Question for Previous or Current Twin Moms

mia1116

I'll be 13 weeks on Monday. I'm still so exhausted all the time. I feel like I can't function at all. Today was also a particularly bad morning sickness day. I'm so sick of feeling like crap all the time. Does the exhaustion ever pass? I'm supposed to be in the wonderful 2nd tri Monday and it doesn't feel like this is going to ever pass. I feel like a crappy mom to DS because I have no energy to do anything. Please tell me it gets better. This is so different from my singleton pregnancy that I feel like a FTM all over again.

mdlorenz

Right there with you, mama. Hoping it gets better soon too. No advice, just solidarity! (At 14 wks today)

mia1116

@mdlorenz I'm sorry you feel the same way. Hopefully we both start feeling better soon.

Jellybeanqueen13

Exhaustion has been my one pregnancy symptom that has remained constant. I'm hoping it will get better soon too. I'm slacking off on so much around my house. In the evening, I feel like all I can do is sit or lay on the couch. It's horrible. Not helpful, but I'm right there with you too.

pshaortao

No experience as a twin mom but I imagine your body is just working harder than a singleton mom to provide for your two babies. I hope you get to enjoy the 2nd trimester bliss soon though!

anonellis

Lurking from March 2017 to say I'm 22 weeks with twins and my exhaustion got better a few weeks into the second trimester, but I never got that burst of energy they say you get in the 2nd tri.  It did get a LOT better, I'm just more tired than I was when I wasn't pregnant. My morning sickness lasted until around 15 weeks, at which point it was replaced with awful reflux.  Good luck and hang in there! 

mia1116

@anonellis thanks! That gives me some hope

Jkp7749

right there with you ladies. I think i'm almost 12 weeks and at 3 pm I literally start counting down the time until my husband gets home and when he does I basically lay on the couch all evening. it's miserable. 

mia1116

Sorry we're all there!

chickyclg

So I'm going to keep it real, sorry if it sounds like a Debby Downer talk.  I always say they worst thing about having twins is the pregnancy (I adore my kids but pregnancy was awful for me).  The first tri style of exhaustion gets better I had about a month of good regular sleep.  I started getting big fast around 20 weeks, once that started I had to start sleeping sitting up because I had problems breathing laying flat and my reflux got terrible.

I tell all the expectant twin moms I know with older siblings to try and really dedicated a couple hours a day to them, even if that is sitting on the couch watching tv and don't feel bad about that either.

I was on and off of bed rest the entire pregnancy, permanently in a wheelchair by 28 weeksdue to PTL signs, had my labor stopped/slowed at 32 weeks when I was moved into the hospital for bed rest until my sons water broke at 34 weeks and there was no turning back. 

Twin pregnancy is really rough and as much as you don't want to hear it taking it easy and resting as much as possible is the best thing you can do especially with a little one at home.   Strict bed rest or hospital bed rest is the last thing you will want.

Feel free to ask me anything and before you know it you'll have 2 more 2 year olds.

mia1116

Yikes! From what everyone who's had twins has told me, it's just rough the whole time. I guess I should stop holding out for the 2nd tri energy burst and feeling awesome