I am really starting to feel the affects of being pregnant with twins. These babies are getting heavy! I mean let's face it, when I was checked at my last growth scan, I had close to 8lbs of baby inside me. That's what most women are carrying at 40 weeks and full term. I was carrying that weight at 32 weeks. I feel uncomfortable a large portion of the day. If I eat too much, I feel like my stomach is literally going to explode from all the pressure. I also can't stand for very long before my back starts to ache. It's hard to take my normal showers because I just need to lean over to give my back some relief. Sometimes when I'm washing quite a few dishes, Kyle brings over a chair for me to sit at the kitchen sink. I'm not sure I'd be able to keep doing this for another 3 weeks.
Symptoms
- Bloody Nose - last week I didn't have one, but this week I have.
- Contractions - I feel a lot of it in my back -- these might not all be contractions and might just be strain being put on my back, but it feels like menstrual cramping almost...and it is super uncomfortable.
- Heartburn - I've woken up several times with it and start craving milk. I just suffer through it though because I don't want to go downstairs for milk.
- Movement difficulties - it's becoming increasingly more difficult for some of my movements. Kyle will help me up off the couch often, and trying to roll out of bed to use the bathroom in the middle of the night would be comical to watch, I'm sure.
- Possible feet swelling - My feet will actually feel more tight and rub in my Sperry's which I haven't really ever had a problem with before. Kyle has mentioned that my feet have looked bigger, too, so I'm assuming they are starting to swell.
- Baby Hiccups - I feel these almost daily. From what I've read and feel, it's just a twitch in my uterine muscle. It's not a kick or a jab because it's far too rhythmic and consistent.
- Emotional - I have definitely become much more emotional this past week. Poor Kyle doesn't understand why I will just start crying and after I start, it takes everything inside me to make it stop...and it usually isn't for quite a while. Everyday this week has had something happen to make me cry. I'll be glad when these pregnancy hormones are gone!
- Pelvic pain - this is super annoying. I can barely move in anyway without feeling some kind of pain.
- Weight Gain: 32.4lbs
I also had another doctor's appointment and baby monitoring session. The doctors appointment was pretty short which is normal for Naval, but I met with the doctor that I like. He said he's been looking at dates for my delivery and he is looking more towards the end of my 37th week, on Feb 28. Of course, we realize the babies could come before then but we'll just have to see. This also means I won't be able to see my twinnies as early as I thought and if they do wait until the 28th, my mom's visit will be shorter than we had originally planned which has really bummed me out. What girl doesn't want her mom to be around for the first few months of dealing with her newborns???..especially as a first time mom! I just have to trust that everything is in God's hands and his timing is best. I know that waiting to deliver the babies until a little later will be better for them because it decreases the possibility of any NICU time which we obviously would prefer. I certainly don't want to feel like I'm whining about that because the health and development of my babies are the most important thing. I am just super emotional at this point, though, so I am struggling with the idea that Mom can't come for how long I want her to.
The baby monitoring was the quickest one I've had yet. Both babies are head down at this point which is good, of course. I was very unhappy with the lack of professionalism from the lady doing this appointment, but I guess that would be a story for another time. The good thing is that both babies have good heartbeats. The baby on the left side likes to move (same with last week) and so they constantly have to move the piece that tracks their heartbeats to re-find wherever the baby had gone! I also had several contractions during the 20 minutes, but nothing to be concerned about.
Kyle has had to work a lot more this week than normal which I haven't liked. Sitting at home by myself becomes very boring, very quickly. I can't really take walks around the neighborhood, though, because of the back pain I will start to feel. I also don't really want to drive somewhere by myself just because I would rather be home and close to the hospital in case the babies decide to give me some issues. Looks like I'm stuck in the house, watching a lot of Netflix!
Prayers that the babies are healthy and keep growing! We want them to have a healthy weight when they are born so they won't have to stay in the hospital. Tomorrow will mark my 35th week, and I'm so thankful that God has allowed me to reach this point with twins. We will just have to wait and see what happens the last few weeks!
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| Week 35 - size of Cantaloupe |
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