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My first trimester I was amazed at my growing belly. It's funny...looking back at it now it was so small! I had terrible morning sickness all day, but was still was thrilled to be carrying twins.
Second trimester had some ups and downs, but there was a point where I felt so great, so healthy, and pretty, sporting a cute bump.
Now I'm in my third trimester and hello heartburn, edema, carpal tunnel, and tons of crankiness. I'm almost ready to scream, Get these babies out of me!!
I don't feel like that all the time. I really do think I will miss my massive twin bump, but I'm getting to the point where all the things that hurt are hurting a bit too much. I'm almost at 35 weeks and two weeks ago the doctor told me that I am measuring like a woman at 41 weeks with one baby. Makes sense.
My friend and I were talking about this "get this baby out of me" feeling and she brought up a good point. Maybe it's our bodies preparing us for labor and delivery, to not be scared, to embrace that time when the little life or lives will no longer live in the security of our womb, but out in this world beside us.
Kind of beautiful how our bodies work, isn't it?
Have you had moments where you said or thought: Get this baby out of me!?
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Yes!! I've been feeling like that for about 2 weeks now. I want my baby to come when she is ready, but I'm getting to be so uncomfortable & watching my due date come and has just made me feel blahhh. Thankfully, I will be getting induced at the end of next week if she is still not here. I'd rather her come on her own, but it's nice having a light at the end of the tunnel!!
Oh that feeling! I had that starting at 36 weeks. From 32 weeks on I was on preterm labor and although I was so uncomfy I told him to stay in til at least 36 weeks, lol. 37 weeks I could hardly walk and at 38 he came. I remember saying while I was pushing because he was stuck "just get him out of meeee"
& i miss my baby bump.
i don't recall getting to the "get this baby out of me" point, but there are days with this pregnancy that i feel like that already, i'm just halfway there but i can take it, lol. =-D I can believe you are almost 35 weeks and with twins! congrats!!! you are doing a great job keeping those cuties safe and warm in there =-D
Allie was my 6th pregnancy, her conception was a bit of a shock as we were not planning on ever going down this road again. We had already lost more children than we had, one at 5 days old, a missed miscarry at 12 weeks and another miscarry at 20 week. We have a history of heart defect babies, our specialists couldn't believe how often it happened to us. So my pregnancy with her was thick with fear and worry. All tests came back to say she was perfect but as they say, "seeing is believeing". At to top it off I have a seperated pelvis (thank you to my massive huge first baby!) that causes pain in pregnancy that gets worse with each child. By the time I was 22 weeks with her I could no longer walk the grocery store. By 25 I cut my part time hours down to 3 hours a week and then no hours. At that point the pain was causing my blood pressure to shoot up whenever I did anything. So wheel chairs became my friend no house work (darn!). By 33 weeks I was being sent to L&D every week for preterm labor and IV pain meds. Bed rest at that point, but I couldn't even make it from the bed to the toilet without crying and my BP going up. Even rolling over in bed would have me in tears. We kept up like this until I was induced at 36 weeks. I never wanted another child out of me as much as I wanted her!!! Needless to say DH is getting the big V, I physically cannot do this again.
Honestly, that makes perfect sense. So you're excited to get into labor, and doing all your finishing touches, like it'll help the baby come faster (and because it's building your "nest" i.e. nesting anyway). If you wanted to stay pregnant forever, labor might be sad or scary. Instead, most women spend the last 5+ weeks just DYING to have it over with.
Michele, I'm so excited for you. Just hang on to those babies for two more weeks if you can, and then it's good to go any day! (Yes, I know two weeks seems like forever right now, haha).
I so glad you've made it to this point! Another couple of weeks will seem like a cake walk once it's over. :)
I was like "COME ON ALREADY!" Because Lydia had started trying to come 2 months early. I was in the hospital every day for shots and breathine by the last 2-3 weeks. But I made it to 37 weeks. As you can tell up there in the picture, I wasn't exactly prepared for having her the day I did...I still had on yesterdays makeup! I thought it was another false alarm....
I am at 39 weeks and i am thinking that all day .... but sadly she keeps staying in and still beating on my ribs.
i think i did for about a week, but then i knew i would miss being pregnant. so, i really wanted to wait for as long as he wanted.