Gosh, I know Im only 33 weeks... but when am I going to have these babies? I mean they could come any day?! I really dont want to go past 36 weeks, but not at the expensive of NICU time... does anyone have a crystal ball I can borrow? :drown:
Well you really never know, but I'm going to encourage you to go as far as you can! So many women (myself included) get antsy and so eager to deliver at this stage. I can't even tell you how many times I had the internal dialogue with myself that started with "I'm SO uncomfortable. The babies would be "fine" if they were born now, right?" The point is that you don't want "fine"! You want big, healthy, thriving babies who can breast feed right off the bat (as I see from your sig) and go home with you from the hospital. 36 weeks is still pretty early, and they would have a chance of NICU time as any baby does. I urge you to hold on to 38 weeks which seems to be generally accepted as a good end point for most twin pregnancies, although there are more Mommies that I would have though who have gone to 39 and even 40+ weeks! This will all be over soon, and when it is you will quickly forget how rough this part was and you'll be so glad that you did it for your babies. I remember thinking that I wished I would go into labour at about 35-36 weeks. I carried on to 38 weeks 2 days when I had a scheduled c-section and gave birth to the most beautiful, healthy, massive babies and I was so proud of myself! You can do this, just hang in there and come back to TS often for pep talks!
I agree with the pp. I was anxious, as I'm sure we all were/are and I ended up going into labor and delivering at 33w 3d. Leaving my boys in the NICU was the hardest thing I have ever had to do in my life, BAR NONE :cry: The thing is as much as we say we want them out, that we are ready, when it comes down to having your babies stay in the NICU or go home with you, you become less ready...Hang in there, the reward is far greater.
33 weeks is definitely too early. I know it's hard but :youcandoit: and they need to cook longer. Yes, it's hard and uncomfortable but it's much better then having them have to go into the NICU. :hug: Hang in there
I'm sure it must be hard and getting uncomfortable, but 33 weeks is too early. Hang in there. :hug: Believe me, they are much better off the longer they are in there. It is extremely hard leaving your babies in the NICU. I would have given anything to make it to 38 weeks with my two. :youcandoit:
:headbang: I know its too early, I just honestly cant imagine being any bigger, more uncomfortable, in more pain than I alreadt am... My doc continues to 'high five' me at every appointment assuring me at this rate (and with my pg hx) we could 'confidently' make it to 38 weeks...does this man want to die?! :laughing: Ive passed all my NST's/FFn's etc... with flying colors and my cervix at my last appointment was still in the 98% range... I know I would rather skip on the guilt and painful sticks for the twins by keeping them in, but can I see SOME change prepping my body for take off? And honestly what I wouldnt give for a week of bedrest at this point! I go up and down our stairs at home at least a dozen times a day and Im running after two kids... and my body is like 'ok, we can do this' no problems... I am just exauhsted, and I know its only going to get 100x worse with two more babies in the house, its just hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel at the moment. I have a doc appointment tomorrow with the usual, NST and reg OB check up as well as a peri appointment... Im hoping they are 4lbs+ (simply cause I may feel a little better if they are THAT big) :unknw:
You are doing so great! I had the same experience in that I was sooooo hoping at every appointment to at least see some little glimmer of hope that at some point my body would say "Ok, I'm almost done." In the end I made it to 8 weeks with no cervical shortening, effacement, dilation...nothing! My cervix was high and posterior and those babies were happy as anything to just stay in there for as long as they liked too as their NSTs showed that they were doing great. I congratulated myself for making it to 38 weeks and then scheduled my c-section for 2 days later rather than going through an induction. I think you should embrace the fact that you are obviuosly well made for carrying these babies and have had no real dangerous issues for them thus far. You are so lucky, and when you give birth to two big, healthy babies at the END of this pregnancy you'll barely remember how uncomfortable you were. I found that having no sleep and two babies to care for was easier than being pregnant at the end lol
Good luck. Think of it like it should be no sooner than 36 weeks and hopefully 38. It is all about perspective. Hope the end goes well
It is really hard at the end. You are expected to do something most women don't have to do- be physically full term but not deliver. You will not regret keeping your babies baking after they are born. It's just so hard day-to-day right now. Take heart, :youcandoit:
You can do it! I remember feeling the same way- feeling so ready to be done being pregnant, but knowing that the babies needed to cook a little longer to be big and healthy. I started taking it week by week and then day by day at the end. I ended up making it to 37 weeks before I was induced and had good size twins who didn't need any NICU time. That alone made all the pain and extreme discomfort 100% worth it. :youcandoit:
