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I had to reduce a twin pregnancy to a singleton due to birth defects in one of the twins early in the second trimester. It was brutal grieving during the pregnancy but as soon as baby arrived I loved her so much and didn’t think about it much after that except for very occasionally. I later had another successful twin pregnancy because my body seems to like to dump more than one egg out, and the twin pregnancy was brutal on my body. Preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, hyperemesis gravidarum that lasted until birth. Fainting, unable to walk up stairs or across grocery store. I love my twins but the pregnancy itself, aside from grieving, is likely to be so much safer and easier on her body than a twin or triplet pregnancy.

Mine were born at 36 weeks and needed a week of NICU - one for blood sugar issues and one for a meconium blockage. Both needed to come home on oxygen for about a month due to failing the car seat test. Mine were 6 lbs 1 oz and 7 lbs 6 oz and were with me in my room for the first night but got sent to NICU when they developed the issues. However, NICU was such a good experience for me once I got over the initial shock because I had a very traumatic birth where I had pre-e and was passing out and having some other c section related complications and having the extra help to care for the babies was so helpful in getting me recovered. And the NICU staff was so nice and I learned so much from them even though I was not a first time mom. I wanted to be home but I think it was the best thing both for them and for me.

I have had really good success with ketamine as a quick and effective treatment for treatment resistant depression.

She manually will fix my hips to not be tilted and gives exercises to stretch the tight side and strengthen the supporting muscles to increase stability in the SI joint.

Physical therapy has been really helpful for my similar pain

A. You can always quit later if it isn’t for you, but you should give it 3 sessions to get used to it before you decide to quit or not.

Facebook marketplace when people want to get rid of bags of a certain size I can get a whole wardrobe for like 40 dollars sometimes.

You can move the bases pretty easily just unplug and replug in downstairs

I ended up getting owlet socks so I could have a little more comfort leaving them in their twin z while I do chores

Seconding this. All three of my kids were like this - my singleton and both of my twins. My first it took 4 months to figure it out because the doc misdiagnosed it as colic but this time because I knew what to look for I was able to help a lot sooner.

As a twin parent with new babies and a three year old, this is insane. My three year old sleeps through the night and helps out with some things. What is difficult right now is sleeping because with two babies that both have acid reflux and digestive issues, there are nights where both babies are never asleep at the same time. I can’t imagine how much more difficult the night must be with one more baby in the early days.

I’m back significantly below my starting weight within a month and I still can’t come close to wearing any of my pants because my stomach hasn’t fully gone back yet. Not sure if it will ever or not as I have 6 inches of abdominal muscle separation. I would order the dress in a larger size, or make sure to get one that isn’t snug over the belly area. Also, my breasts got much bigger when my milk came in so depending on if you plan on nursing or not that could be another factor to think about.

One of my twins got diagnosed several days after the first, with similar symptoms but delayed a few days from his sister. My eldest daughter also had CMPI and my twins got diagnosed months sooner than their older sister because knew what to look for this time and got a fecal occult blood test when they started showing signs of colic. My oldest didn’t get diagnosed until she aged out of the typical colic age range and didn’t get any better.

Mine were born at 36 + 3 and needed about a week in NICU after they were with me the first couple of nights and developed some issues (a meconium blockage, and blood sugar issues) and failed their car seat test. They are almost a month old and both still on oxygen at home. Mine were big at birth (6 lbs 1 oz and 7 lbs 6 oz) but still needed a little extra support. NICU wasn’t bad as they felt better right away and we got some extra support right at the beginning when I was having a difficult c section recovery. I was still able to visit as much as I wanted and hold them and feed them.

I am two weeks out from a twin c section at 36+3 and had babies in the NICU for under a week. I was exhausted and in pain and couldn’t picture not taking some kind of medical leave after the c-section.

My PT said the only safe ones during pregnancy are deep core like lightly squeezing the ab muscles for 10 seconds. Lots of the typical ab exercises like crunches can make it worse.

