Entering the Third Trimester-A Pregnant Monster!

Today I visited the OB and got measured again. My fundal height is 37cm. With one baby, you are "supposed" to measure (on average) the week that you are at. However with twins it can be larger...Mine is much larger!!! This tummy is getting large - Leigh loves it... I find it....awkward. And I'm pretty sure I've been pregnant forever.

I've only been able to gain 1Kg this pregnancy so far, which is weird when my stomach seems to be growing ever so large. I'm pretty sure the kids are eating my insides...and being on bed rest means I don't have any active muscles building up. The babies however are impressive with their power - I just wish they'd stop stomping on my bladder.

During one of my visits to the bathroom, I noticed a hairball on the ground, that I just "had to" get so I crouched down to collect it, and found my unused muscles could not get me back up again. It scared me a little as I lay on the bathroom floor, but showed me how weak I am getting from bed-rest, and how important it is NOT to do anything! So after a quick floor-rest, I was able to get up and get back into bed.

Of course, the bigger I get, the more uncomfortable things get, and the less I can do anyway. I wish I could say I always have an upbeat demeanor, and that I'm so happy and positive all the time. This is not true. Because of getting bigger, with less sleep I become less patient, and less my usual "amazing self". So for example, Leigh coming home a little late from work can be a huge annoyance to me - that and hearing him chew. Why does chewing have to be that loud? It's so dumb, because I know Leigh has been an absolutely amazing husband to me, but in my pity parties in the heat of the moment I feel so justified in my anger. I mean really... he gets to be outside and move around...so can't I just be a little angry about chewing?

To deal with the "ridiculousness" of the issue we've started joking about it and Leigh suggested maybe we should only eat soup - and then realised, "Nah, I'll probably scrape the bottom of the bowl too loudly or something." I laughed while in my head thinking, "It'll be the slurping that will push me over the edge!"