I were not on bed rest, I would have more back pain. I am short of breath when I move too fast or go up stairs. After I eat I get flushed and hot. I have indigestion. The boys weigh one pound, and the thought of them gaining five more pounds at least....each....gives me anxiety. How can I carry another 10 pounds? There's no room in there.

I guess I just have to wait it out. But I can't imagine.

Laura

 

Oh, i hear you, and you are no sissy, we are carrying two babies and it was never going to be painless :lol: :lol: :lol:
But i know exactly what you mean, i am having the same "symptoms" of the end of a singleton pregnancy now already and it is scary to think there is more to come
I find having a nap with my two boys during the day really eases my pains and helps me cope better, also, however hard it is, to just put your feet up and let DH help out with cooking and cleaning. DH also gives me leg and feet massages every night as well as rubbing my belly with cocoa butter :wub: :wub:
Just try and take it easy, you are doing the most important job right now: cooking your two precious bundles!

 

Oh hon. By 22 weeks, I remember crying, telling my DH, "I can't take this-I can't TAAAAAAKE IT!" Caroline was right up under my ribs and was forever kicking me in the kidneys. Gwen was the one with her toes dug into my cervis. I hear you. You're so not a sissy. Hang in there. There's not much you can do about it right now, but at least you made it this far before it got too bad. As for the itching, just moisturise the devil outta your belly, and look into prenatal massage from someone qualified to do it, that helped me some.

X
Becky

 

I am 20 weeks today and was thinking the same things last week. If it's this bad now how bad can it be. I feel like a whimp. My upper and lower back hurts, I feel like I can't breath, and I keep having sharp pains in my lower stomach. I feel useless around the house because I get tired so easily but then at night I can't sleep more than 4-5 hours. And the indegestion and heartburn is just horrible. All stuff that started around the 8th or 9th month with my son. I guess the second trimester being the easiest doesn't really count for twin pregnancies.

 

I am with you.. it's dang uncomfortable! I feel like I can actually feel my belly growing sometimes, and the shortness of breath, constant tiredness, tired of eating all the time :lol: ... I never thought I'd get sick of that. I thought I was being whiny because it's my first pregnancy, I have nothing to compare it to.. but I think it's just a lot more strain on your body than a single. All worth it in the end, right?? I HOPE!

 

This is definetly harder than a single pregnancy. I live in Houston and my allergies are making it so i litteraly cant breath. I had to take benadryl last night and I hate taking anything. I actually could deal with all of the aches and pains, if my upper back didnt hurt so bad. It hurts when I inhale, stand or sit. The only relief is when I lay down. Strangely it is only on one side. I feel like all I do is complain about my back to my poor husband who is rubbing it non stop. I just dont know how I can go three more months like this! I wasnt expecting any pain in the upper back but was expecting it in the lower.

 

I am so glad to hear that I am not the only one experiencing this! I am 21 weeks and have been feeling so uncomfortable the last few; like many of you I don't know how I am going to make it until the end getting bigger and even more uncomfortable. I hate eating because I have such horrible indigestion (FYI: I saw a gastroenterologist and he said that it is called regurgitation- pleasant, huh? And there is really nothing you can do or take for it. My dr. actually said, "Well, the only way to get rid of that is to deliver the babies." Gee, thanks, that's helpful since that's not going to happen for awhile.). I had also been experiencing awful heartburn, especially at night. OTC stuff wasn't working anymore, so I got a prescription for Prevacid and that has been a miracle drug for me- absolutely no more heartburn. Don't be afraid to ask your dr. for a prescription if OTC stuff doesn't work for you.

Maybe most annoying of all is constantly feeling like my stomach is going to bust open. I am measuring at 30 weeks, so 9 weeks ahead, and I can't imagine going another 15-19 weeks. I have already had a few break-downs where all I can do is cry because I am just so scared of the rest of this pregnancy and making it through. Like some of you, I wonder if I am just too wimpy or sissy to handle pregnancy.

Thanks for helping me see I am not alone in how I feel.

 

I guess most of us are in the same boat.

One of the babies decided to change positions so I have found "some" relief as of yesterday. The biggest boy was transverse and I think he's side by side now with his brother. That took of some pressure but it's still not easy.

I guess we only have a short time left and it will all be done. I really want to enjoy the feeling of this pregnancy as this will be my last.

I just thought it was early to be feeling uncomfortable but from all of your responses, this is it girls! This is what it's like to be a Mama of twins!

[We really are blessed]

 

I hear you! At 24+ wks, I can't help but think, "But this is supposed to be the EASY part!" I can't help but think of myself as a sissy, too! And I've been really blessed as a pregnant woman...pregnancy #1 was pretty much a breeze and this pregnancy has been relatively issue-free, so I feel like a whiner (esp. when I read some of what other poor women are going thru!) some days.

