Monday, February 8, 2016

20 Weeks: Tired!

I'm sitting here after work trying to rack my brain about what to post this week and my brain just keeps repeating "So tired." Monday's are hard. Here's a short list from this past week:
  • The babies are starting to move more. I thought maybe I'd feel them sooner and more often since I have two to feel, but so far this isn't the case.  There isn't enough movement for anyone else to feel yet, but that will change soon! 
  • My hips started to really hurt when I slept this week. It is like I had been sleeping on the hard ground in a camping tent all night. Aaron bought me a cheap memory foam mattress and folded it in half for me. The pillow between my legs and even ankles has helped too.  I do feel like I'm looking down on my husband in bed now, while he sleep below, but it's better than waking up multiple times to roll over with achy hips.  
  • I come home and make it through dinner and then I am done standing for the day. I have to sit in my recliner, hobbling around as little as possible. 
  • Started swelling this week too. Not much, but I took off my wedding ring and have little rings around my ankles where my socks have been. 
  • And, I'm tired. Really tired. I have chairs stationed around my classroom and basically teach standing up until I can reach the next closest chair and then sit there for awhile before I walk to the next chair--so glad I have great classes this year. 

It's all so different than a singleton pregnancy. I feel like I'm in that last stretch and yet I'm only at 20 weeks. Did I already say this? Oh well, you get it again. My sister said there is this time in pregnancy that you can pretty much for through your day and forget you are pregnant. Morning sickness gone, the aches haven't started, and you can just go about your life. But, with twins I feel like I jumped from first to third trimester and misses that wonderful 2nd trimester! Anyone pregnant with twins feel the same?
Next week is the big ultrasound! Yay for that. Aaron gets to see them this time too and that always makes it a little more real.

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