What I WISH I could say in response to, "how are you doing"....

I'm so sick of smiling and telling everyone that I'm doing great. Here's what I wish I could say:

"No, I'm not waddling. I have a shooting pain in my vagina. Aren't you glad you asked?"

"I've really enjoyed talking to you but I'm about to pee my pants so I need to go"

"I'm bigger than full term and carrying around two babies. How do you think I'm sleeping?"

"Yes, I'm 'still here' - in fact I'm not due for two more months. Are we going to have this conversation every day for the next two months?"

"I have terrible heartburn and get sick if I eat more than 2 cups of food at a time. So no, eating for three really isn't all the fun it's cracked up to be, but thanks for commenting on my eating patterns."

Ok - I feel better now. I can go back to smiling and telling everyone that I feel GREAT! Anyone else want to vent????

 

Oh, I'm totally LOLing at your responses!!!! I'm only 19.5 weeks, and so not really 'there' yet with these twins...but judging from how much my back already hurts and my belly feels likes its being ripped open...I'm frankly quite scared of the future!

I usually tell people I'm "hanging in there" b/c it doesn't go into too much but I also don't have to completely fake an 'all is perfect' attitude.

I hope you get some little peice of relief today. I know that I look forward to my dh's back rubs and heating pad on my back each evening...it makes it all go away, if only for a little while!

 

OMG, i totally know how you feel. I'm half honest like I say I'm tired and stuff but I am so close to measuring fullterm and I also have two months left and it drives me nuts to get the "WHOA! You are getting big" and I also hate the "you're not THAT big for TWINS." comments. What do people expect? Um, any woman fullterm is not expected to walk around and be social so why should I have to be all giggles all of the time. LOL

Mentally, I am checked out when it comes to work related things. I force myself to be engaged. LOL

 

That made me laugh. I remember how very badly I wanted to tell people exactly how I felt - shooting vagina pains and all!

 

I'm so glad I read this. It gave me a nice little laugh. Sometimes these are even things I want to say to my DH, I hate to say it.

Thanks for the post!

 

When you tell someone you're fine, do any of you get the response "Oh, just wait"? I've gotten that a few times and it just blows me away. It's as though if we're not suffering and sharing this pain with all who ask, something must be wrong. Someone even suggested to me that I should prepare for a miscarriage because my morning sickness didn't sound bad enough for someone expecting twins. What kind of a person says something like that? There really is no good answer to the question. If you say you're feeling bad, you're the Debbie downer trying to make everyone around you miserable. If you say you're fine, the question asker almost seems disappointed. We can't win!

 

The one I hate is those women that say "oh I had mine a year apart, so I know what you'll be dealing with."

NO YOU DON'T.

But yes I'm tired of the one "you don't look like you're having twins!" I want to say "well that's because one is hiding in my crotch."

 

Amen.

 

Thanks for the laughs.. I hope I have some good liners when I get that far along..

 

Ah, memories...

:rotflmbo:

What I wanted to say was "Let someone try to rip off one of your ribs from the inside, and tell me how you like it."

 

How funny,

I am enormous and feeling every little part of my body I used to take for granted. I now have a venus line that runs from my navel to my breast, my back is caining, the heart burn is relentless and the morning sickness has returned...Whats up with that anyhow??? I used to get are you sure you are having twins because you look too small, now I am getting "You have how long left??? Better you than me!" I was over taken by an elderly lady pushing her drip stand at the hops at week 26, at week 30 it takes me a full minute to stand from a sitting position and people keep telling me how great I look. My sister in law who is four sizes bigger than me when not pregnant, passed on her maternity clothing which no longer fits. .. Ouch...On the up side, my dear darling partner thinks I look beautiful, reminds me daily of how wonderful my tummy is and attempts to flash it at anyone who demonstrates an interest in our babies. He runs the bath for me whenever he notes that I am struggling and this week has taken to getting out of bed during the night to help me to get up to the toilet, handing me antacid when ever he thinks I am showing signs of discomfort and reguarly refiling my water bottle to ease my back ache.
He has come up with a soloution to the over fussy neighbour who insists on gathering the goss to feed the rest of the town and had taken to invading my personal space and touching my belly, even going as far as to walk into my bedroom and lie next to me on our bed when I am resting. He has discovered that she becomes rather unconfortable with the amount of attention he lavishes on me and so removes his top, jumps into bed between us and commences rubbing my belly. It freaks her out.

 

I'm sorry that you're in physical discomfort, but it's fantastic that your partner is so supportive and the last part of your message is *hilarious*!

 

that line of 'you're not THAT big for twins!' is just classic. I if I had a nickle for everytime someone told me that when I was pregnant with the twins I would've been a wealthy woman!! They meant well, but it irritated the crap out of me!! What exactly is that supposed to mean....'You're huge, but since it's twins you aren't 'that' huge!' ?????

 

Jase is gorgeous, he is possibly the most attentive daddy and partner I've met. We only have another six weeks to go if things go to term, and after being on bed rest since 13 weeks, we are almost there. The babies have come so far and we are getting excited now. The pregnancy has been tough, but worth each and every moment, we feel so blessed, today daddy built the cot our babies will share and he put up the christmas tree with the children.
i am very lucky and so very happy, just looking forward to the impending time when I can reclaim my body and hold my beautiful babies, also looking forward to being able to clean my house again, yep you heard me, after leaving it to the kids and dad for nearly five months it could do with a mums input.....

 

Good luck! I couldn't imagine being laid up for so long, but it's great you have someone attentive to help out where it matters.

 

Expecting 5&6 - Hilarious - your DH sounds awesome!

 

Much needed humor today. I love your responses. People ask the wierdest questions.