One thing that I've noticed is that MOST of the nasty symptoms (so far) have phases - like your baby's bad position...things are bad for a day or two, then they seem to subside (often replaced w/ a fun NEW "malady," but what can we do). Some days I want to just curl up in bed and sleep til delivery time, and some days I feel like I can conquer the world, but at least there is still a bright spot in there from time to time. I also don't count months anymore. It's all in terms of weeks for me. Months just sound so daunting (esp. when there's still THREE of them!!). And I keep short-sighted, too, thinking about making it to 30 weeks first. THEN I'll worry about the last stretch. Yes, I'm just playing mind games with myself, but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!! Years ago I quit smoking and keeping my goals short-term like this really helped me get through it!

Hang in there...no you're not a sissy!! Few women ever have to deal w/ what we're going thru, and can you imagine if MEN had to do this?! :rotflmbo:

:hug:
Eve

 

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I hear you! At 24+ wks, I can't help but think, "But this is supposed to be the EASY part!" I can't help but think of myself as a sissy, too! And I've been really blessed as a pregnant woman...pregnancy #1 was pretty much a breeze and this pregnancy has been relatively issue-free, so I feel like a whiner (esp. when I read some of what other poor women are going thru!) some days.

One thing that I've noticed is that MOST of the nasty symptoms (so far) have phases - like your baby's bad position...things are bad for a day or two, then they seem to subside (often replaced w/ a fun NEW "malady," but what can we do). Some days I want to just curl up in bed and sleep til delivery time, and some days I feel like I can conquer the world, but at least there is still a bright spot in there from time to time. I also don't count months anymore. It's all in terms of weeks for me. Months just sound so daunting (esp. when there's still THREE of them!!). And I keep short-sighted, too, thinking about making it to 30 weeks first. THEN I'll worry about the last stretch. Yes, I'm just playing mind games with myself, but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do!! Years ago I quit smoking and keeping my goals short-term like this really helped me get through it!

Hang in there...no you're not a sissy!! Few women ever have to deal w/ what we're going thru, and can you imagine if MEN had to do this?! :rotflmbo:

:hug:
Eve

 

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I'm only 22 weeks along and boy it's getting uncomfortable already.

I have concerns for what is to come. Is this normal or am I just a sissy?

The babies are positioned like a cross....one inside and up and down, the other outside and straight across.

The baby outside stretches and really hurts me, making my belly oblong and weird shaped.

The inside one kicks down on my lowest parts and causes sharp pains.

By mid-day my back is literally killing me and my sides feel like sooo taut and it really hurts.

The skin on my belly feels like it's going to break open and it's itchy - worse at night.

I feel so silly complaining this early on. I only have gained about 16lbs so far but the pressure is bothering me alot.

I gained 55lbs with my first born and I don't remember this discomfort until the last month or so.

Any thought? Anyone else feeling the crunch 1/2 way through?


OUCH! I'm 22 weeks also, one baby is head down and the other is breech, but I'm in a lot of pain as well. I feel the same with feeling like my skin is just going to rip open!!! I also gained 50 lbs with my singleton daughter, but never felt this way. I have already gained 30 lbs this time, but my Baby A has excess fluid...I don't know if this has anything to do with the huge belly, extra weight gain already. Hang in there, I feel your pain!

 

If you're not wearing a materiny support belt, it would probably help with the back and side belly pain. At least it did for me. I feel so much more crummy if I don't wear it.

 

I'm right with all of you ladies. It's like it all hit me at once. I'm 32wks and so uncomfortable. I can't seem to catch my breath and every meal makes it worse. My back is killing me and I live in the bathroom. I am on bedrest now due to a positive ffn test and I don't know what to do. I was wondering if I was a big baby too. Thanks for helping me to feel normal.

 

I remember starting to be uncomfortable by 18 weeks I think between 20 to 24 weeks was 4 of the worst weeks and I didn't know how I was going to make it through the rest. It was pretty bad at the end again but from 18 weeks on I had some very bad days and some not so bad days. It didn't really get progressively worse for me. Try not to be to freaked out, you will get through this :hug:

 

Actually, I've been feeling some relief these last few days....transverse baby has changed positions so alot of pressure is off now - thank goodness.

Maybe (hopefully) it does come and go with good and bad days in there. Nice to have the break from the pressure!

 

Ugh..I am with you guys, I have pregressively been getting more and more uncomfortable each week. This week my back is absolutly on fire. I dont know if its from sitting all day at work or what but of gosh does it kill. On baby is very low so he's kicking me down there all the time which is not very comfortable and makes me pee every 20 minutes, and I have no interest in food cause like most of you I am also having the reflux that at times will get so bad it comes all the way back up,,, I feel like the infant spitting up. Blah....However I dont seem that big, granted I cant compare this pregnancy to my sons because I gained close to 80 pounds (but was never this uncomfortable) so I just looked fat till about 8 months. Now I look pregnant but could easily hide it under a baggy sweatshirt. I was thinking maybe I'd get a bit more comfortable if I would just "pop out" but i think my stomach muscles are fighting it, When I lay down at night and my muscles are able to relax all my upper ab muscles feel like there being cut everytime I roll over. Thank god for all you thow (I dont feel so alone or a mess...LOL) because while the DH is very supportive and doesnt make me feel like I'm going crazy, everyone else just doesnt get it. My mom and me are very close and she keeps telling me (my house is a mess) we gotta get organized before these babies come, and other simple comments and I feel like screaming no sh*t if I could get off this couch with out my whole stomach cramping my anal personality would have everything done already. My girlfriends think I'm blowing them off cause I dont want to move, I fight my body everyday just to get to work because I want to save my days off for when I am even more uncomfortable which is bound to happen. Oh and I'm glad I know I'm not the only one unable to breath this early that was worrying me because I didnt think I was far enough along to feel that way, but man I am weizing when I have to get up the stairs fast and at time just laying their I feel like I need to be outside to breath (not so great in Massachusetts in Febuary)