FWIW my PT said that there wasn’t much to do to prevent Diastasis Recti in a multiples pregnancy, so most of my PT before was some light deep core squeezing and practicing moving in ways that didn’t trigger my SI joint pain. My 7lb 7 ox and 6lb 1 oz babies stretched me really far and my PT I was doing didn’t prevent Diastasis Recti, although I do have some hope they will be able to close the gap somewhat. My mom had bad Diastasis Recti with her third pregnancy and didn’t get it fixed and ended up with some back problems later that needed surgery for a slipped disk, so I am going to give it a solid couple of years to try to get it back together with PT and if not then try to save up for a surgery to connect the muscles back so I don’t end up having more back problems later on.

I had a selective reduction in my first twin pregnancy as one was found to have deformities incompatible with life early in the second trimester. I was told it would be best chance for remaining baby if I went through with the reduction (as it would likely continue as a singleton pregnancy and I wouldn’t have the added risks that come with a twin pregnancy or risk early delivery if the sick baby died on its own). The surviving baby was born full term and is a very healthy three year old now.

I have a big separation and my tummy looks like a triangle whenever I flex my abs. I am less than two weeks out but I had PT during pregnancy and was told I have at least 5 inches of separation across most of my abdomen. I also have to wait another month before I start PT (other than simple ab flexes in a non weight bearing position and wearing a belly support band when doing anything active. I am very nervous my abs wont reconnect, but my PT said we would have to wait and see how I respond to PT. I wouldn’t be surprised if I’m headed for surgery down the road.

36+3 c section due to preeclampsia with a strong headache and both being transverse. It would have been a 37 + 2 induction otherwise due to mild preeclampsia and GD. Babies had a few days in the NICU (blood sugar issues, meconium plug) and went home on oxygen but otherwise healthy.

Thanks! I ended up having the babies at 36+3 by c-section (at a little over 6 lbs and 7.5 lbs) because the preeclampsia got worse. They didn’t need NICU the first couple of days but ended up needing some extra help with a bowel obstruction for one and blood sugars for the other a couple of days after they were born, which could have been due to prematurity or my gestational diabetes. Both are doing well now, and I’m feeling a lot better.

I definitely hope things are more comfortable for you with less complications and you can make it happily to the 38 weeks mark past which risks tend to raise for stillbirth. Sorry to rant - I’m just so done with my pregnancy at this point lol!

I’m at 36 weeks and some change with two big babies in there. I am in so much pain and developed mild preeclampsia. I wouldn’t go past 38 weeks (or past 37 weeks with issues like preeclampsia that make it higher risk) because it would be riskier for the babies. I find myself hoping I go into labor each day to relieve the discomfort. Being this pregnant with twins sure doesn’t feel “natural” - it feels like my body is being squeezed past the maximum it was ever meant to be at, and like my organs are starting to fail to work properly. It feels like I can’t walk and I can’t sleep. It feels like an awful headache that won’t go away from the preeclampsia. I was told I should expect twins to be smaller but they are at 53rd and 95th percentile and big one is already estimated to be around 8lbs - bigger than my singleton was at 39 weeks. As much as I want to avoid NICU, my body feels like it is dying and I am frustrated that the discomfort and long term health risks to the mother isn’t considered in potentially moving the delivery sooner unless it is imminently life threatening. I’m scheduled at 37 + 2 because scheduling couldn’t fit me in at the recommended 37 weeks. I know peoples bodies are different and some people have more complications than others, but it is hard for me to imagine how someone would want to go to 40 weeks even if it wasn’t riskier for the babies.

Love this take. Everyone was being so mean on this one/

I got it during pregnancy too, went from totally normal looking to really messed up over the course of the pregnancy even with cream. I ended up doing several sessions of laser therapy on it and that helped a little but I have to wait until I’m done with the pregnancy and breastfeeding to take the oral medication. it is crazy how anything that affects your immune system like pregnancy or chronic illness to older age can take you from normal to gross nails pretty quickly, even with good hygiene and active treatment.