18 weeks
Here I am, 18 weeks pregnant. Since I’ll probably deliver early I’m at about the halfway point. I’ve gained about 5 lbs in the past two weeks which is excellent. No more feeling sick like during the first trimester or having food aversions although sometimes I do still get a little sick feeling if I eat too much or the wrong foods. Snacking defintely works best. I feel like my stomach has grown a lot in the past week.
Finally posted belly pics from last week and a couple weeks before. They are all posted in the album but here are some links as well. Click on the thumbnail image to see the entire picture. The first image is 13 weeks and the next two are last week at 17 weeks.
Now my stomach is a lot rounder and I am starting to feel the breathing issues. I have to be aware to sit upright otherwise I get pains under my ribs on the left side and have trouble breathing normal. I’ve found myself almost hyperventalating a few times when I go to bed and I have to take time to calm down and breath slowely. Going to bed is no longer the joy it used to be. I feel my fast heartbeat, I have trouble breathing, and the backaches have come back. Despite buying a body pillow and a nice countoured pillow for my head and neck I am still dealing with aches and pains in the back around 5 AM every morning. I have a feeling that I’m going to finally get to the point where I just get up and go sit in a chair or something. Doing yoga helps stretch it out and keeps the aches from lasting all day but it’s tough dealing with them every morning. I still love being pregnant. I am just aware of all the changes going on, and very much that this is twins now. Before it was a typical pregnancy but the twin factor is starting to come on strong as I’m much bigger then my singleton sisters (mother’s carrying one baby) at 18 weeks and I’m dealing with issues that come up further along. It’s not going to be about conquering any of these issues, it’s going to be about getting used to them. I may find ways to aleviate but I do not think I’ll be able to make anything go away completely. And that’s ok. A little discomfort is nothing compared to the joy of rubbing that belly and knowing those two little ones are growing inside.
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