But we will all make it through this...just think we've already made it more than half way, for me the time has flew by, so I am trying...as hard as it is... to try to enjoy my pregnancy..sence it will be my last.

I let my son paint my belly, I make the DH rub my back everynight, and I bought one of those cast kits for when I get really big.

 

I'm in the same boat... I feel horrible for complaining since it took us so long to get here. Plus, being blessed that IVF worked the first time for us. I'm now 25 + weeks and I don't know how much more I can handle. I've gained 12 lbs so far and I am misrable... My back & feet are killing me. I can't sleep much anymore :huh: even laying on my sides doesn't help since I feel like someone's blocking my windpipe now... Now I have a cold and don't even want to get out of bed 'cuz I don't have any energy... :angry: I don't know what my husband is thinking of me... probably that I'm milking this so he can do everything. I don't know. He told me to go to bed today and relax, but I feel guilty too.

 

Sounds like me!! I am so uncomfortable these days that I don't know what to do. I am not sleeping one of the babies are on my sciatic nerve causing pain down my legs!! I hope they change positions so that I can coast this out!

 

I haven't been too terribly uncomfortable with this pregnancy (yet), but i know it's coming!! I don't get really big with pregnancy - i have only gained 20 pounds so far, so i think the babies really run out of room in there! With my first pregnancy, my daughter was head down most of the time and her feet dug into my ribs ALL THE TIME!!! It may sound mean, but i would get a can of coke and put on my skin to get her to move out of the way. It gave me a few minutes break anyway.

 

Hoo boy, I had an ultrasound yesterday and both little brats are upside down and pushing their feet against my ribs.. talk about uncomfortable! But.. I wonder.. what's less. going through two pregnancies? Or one twin one :lol: 13.5 weeks to go for me..

 

ooh!! That's not fun rollerg....try the coke can thing, it does provide a few minutes of reprieve. That is a good way to look at it - one less pregnancy under your belt!!!

 

OMG I thought I was such a sissy for feeling the way I am. My back is killing me, my pelvic floor is also killing me. Walking is no fun. I sleep on my side like I'm supposed to and I get leg cramps. I sleep on my back and that is the only way I get any sleep. Thank God I can still breath. My hips hurt and all I want to do is lie down and do nothing, but I have 3 kids to take care of. Thank God they are older though so it is easier. And I have a job to go to every day. I don't get a maternity leave so I have to use my vacation time. If I get put on bedrest I have no idea what I would do. I have boughts of heartburn, but not too bad. I don't have much of an appetite. And I still have 13 weeks to go. I don't know how I will get through carrying anywhere from 10 to 12 pounds of baby by the end of this pregnancy. Ok, thanks for starting this thread.

 

Oh Lord, these posts scare me the most. God Help Us.

 

Its so nice to hear that im not the only one going through this. DH is understanding but I know he is thinking in the back of his mind that the pregnancy with my daughter was not this bad. I am only 17 and a half weeks, and had to leave work early yesterday cause my tummy muscles were killing me. Thank goodness its feeling better today, just really tired. Just know you arent the only one in this boat, take comfort in knowing that we all have the same concerns.

 

Hi ladies, I was just walking down memory lane, and I just wanted to post, that IT WILL PASS! It IS uncomfy, and give yourselves some credit considering what you've got baking in the oven! (I had a 7lber and a almost 6 lber, and a relatively worry free pregnancy, but it was uncomfortable!)

My best advice is to try and rest as often as you can, keep your feet elevated (I had some scary cankle because of fluid retention and they lasted darn near 3 weeks after I had them. My feet hurt terribly after sitting or laying for a long time (this was also AFTER birth)...I think they had just had a lot of stress...Just take care of yourselves! You may find that sleeping in a recliner is more comfy than the bed and being flat.

As for the flipping positions, you might want to make a game out of it, because mine did it A LOT! I could never tell, necessarily, but toward the end when they have you doing NST's like every 2-3 days, mine were always in a different position. They both ended up head down when I got induced, but my body didn't want to let them out so I had the c-section.

And to finish on a funny note, I never thought I'd say that a cathetar (sp?) was my best bud! I never felt it go in due to the spinal, and I BASKED in the first 12 hours after the c-section that I NEVER felt that awful nagging bladder pressure or had to get up to go...I was sad when they had to take it out, but they said I had to get up and get moving! =)