My stomach is not so pretty these days, so no picture there, but here is a not so pretty picture of what it looks like when I take my socks off. The indent is amazing and stays for a long time. I didn't get the swelling and water retention until the last two weeks, so I can't complain, but it looks so funny:
By far the worst symptom so far has been the stretching of my skin over the past 4 days. My stomach started hurting Saturday and has continued to get worse. Unfortunately stretch marks are part of the puzzle when you are carrying full term twins, but I never thought they would be painful. Shirts or anything that touches my stomach is unpleasant, so I have been walking around in Tony's boxers and a a sports bra... hot I know! We found oil yesterday made for itchy and sore skin, but I think I am going to give in and call my doctor this morning to see if he has some numbing cream or something to get me through to Wednesday. I can do anything for two days!
3 comments:
I CANNOT imagine what you're going through!!! I only have one little man in my belly and I thought I was uncomfortable! I'm still amazed (as I'm sure you are) that you are still pregnant! And you're poor skin on your tummy!!! That's awful! You're still in my prayers :) (and dreams...so weird..maybe our being pregnant together makes me in tune with you, LOL!) Love you, girl! Wednesday will be such an awesome day and I hope it gets here FAST! By the way, that's my sister, Lindsay's birthday! Yay! I can't WAIT to see pictures! Give my love to your mom too!!
Oh my goodness, Laura, that bloating is unreal. It's almost over and you'll meet them sooooon!!
I know, swelling sucks big time! Unfortunately I swelled up early on and couldn't find shoes that would fit! :( And I remember the last days of stretching too. Oddly, I didn't get stretch marks until the very end-- which just ticked me off more! =) I continued to swell for a week or two even after my c-section too, so don't freak out if you do as well.
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