I am 21 weeks pregnant with DCDA twins, this is my first (and last!) pregnancy. How is everyone else getting on?
We are not finding out the sexes -lm sure there is at least 1 boy in there. Morning sickness ruled me from week 6 to week 18. Eased off and then reflux reared it’s ugly head. Im covered in chicken skin from bikini line to knees (thank god husbands eye sight is a bit dodgy!). I love sleeping on my front but can’t. I’m on 150mg of aspirin AND fucking clexane injections. Twin 1 is a decent size and twin 2 is BIG -they didn’t get the memo about twins being smaller so hospital suspect gestational diabetes. So they want me to test my blood sugar levels 5 times a day. It’s not as l busting out BM’s in the 4’s and 5’s.
Work think l will be doing business as usual until the end of April despite me being a community mental health nurse. Even though l am getting a c-section 1st week in April AND have annual leave l will need to use. They haven’t even done my risk assessment yet. I have tried explaining that by the end of January then l will most likely be the same size as a woman 40 weeks pregnant with one. But they don’t seem to be getting it
But l have barely put on any weight. Varicose veins haven’t appeared yet -lots of family gave varicose veins. Especially the auntie who had twins.
I did a video call earlier and my colleague asked me if l have a cold. My husband charmingly describes it as my “fat person breathing”. As l am already starting to struggle to get my breathe, lm not even that big yet 🤷♀️. People often don’t notice e.g. the waiter at a wedding a few weeks ago who kept on trying to make me drink wine. So the next 15 weeks should be interesting…