Twin mums - help with the last few weeks of pregnancy please??

[MustardRaisin]

Wondered if there were some twin mums out there who could give me the encouragement I need!! I'm 34 weeks, struggling and feeling so guilty. I've got a two year old who bless him has been great, but he just needs more than I can give him at the moment. Every time I'm looking after him by myself I feel awful. Everything hurts and I'm so tired. But I know I need to buck up and deal with it... It's only going to get worse when they arrive in a couple of weeks!!

Just wanted to hear from others who've been here. Tips would be great. Solidarity. Anything!

Do you have an end date in sight to focus on? I was promised an induction at 37 weeks so I knew I only had to make it until then. I could barely walk at one point although that eased a bit towards the end so I guess they must have moved. I had a toddler to look after as well and I just had to take any and all offers of help from anyone who would take them for a bit so I could rest. Moved my maternity leave forward a bit too as I was struggling so much.

Just think of the end result and you'll power through. Good luck.

When I was 26 weeks pregnant with our twins my dh broke his leg and was in a cast for 12 weeks so I had to do everything. Our other children were 9, 4 & 2 at birth. Born 38wk with a combined birth weight of 17 pounds!! elcs as breech and transverse. I had spd, horrendous heartburn and I had to sleep sitting up but would wake every hour or so due to pain. It was rough in the last trimester but when they were born I just did not care about any of it, I was so happy to see them out and kiss their beautiful little faces.
I would do it all again in a heartbeat. Have had a singleton since them.

I do indeed have an end date, booked for an induction in two weeks so I will focus on that. And the end result. I will focus on that too! In fact, it's nice to have someone to remind me how wonderful that bit is because I'd sort of overlooked that. I'm not necessarily anxious, but I know it will be hard.

The waking every hour with horrible heartburn and pain is definitely happening here. I don't think it's helping not getting a decent night's sleep, but I never did at the end of my first pregnancy so I knew it was coming. Just wish I had more energy and wasn't so sluggish. But finished work this week so hopefully that will help. And they've upped my iron tablets.

Thanks both, really needed someone to come along and tell me they survived it 😅

Hi MustardRaisin, keep going, you're doing brilliantly! Its so hard in the last few weeks, harder than anyone can imagine. I had my boy/girl twins almost 2 weeks ago, at 37 + 3 weeks, they were a planned csection. The fact that I had a csection planned in for 37 weeks is what kept me going (although I did panic occasionally about going into labour- which I didnt want!) I was literally counting the days down at the end. You will get there!!!