21 weeks

• 11-13-2008 4:27 PM

  MTB2 Joined on 11-18-2005 Posts 221

  21 weeks Reply Contact Were you all uncomfortable this early on or am I just being a wimp. Sometimes I feel like I could just explode and other times I feel like they are going to fall out! I guess it doesn't help that my right pelvis is tipped forward, did anyone have to deal with that? I am already easily winded, I get so tired so easily....just running errands makes me want to lay down. Just really uncomfortable today and complaining. But I can't believe I am only a little over half way there!

• 11-13-2008 6:29 PM

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  DRS~Are~The~Best Joined on 09-12-2006 Germantown, MD Posts 1,455

  Re: 21 weeks Reply Contact First of all, you are NOT being a wimp!!!!!!!!  Twin pregnancy is HARD -- I mean, all pregnancies can be hard, but remember you are carrying double what you would if this was a singleton.  2 sacs -- 2 placentas -- and most important, 2 BABIES. I don't remember when the full fatigue set in for me -- I remember being surprised that it was later than I thought considering I spent my entire singleton pregnancy wanting to go to sleep -- but they were born at 34 weeks and the fatigue went on for quite a while.  Just take the cues from your body and try to get as much rest as you can.  Try to divide your errands so that you aren't on your feet for so long which may help. Just keep going -- time continues to pass and the pregnancy will continue to progress.  You are doing a GREAT job!!!!!! All the best, Ilene

• 11-14-2008 10:11 AM

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  Carrie31805 Joined on 08-25-2006 Central Missouri Posts 734

  Re: 21 weeks Reply Contact I was actually put on modified bedrest at 21 weeks and remained there until 36 weeks when they said, ok, do what you'd like. I didn't deliver until 38 weeks. To answer your question, yes, by the time I was put on bedrest I was already feeling quite awful. At the time I would have termed it miserable but that's only because I hadn't yet felt what 35 weeks felt like. :) Hang in there. Drink as much water as you can possibly stand, get as much rest and humanly possible, and if there's *anything* that you can have someone else do for you, do it. Take it easy and your little ones will be here before you know it!

• 11-14-2008 3:07 PM

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  Mrs Garcia Joined on 09-03-2007 The ax forgets; the tree remembers~African proverb Posts 294	Re: 21 weeks Reply Contact It started to get pretty bad for me at around 20 weeks. My uterus was already measuring over 30 cm by that point and I was just exhausted. I delivered at 24 weeks though, so I didn't have to bear it for long.

• 11-20-2008 5:13 AM

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  Daraka906571 Joined on 08-04-2005 Finley Kathleen 4/9/06~Emmy & Joey 4/6/09 Posts 12,014	Re: 21 weeks Reply Contact  Luckily I have been feeling really good.  I am 19 weeks, measuring 26 weeks.  I think I'm just so happy to be over the morning sickness that I'm not thinking about any other aches and pains.  I hope it gets better for you though.

• 11-22-2008 6:29 PM

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  JillCynthia Joined on 08-13-2006 www.twinsup.blogspot.com Posts 990	Re: 21 weeks Reply Contact  Ha ha.  I was uncomfortable the moment I ovulated! lol  Your signs point to anemia. Have your doc do the anemia test earlier - mine waited too long and I suffered for a couple of months not knowing what was wrong w me.   22 weeks... YOU ARE OVER HALFWAY GIRL!!!

• 12-02-2008 9:30 AM

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  MTB2 Joined on 11-18-2005 Posts 221

  Re: 21 weeks Reply Contact JillCynthia:  Ha ha.  I was uncomfortable the moment I ovulated! lol  Your signs point to anemia. Have your doc do the anemia test earlier - mine waited too long and I suffered for a couple of months not knowing what was wrong w me.   22 weeks... YOU ARE OVER HALFWAY GIRL!!!  Thanks for the anemia suggestion, I hadn't thought of that. I have been borderline anemic in the past when not pregnant. I have an appointment this week so I'll bring it up with me doctor. I hope she doesn't put me on iron supplements, I don't need anymore help being constipated!!