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Losing weight & losing our minds: 2 weeks of baby-dom.

It’s been 2 weeks and 3 days since the little rosebuds arrived.

To say that I’m a little sleep-deprived would be an absurd understatement. Feeding the girls every 3 hours is really starting to take its toll. Mike and I are starting to resemble extras from The Walking Dead. It’s not pretty.

For two little people who weigh just under 10 pounds combined, our girls sure can eat. And fuss. And grunt. And poop. It’s like having 2 of those Tamagotchi things, only it’s a much bigger deal if we forget to feed them. Oh, and we can’t really throw them in a drawer when we get sick of them. (Though they would fit quite nicely… Kidding, kidding…)

Note: This is not a baby.

I think Mike is having the hardest time adjusting to our new (lack of) sleep schedule. Almost every night since we’ve brought them home, he’s woken up in the wee hours of the morning, thinking one of the girls were in his pillow. Yep, in his pillow. He picks it up, gently cradles it in his arms, straightens the pillowcase… Of course I thought this was hilarious the first couple times he did it, but now that it’s been going on nightly for almost 2 weeks, I’m really starting to worry about him. Each time he does it, I try to tell him that the babies are in their bassinets and he insists that he moved them onto the bed. After a few minutes he realizes what’s going on and gets upset with himself. Is this normal?? Either way, I reeeeally hope it stops soon. Demanding babies + hallucinating husband = super freaked out Wendy.

Warning: Before resting your head, please check for babies.

On a more positive note, I’ve almost lost all of my baby weight!

Less than a week after delivery, I weighed 142.5 pounds — down from 172.5 at my heaviest. So I somehow managed to drop 30 pounds in one week! Yay for having twins?! I’m currently at 138, 3 pounds more than my pre-pregnancy weight of 135. My belly is still jiggly, but to be fair, I had a bit of a “pooch” before the babies anyway.

I think my body fared pretty well, considering everything it went through over the last eight months. I have a few dark stretch marks on my right hip, and a bunch of transparent ones between my bellybutton & my incision. I’m hoping they’ll fade more over time & hopefully be less noticeable if I can tone up my belly some.

Another unfortunate, unexpected result of pregnancy is that my butt seems to have disappeared. I’ve always had ample booty (for a white girl), but now it’s more on the flatter side. I’m kind of sad, but I guess it’s not such a bad thing. Now that my boobies are back to their old (teeny) size, my down-sized booty is more proportional to the rest of my body. I just hope it doesn’t disappear completely

Here’s an instagram photo of my belly/booty at 34 weeks, and how I look currently:

Getting there!

Well, look at that — Almost time for another feeding. *yawn* Are they 18 yet?! ;)

A lot can happen in 1 minute & 36 seconds.

Here it is! The time lapse project that Mike & I started at 17 weeks is now complete!

It could have been longer, but frankly, being pregnant made me lazy. Very lazy.

Some days, just getting me to drag my bloated booty upstairs to the nursery was like pulling teeth. Not to mention the fact that I couldn’t be bothered to put on makeup most of the time and was paranoid that I would look hideous. Oh, and then there was the whole “stuck on bedrest from 28 weeks” thing, resulting in a shorter than intended video.

Thankfully, despite all the setbacks, we got it done and it turned out pretty darn (darn? yeah, I’m a mom now) well.

I’m soooo glad we did this! :)

Grow, babies, grow!

I WAS going to do a bumpdate post a couple days ago, but got a wee bit distracted by the crazy turd who stole my babies.

So with all that nonsense behind me, here it is… 30 weeks down, 8 to go:

30 weeks twins

In the nursery, waiting for the stork to come.

How far along? 30 weeks and 5 days.

Weight gain/loss: Started at 136. Weight at Dr’s Friday was 159. Everyone tells me I look tiny, but I feel HUGE.

Feeling: HUGE! haha I think I have a bit of a waddle now, but since I’m on bed rest I don’t really do much walking anymore. In fact, I rarely leave the couch. It’s rather depressing actually. Every day is starting to blur into the next… Aside from the whole giving birth thing, I don’t have anything to look forward to anymore. Just day after day of being stuck on the couch. Ugh. Who would have thought that doing nothing all day would be so draining?

Maternity clothes? I only have a few maternity dresses (and only 2 that I actually like/wear). I save these dresses for when I get to venture out of the house for Dr. appointments, but the rest of the time I just throw on any of my “regular” ones that I can still squeeze into. The couch really doesn’t care how I look, so it’s cool.

Sleep: Still hard to come by. Especially during the recent heatwave we’ve had. Just can’t get comfortable.

Food cravingsWendy’s baked potatoes! I don’t know why, but baked potatoes almost always sound so good to me.

Movement? Lots! Baby A is constantly kicking the crap out of my poor cervix and rectum/large intestine(?). She’s literally kicking my ass. Weirdest feeling ever. B is a lot less annoying, mainly due to her location. She does have some really powerful kicks though! They’re both most active when I go to bed & when I wake up. Mike has been holding my belly in the morning to feel them and although I’m usually half-asleep and out of it, I LOVE those little moments of bonding. :)

What I miss? Leaving the house!!! Shaving my legs… wearing cute dresses… caring about how I look… etc.

What I’m looking forward to: Scheduling my c-section & hopefully making it to at least 35 weeks.

nursery

This was a test shot that Mike took before the belly pics… I usually hate candid shots of me, but I liked the feel of this one for some reason. :)

My belly: The over-achiever.

No wonder I feel so big — I went to the Dr’s yesterday and found out that I’m measuring 28 weeks (I’m only 22!).

Is that normal? Yikes.

I’ll post some better photos in a few days… But for now, here’s a close-up of my over-achieving belly:

22 weeks pregnant with twins

22 weeks. Still an innie. Missing my navel ring.

I’m kind of dreading the time when my bellybutton will transform from an innie to an outie. Is it pretty much a guarantee that it will happen??

Things are moving so fast… Tonight we’re going to buy some paint so we can start getting the nursery ready. We ordered new replacement windows a week ago to take care of the whole lead thing, so hopefully they’ll be installed in a few weeks. Our baby showers are coming up next month — one hosted by my sister at our house, and one hosted by my mother-in law. My next Dr’s appointment is for my glucose test, then I’ll be going in every 2 weeks after that. Everything is falling into place and making it all feel so… real. It’s kind of overwhelming. I mean, I’m having 2 babies soon! Ahhhhhhh!!!!

No, really… I’m not fat, I’m just full of babies.

17 weeks pregnant

Self-portrait in soon-to-be nursery at 17 weeks

17 weeks! I can’t believe how fast these past couple of months have flown by. I’m almost halfway there!

My original plan was to document each week of my pregnancy through photographs. It would have been a dandy little plan, had I not have been so damn lazy. And nauseous. (And full of excuses?)

With that said, I guess 17 weeks in is better than nothing. Hell, with twins, I’m pretty much guaranteed to balloon to epic proportions anyway — so I have plenty of growth left to document. Lucky me.

So hopefully I’ll remember to snap a few photos every Tuesday until the little rosebuds decide to emerge. But if not, I’ve got backup. — Mike is also doing a daily documentation of my growing belly that we’re going to turn into a video when all is said and done. My bases, they are covered. Woo!

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