About 31 weeks pregnant with twins. Look how swollen I was. I was definitely more swollen with twins then with one.
About 31 weeks pregnant with 1. Having cute kids in the pictures helps a great deal.
As far as size goes I hardly feel big at all. I only notice my size during those moments when it feels like my belly is right in my lap on account of the baby sitting so low. But as far as carrying extra weight and feeling awkward I can't say I have many complaints.
So far I've noticed when it comes to being pregnant there are just things that come with the package regardless of how many babies you have.
- The sore hips
- The heartburn
- The bladder issues
- The random painful pains (mostly caused by gas)
- The hemorrhoids and constipation
- The exhaustion
Strangely most of these symptoms are worse with the one baby. I didn't have to deal with hemorrhoids or constipation until after I had the boys. The heartburn I had with the boys doesn't even compare to how awful it is this time around. And surprisingly I didn't have to go to the bathroom a lot with the twin pregnancy. The doctor says there's really no explanation for it. He said if the baby was a different gender he'd blame it on that, but all he can offer me is that this baby may have a lot of hair.
The biggest issue with having twins is the size. It's what seems to make the whole thing awful. I'm at 32 and a half weeks right now, and I can sleep peacefully through the night. By this time with the boys sleeping was hardly worth the trouble, and I would usually wake up in pain from pressure points. I have a little bit of an advantage this time though. I learned how to prop myself up with pillows after my c-section, and that has been a great help with this pregnancy. I don't know if it would have helped with the twins.
I also have to note how nice it is to not be carrying high and low at the same time. To have one baby in your ribs, making it hard to breath, while the other is in your hips, making your back sore, is not something I miss. It felt so good when the twins dropped and I could breath and bend over again.
Another big difference is movement. A single baby's movements are much stronger, and a little more painful. I was hoping I would enjoy the movements more with just one. I thought that maybe since I had twins the movements were harder to define and so I didn't really attach to them. I've been waiting and waiting to be able to say, "I feel his hand," or, "I feel his foot." But here I am at the beginning of my 8th month and it all just feels like rumblings in my tummy. I think I have a good reason why though. A doctor told me at the end of the twin pregnancy that I have a tilted uterus. I didn't think anything of it, and he really didn't say much about it, but then I heard on one of those "I didn't know I was pregnant" shows that a tilted uterus can make the baby's movements more subtle and harder to feel. I guess they are pushing more into your organs. It made me feel so good to know that I may not actually be feeling the same thing everyone else is.
I ALWAYS get puffy when pregnant and I feel like a whale. It makes me (only a little ;) crazy when Levi's cute, petite sisters get pregnant and look DAZZLING the entire time! Just perfectly trim with a cute ball belly sticking out. Argh! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to see you look much more comfortable this time around. Good luck with the next two months!
The worst is the swollen fingers that make you drop everything on the floor. I finally had to pull out a stand in ring because my wedding ring wasn't fitting anymore. At least Craig swells with me. He says his wedding ring isn't fitting either.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't believe how swollen I got with the twins. I didn't even realize it until we took those pictures.
I'm jealous of cute pregnant women who show no signs except for that perfect basketball belly. My belly blends in with the rest of me and I just look out of proportion and fat. Then I catch glimpses of myself in store windows and think, "Do I really look like that when I walk?"