Wednesday 1 September 2010

Way back - 3 years ago.


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Today, 3 years ago was the first day of my maternity leave with the boys.
For the previous month I have been going home a bit earlier to nap in the late afternoon but for the first week in September I rushed waddled around completing those last items on the "to do" list. After that week I was put on modified be rest - I was simply too big to move much. So, I thought I would share some facts about the twin pregnancy:
  • I picked up 15 kg (33 pounds) only - I found it hard to eat and went on a high protein diet that Dr Barbie suggested - the babies kept growing well, I lost weight. Great deal.
  • I did preggy yoga until 34 weeks - I believe it is part of why we managed to keep them in so long to get nice and well cooked.
  • The last 6 weeks I could not turn around in bed - Hunter had to take me by the tummy and turn me.
  • He also painted toe nails and shaved my legs - yes I know, sainthood awaits. ( I was advised not to wax due to the high risk pregnancy)
  • I was 3 months short of 39 when the boys were born.
  • I was never nauseous though the whole pregnancy - ok I am sure the schedule 4 meds had something to do with it. We cold not risk dehydration with my kidney problems.
  • I had very light heartburn only 3 times and never even opened the bottle of Gaviscon. C had my tummy pressed as flat as a pancake but I have a tummy valve of steel. 
  • I joined Facebook in those 2 weeks of bedrest.
  • No 42 maternity wear only just fitted in those last 3 weeks.
  • I could hardly walk to the car on the day the boys were born -  felt as if L was falling out.
  • I ate an extra small meal usually consisting of rusks and milo round 1 almost each morning through the pregnancy - then I watched " In the Womb, Multiples.
  • My stunning hairdresser had my mom pic up professional colour from her to colour my hair in those last 3 weeks as I was too big to sit down for long enough at a salon.
  • I measured as big with the twins at 28 weeks as I was with the Princess at 38 weeks.
  • The last two weeks  I was constantly sore - my skin actually started to tear.
  • I only had Braxton Hicks contractions 4 times in the last week. Never in the rest of the pregnancy.
  • I craved tomatoes. In any form. Also Steers soft serve ice-cream - what the hec,  I still crave that ice-cream.
  • I got physiotherapy for the back pain and wore a preggy support belt.
  • I also had a craving for coffee - uno problemo.

10 comments:

  1. Love this post. Might do the same on my blog sometime! LOL. I can so relate with those last few weeks. Hubs had to pull me up (no muscles there to help myself) and my ankles were swollen up so bad I did not want to look at them anymore. Whenever I climbed stairs or just walk to the kitchen to snack on something, I was so winded I had to lie down! I'm so glad it is all over!

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  2. I LOVE your preggy pics! YOu are looking tired in the last few :)

    I can't imagine how big I'd have gotten if I went further than 32 weeks - I already felt like a whale then and had only put on 10,9 kg.

    P.S. I've been looking for that mag everywhere and can't find it!!!

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  3. Sjoe! This post brought back memories of how uncomfortable I was just carting one squishy around mid-summer, I can't imagine how it must have felt with two!

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  4. Oh, I liked this post. I always like knowing how other multiple mom's pregnancy went.

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  5. Great post! Wow! The things you have to go through as a mom...
    Great to have those pics :D

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  6. I loved reading more about your pregnancy...and it is so good to write this down and know that you can read it anytime in the future.

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  7. great post and what a fun look back!!

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  8. Wow! It must have been wonderful doing this post and remembering everything. So impressed you managed to "cook" your kidlets for so long! :)

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  9. Sjoe... As ek so lees klink dit swangerskap kan nogal daunting wees. Om 10 of 15 kg op te tel is regtig nie baie nie... Of hoe?

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  10. WOAH! LOL thats a lotta tummy :)

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