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kimarino13
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After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
ouch. a vent.
kimarino13
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1.) My back is killing me. I think it's time to start sleeping in the guest room so I can have a bed all to myself. I haven't been able to sleep with any extra pillows with MH in the bed because there just isn't enough room. Or maybe I should try the reclining couch? It reclines flat, which is nice.
2.) It feels like someone is ripping my legs out of my hip socket. WTF is that all about? I am guessing this is my body stretching?
I have to admit that I am really worried about how I am going to survive the next 11 or 12 weeks. I am assuming it just gets worse. I feel like such a baby for complaining at 25 weeks, but man, it's hard carrying multiples. Some days are worse than others it seems.
How did you manage the pain in your third trimester? Tylenol? Heating pads? Just sucking it up? 
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
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After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
dh rubbed my legs/sciatica (my butt!) nightly... before sleep, and in the middle of the night. i know, it's not fun... i wanted an epsom salts bath SO badly, and when i finally got in the tub one night (with dh's assistance), the water didn't even come close to covering me
if you have a big tub, ask your ob if that would be ok.
as you said i found things kind of got worse, then eased up a bit, then worse again. so you might have some not-so-bad times ahead. good luck!
I'm sorry you feel so crummy. i'm in the same boat here. I sleep wit ha heat pack between my legs, a large pillow between my knees, I take a hot bath every night - these thing seem to help.
A BIG help was purchasing a pregnancy cradle (prenatal cradle) it was $40, i've been using 2 days and I already see a difference in my pain and energy levels.
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I hope you feel better soon!?
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Ugh, everyday is a matter of "sucking it up"!! I'm constantly up and down grabbing whatever my kids need, making breakfast and lunch, changing diapers, up and down stairs for naps, driving to preschool, etc. I can barely walk because of the pelvic/hip pain but there's not much I can do!
You're right, some days are worse than others. Today was just one of those days, I cried 2 or 3 times, and I wish I could have escaped to some tropical island
I need to start taking baths, I think. My Peri thinks they are a great idea, along with a heating pad and massages from MH. Maybe it's time to get all those going.
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
I have a feeling this day is coming soon, sadly. I just didn't realize it would all start happening so "soon"!
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
You guys. OMG. I set up a fortress of pillows in bed last night and had one on each side of me and two under my head/neck and I slept SO well. I felt like I was cradled all night between them. My back isn't killing me today (yet). I think that was a big problem before... I was only using one pillow under my head and that's it.
We'll see if the leg ripping out of the socket continues today, but I am sure that's just stretching. After all, I found my first stretch mark this week on my left hip.
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
Kim - I'm just kind of sucking it up at this point. The thought of a baths that aren't steaming hot doesn't appeal to me. I do take Tylenol PM a few times a week for the pain/to help me sleep and both OB and peri are fine with that. I'm on modified bedrest and getting up to do most anything is at least a bit painful now.
Just an FYI - I recently developed carpal tunnel due to edema and while it's not painful, it has maade picking things up a bit uncomfortable.
I had the leg feeling - and it was from sleeping w/ pillows between my legs that where actually too large! I was stretching out my tendons all night. Smaller pillows = less socket pain.
A tempurpedic mattress pad may help the hip pain. You can just buy it for your chair / couch / side of bed for about $80 at Wal-mart. Get at least 4" & I am bringing one for my hospital bed as well when I am on 8 wks bedest starting in Jan.
I feel your pain, I went through the same thing. In between when you finally fall asleep you then wake up having to go pee.
I went through a lot of tylenol. I used a heating pad and would take either a really hot shower or a warm bath.
My doctor even told me when it got really bad to try taking some tylenol pm, which I did. I didn't do it nightly - but would do it a couple of times a week.
I didn't really get the hip pain so much - but I had lighting crotch - my toes would curl it hurt so bad.
I also have a bad back and I would lay on the floor and put my legs up on the couch to help strech out my back muscles. I normally only did this when DH was home because sometimes I couldn't get up by myself.