No one told me the impact a twin pregnancy would have on my body. It was hard and I can’t even remember most of last year because I spent most of my days asleep. However, when Sofia and Emma were about 4 months old, and we’d had plenty of time to bond, I thought to myself, if I only knew that they were in my belly I would have enjoyed the pregnancy so much more. I wouldn’t have minded as much…
-Throwing up 6-8 times daily for 4 months and 10 days straight
-Daily 20 minute nose bleeds consisting of massive blood clots
-Not being able to work and having to take a major pay cut at 8 weeks
-Gaining 65 pounds
-Getting horrible wide red stretch marks all over my belly regardless of slathering my body with extremely expensive preventative creams (FYI-they don’t work-it’s all genetic)
-Having trouble breathing and moving starting at around 24 weeks
-Getting terrible swelling in my feet and hands
-Being in labor for 24 hours and having to have an episiotomy
If I had only known that it was Emma and Sofia in there, not just ‘being pregnant’ I could have embraced being pregnant.
**photograph by Bard Azima at Livingface
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Wow! I know! I remember being so completely exhausted…especially the first trimester. Now that my son is here, each day gets more exciting!
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