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nikinikinine
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Hey Momma! How are you doing?
I keep thinking of you and your full term twins and it's helping me to stay motivated during this final stretch. Man it's a killer.
I can't believe you were able to get the boys to tandem feed so quickly. Any secrets to your success?
How is big sister P handling her new role?
Are you starting to feel more human 1+ mo PP? I can't wait to sit in a chair without having my belly rest on my lap!
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Wow - 36 weeks!! You are so close. How is the PUPPS? I am happy to tell you that the scars from scratching and the welts went away very quickly. The twin skin, on the other hand, is still in full effect. But I am hopeful!
We are doing great over here! I was SO miserable during my pregnancy, that the second they were born, I felt better than I had in months. Anything beats that kind of misery. Being able to bend over, walk to check the mail without serious pain, etc...
Paige is doing MUCH better. 6 weeks in, I think she realizes they are here to stay. She is learning their names, likes to help me burp them, goes to get me a diaper (spills all the diapers in the process, causing me more work, but at least she feels included...), so we are all starting to find our way in all of this. It is a lot of work, but it is amazing.
Feeding:
I was too sick the first day in the hospital to try tandem feeding. It was all I could do to not puke on them. So I just did 1 at a time, and that worked well to get them the colostrum and help my milk come in. (My milk came in at the end of the second day.)
I had the LC come in for every feeding that second day when I felt good enough to sit up and tandem feed. When they were teeny tiny, we did the 'one lays across your chest, one in football hold.' That worked well until the end of the first week, and now we just do both on football hold. You'll figure out what works best for yall. But the only thing is practice, practice, practice! And when you feel like you can't possibly nurse anymore, nurse again. You'll get the hang of it, and it really is SO Much easier than bottle feeding twins. That takes forever, cleaning the bottles, pumping, storing the milk, warming it up, cleaning the pump parts...ugggh. No thank you. Nursing is the way to go if you can make it work.
I do NIsortaP - ie the ladies restroom of department stores. There is no way to discreetly tandem feed twins with a cover. At least I haven't figured out how to do it. But I am fine with sitting on the couch in a restroom and draping a blanket over my shoulders. It is a hassle - but in my eyes, bringing bottle stuff, milk in a cooler, finding a way to warm it, then having to feed one at a time would be a much bigger hassle.
I am feeling 100% like myself now. My body is back (despite not having been the gym since week 19), I am exercising almost every day, and am happy to not be pregnant anymore. I don't miss it. Do you belong to a gym? I take the boys in the snap n go and park them in front of the treadmill for 45 minutes and they just snooze in their seats. Then we go to the locker room and feed! Yes, it is a hassle, and you'll learn that everything with twins generally is - but it is worth it to feel like a human being again.
It's funny, the closer I get to the end, the farther away the end feels! What *IS* that all about? My next OB visit is Thursday and I'm hoping they'll set an induction date (they already told me they won't induce me until after 38 weeks). It's not soon, but at least it's a firm end goal.
My PUPPPS are under control. I broke down and went to the dermatologist and they gave me a topical steroid cream that worked wonders. I still have a dot here and some itching there, but it's nothing like what it was. I thought for sure I'd die when the rash first broke out. How horrible.
I'm terrified of what my belly will look like when this is all said and done. I'm one giant stretch mark at this point (or at least that's how I feel). I was online looking at tummy tucks on Saturday LOL. I realized quickly that I don't think I could do it. So the gym and eating right better be enough. I bought a compression sleeve called the Cinch to use, so maybe that will help too? I do belong to a gym, I don't know if they'd let me bring the kids in and plop them next to me. I guess why wouldn't they? We can't use the gym's daycare until 6 months. But if they're next to me then why not, right? Hmmm, food for thought. I can't believe you are already back to working out, you are a rockstar. Seriously.
I hope we have as much success with breastfeeding as you've had. We'll only be in the hospital 48 hours (assuming everything stays on track for a vag birth), so I'm hiring a PP doula to come and help us at the house. I figure it will give me some BF'ing support and an opportunity to shower in the first few weeks after my husband goes back to work. I just keep telling myself *you can do this*.
So glad the big sis is getting used to her new roommates. I can't imagine how crazy of a transition that must be, but it sounds like she's doing awesome!
p.s. I can't tell you how normal it makes me feel to hear you say you were happy to be done being pregnant and you don't miss it. I kinda, sorta, really hate being pregnant. People keep telling me that I'll miss it and to treasure it now while it lasts. I kind of want to slug them. I can't imagine missing this feeling that there's a bowling ball between my legs, or peeing my pants when I sneeze, or having shooting pains down my thigh from walking in the grocery store. Yup, all set with this
Yeah, I just took my stroller in there and started going - and no one said anything to me. Now, they all know the boys and come peek at them when I'm in the cardio room. As long as we aren't in anyone's way and they aren't crying - who are we hurting, ya know?
I figure they are happy to have my business, so they want to keep my happy. The kids corner at my gym doesn't take kids until they are 2. Stupid. So I pile the kdis with me and we just do our thing.
I hate to say this - but I can't imagine going further than 37w1d. I had a previous cesarian, so my OB didn't want me contracting too much over my internal incision. And she didn't want me to spontaneously go into labor. The day before my C-Section, I got an internal during my NST because of the intense contractions I was having, and I wasn't dilated at all. I have a cervix of steel, which it sounds like you kind of do too. I'm quite certain I would have gone to 38-39 weeks if they would have let me. Thank God they didn't haha.
But the thing is, your babies will be a bit bigger, ready to suck and swallow and latch on...and therefore will be able to sleep longer stretches. So just hold on to that thought!
Don't hate to say it, I can't imagine going further than 36 weeks, 1 day LOL. So the thought of going another 17 days right now is making me literally nutso. I will just keep the thought of fat, sucking, swallowing, latching, sleeping babies in my head. Maybe that will help?!
I seriously just called my husband to ask if the thought if the gym would kick me out if I walked the kids in there. He seems to think it will be fine. I'm so excited to get back in there. That sounds really selfish. But I've missed it so much!
Okie dokie, off to do my daily routine of showering, drying my hair and napping, before attempting to actually accomplish one other thing today. Thanks for the pep talk and the pearls of wisdom!