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rachelle2824
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Howdy- coming in to say "hello" and stay for awhile. A ? too..
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Hey there! My IRL name is Rachelle and I am pregnant with TWINS! Found out at our 6 week ultrasound and DH and I are excited and slightly terrified and elated and mostly just hopeful that these will be our take home babies. We suffered a late loss (see ticker for details) and are fairly guarded (mostly me) that everything will be okay in the end. But today I am pregnant and today I love these babies growing inside of me and every discomfort they may cause.
So to my question...one of my best friends in getting married just before my due date in September. My doctor stated she doesn't let any of her MoM go past about 37 weeks so by her wedding I should have 2 beautiful 2 week olds and be about 2 weeks post partum. Annnd of course I am in her wedding...I know....crazy! She understands that I can plan as best as possible but may not be able to make it but until something happens we are planning on me being in the wedding. So...the dress!! Approximately how many months/weeks were you size wise at 2 weeks PP? I know with my first pregnancy I was about 20 weeks size 2 weeks PP but not sure if it would be roughly the same this time. I know it's just an estimate, just trying to plan.
TIA, I've been lurking a lot and think you ladies are an amazing wealth of knowledge and strength.
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Re: Howdy- coming in to say "hello" and stay for awhile. A ? too..
congrats! i wish you a very happy and healthy 9 mo! as for PP, that's a hard question. i was still in maternity stuff 2 wks pp. (how big you will actually be will depend on how much you gain, how you gain it, etc). it is a very body specific question.
i think the bigger question is will you actually feel up to being in a wedding? i was exhausted and sore (i had a csection), and i really dont think i would have been up to standing up, or preforming wedding duties. again congrats and welcome.
Welcome!
I'm so sorry about your loss. That is hard. I have a few friends who had losses right at the end and I know how devistating it is... I all of them have gone on to have healthy pregnancies and have a few children between them now. I think you have a good attitude- you are pregnant today with twins- that is what matters. Every day is precious - just keep sending them love and do all you can to get them to term.
most ob's will deviver twins at 38w... some at 39. I have not heard of any who take all at 37w - unless there is a reason to. Perhaps your late loss is why she is going a week early in her estimate?
The average twin pg is 35/36 weeks - and many go much sooner- so you can never know... you could easily have twins in the NICU at her wedding date - or have babies at home that are up all night and you have not had any sleep... or a c/s incision that is still sore and you have no energy to go places - esp a wedding....
I would tell her now that you likely will not be able to go to the wedding at all - but if you can, that you will just go as a regular guest - because honestly - it's so iffy - you can't know what will happen. I would never buy a bridesmaid dress being pg with twins and the wedding at that time.
get Dr. luke's book on being pg wtih twins, triplets and quads- it will give you a good understanding of the risks of a twin pg, what to expect, and what to do to delivery healthy babies.
congrats and welcome!
i had triplets, so my answer may not apply, but 2 weeks PP, i was about, hmm, 28 weeks size, based on the belly pics in my bio.
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I guess I am in the minority, at 2 weeks PP I was feeling great, my swelling was almost gone, but I was still in maternity clothes (I gained 63lbs, 20 of which was water weight). I did have c-section, DD came home with us while DS was in NICU so I was forced to get up and move around if I wanted to see DS. I couldn't stand for long periods of time and I was still sore and moved slowly when getting up. I do agree with the PP that it could be pushing it and it is a lot to deal with 2 weeks after giving birth plus having 2 newborns. I may have been feeling good, but I think it would still be too much too soon.
To answer your main question, there isn't really any way to know what size you are going to be. I measured 46 weeks when I delivered, no idea what I was at 2 weeks PP, other than flabby.
I was still in maternity jeans at 2w PP, but I was fitting into some of my regular dresses (especially if they were empire waist dresses) no problem.
I'm probably insane, but I hosted Thanksgiving for a small group 2w PP, which included cooking (with my mom's help). I was super wiped out after that but I did manage to do it. That being said, I probably wouldn't want the obligation of being in a wedding 2w PP, especially since you don't know if that's exactly where you will be. I made it to my scheduled c-section of 37w 1d (my doctor didn't let anyone go beyond 38w) but it's not a guarantee that you'll make it that far (but I hope you do!)
I agree with everyone else - go as a guest!
Hello and welcome! So glad you could join us, and I hope your pg journey ends perfectly.
Now, as far as 2w pp, it's different for everyone. I had a very active pregnancy and easy recovery. Could I have gone to a wedding physically? Yes. Would I have wanted to? Not sure.
This was me. I lost 26 of the 34 in the first two week and fit in my fat jeans. They weren't comfortable on my c/s scar at all, so I wouldn't have worn them for long.
A wedding is just a long time to be away from your babies. Who do you have lined up to watch them? What about feeding them? I was okay with leaving them for a walk/run/errand by then, but I don't know that I could have left them for a whole day/evening. And I had very easy babies too. Not clue how I would have felt if someone would have had reflux, colic, health concerns.
Up to you though. Enjoy every second of this pregnancy and the wonderful moments after.
Thank you all for your responses and warm welcome! I think I will start preparing her for the fact that I may have to miss it. If I make it, great and if I can't, there's nothing I can do about it. Hopefully she will understand! I will be BF (hopefully!) and thought my sister and her husband could watch the babies at a friends house about 3 minutes drive away from the wedding and then just go to her house to BF and try to stay at the wedding for a few hours. My last delivery I wasn't swollen at all and was just bloated and in slight pain (vaginal delivery) but was leaving the house the next day (trying to avoid bad depresion.) But I know with twins, if I am lucky enough to have a vaginal delivery at full term I will be verrrrry lucky and it could be quite different from my first delivery.
I wasn't really thinking about the swelling since I didn't swell much the first time! Ekkkk...the swelling is a bit scary to me but I'm sure I will have plenty with twins in August in 100 degree plus weather! I have read Dr.Luke's book and go back to re-read sections from time to time. Any other book suggestions? Thanks again everyone!!
Agreed. This was me almost exactly. I lost 27 of 31lbs by the first week. By 2 weeks pp I felt great and I could squeeze into my fat jeans just the loose skin would hang over and they were not comfy. There is no way I could of left them for a whole day at that point though. I would def prepare your friend that chances are you may not come. DH was supposed to be in a wedding 3 weeks after my due date and he told his friend that he could not commit to being in the wedding party since it was so close but if all went well we would come to the wedding as guests. I ended up having my twins at 35w4d and we did attend the wedding which was 7 weeks later and even then leaving them for 4-5 hrs that we were gone was painful after about a hr we were both ready to leave.