[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 8/23/2014
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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 8/22/2014
9:15 am - 8/23/2014
1. Comment: Going Down to Part-Time/Bedrest (jessicafsf)
2. Comment: Going Down to Part-Time/Bedrest (christina1112)
3. Comment: Going Down to Part-Time/Bedrest (tarynjoy)
4. Comment: Going Down to Part-Time/Bedrest (lmcdowell)
Topic: Going Down to Part-Time/Bedrest
Hi Ladies,
I am 16 weeks pregnant with di/di twins that I believe to be
a fraternal...
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1. jessicafsf says...
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8/22/2014 9:14 am
Hi Christina! I'm not sure if I'm in the minority here,
but I had an easy pregnancy. My doctor was worried that
I was going to develop pre eclampsia (why she worried
that I'm not totally sure, since there really aren't
any symptoms - she just said she had a feeling) and
advised me to cut back at work between 25-30 weeks. I
cut back to 3 days/week around 30 weeks (although no
bed rest advised - it was mostly to avoid my commute
which involved a fair amount of walking and riding
muni, which usually meant standing). Then I did develop
pre-e, and was hospitalized at 32 weeks, and delivered
the babies at 33 weeks. It's possible that if I had cut
back sooner I might have made it longer, but no one
really knows what causes pre e, so that's total
conjecture.I do think it varies dramatically - I know
people who worked up close to the end, and people who
were hospitalized on bed rest pretty early. I think
that it might be wise to plan to cut back in those last
8-10 weeks, if you have that option . Regardless of
medical complications, most women get pretty big by
that point, and moving around a whole lot is
uncomfortable. It will also be nice for you to have a
little extra time to spend with your toddler, and to
get everything ready as much as possible before the
kids arrive. It's just really hard to plan! Good luck
and congrats!(Oh, and you might also want to post this
question to the Facebook group; that seems to get more
activity these days.)
Email author: jessica at burrows.net
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2. christina1112 says...
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8/22/2014 10:32 am
Thanks for the info. It was really helpful. I will
look into the FB group. I am only 5'4'' and was about
135 pre-pregnancy, so I am sure I will get
uncomfortably big. My doctor said she thinks I might
have 7 lbs twins which would be great from a healthy
big baby standpoint, but harder from a pregnancy
standpoint. I am a type A personality, so I am trying
to over-plan, but as I get older I am realizing more
and more certain things are out of your hands. Thanks!
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3. tarynjoy says...
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8/22/2014 12:08 pm
Just to share my experience, since it sounds like we
have a few things in common.... I'm 5'3, 120 lb
pre-preg, also with a toddler (26 mo) and now with
di-di twins (36 weeks tmrw!). I work at UCSF Children's
Hospital, a job with long hours, almost entirely on my
feet, though I thankfully don't have to take call at
all. When my OB told me to plan to stop working between
28-30 weeks, I thought she was crazy. I was about 18
weeks at the time, felt great, and had never had a
complication except for some high BP late in my first
pregnancy (probably because my son was 9lb 2 oz and NOT
overdue!). I can say now that at 28 weeks was when I
started to slow down, and by 30 weeks, I was glad to
stop working. By 34 weeks, I was legitimately disabled.
Now I can't walk more than a block, and that's at a
snails pace! I was surprised by how quickly I became
unable to keep up with my normal activities, so kudos
to you for thinking of this already. Best of luck to
you! Feel free to email me if you have any other
questions! Taryntaryn.shappell at gmail.com
Email author: taryn.shappell at gmail.com
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4. lmcdowell says...
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8/22/2014 3:23 pm
I didn't find out I was having twins until my first
appt at the perinatal office at 13 weeks. I hadn't
gained any weight yet so immediately met with a
nutritionist and began eating often to make sure I was
getting enough healthy calories. Anyway, everything was
fine with my pregnancy, I started gaining weight and
was on track at 20 weeks when they discovered my cervix
had shortened to 2.6 (2.5 is when they're concerned,
but apparently you shouldn't get to that point until
much later in pregnancy). We decided to go with a
cerclage which would lengthen/preserve the length of my
cervix hopefully for the remainder of my pregnancy and
had the surgery the next day. I was put on modified
bedrest for 2 weeks and though the cerclage did
lengthen the cervix, they kept me on modified bedrest
for the remainder of my pregnancy (until I went into
labor at 37 weeks). Modified bedrest for me was
basically staying off my feet as much as I could -- I
could take a shower, make myself something to eat - no
cooking full meals though, no walks, etc. Even sitting
puts pressure so it was best to be laying. I worked
from home until the day before I went into labor, but
had a job that I was able to do remotely.I've met other
women who were in my same situation and my same doctor
didn't make them do modified bedrest so I don't know if
he just figured I would go along with it or what, but
who knows what works and what doesn't. I guess I didn't
want to find out. Bedrest is not proven to work,
however I think some people need something as formal as
bedrest to get them to slow down and I do believe that
overdoing it in general -- working to much, trying to
do to much stuff getting ready for the babies, etc.,
could have a negative impact on some people.I was on
bedrest for 4 months in total and trust me, it wasn't
fun. But it wasn't all bad and I had two healthy babies
at 37 weeks - 6.11 and 7.1 lbs.My advice is don't
stress about potentially going on bedrest, but know
that it may happen. And definitely plan to slow down on
the workfront probably by 30 weeks, if not before. My
boss was aware of my situation and I basically prepped
in advance with a 'while I'm out' document which I
updated at the end of each week with the status of my
projects so that if anything happened, she would mostly
be up to date.Good luck!
Email author: lauren.mcdowell at ymail.com
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