Testimonial: Making the choice to live well at the end of your pregnancy

At 30 weeks of pregnancy, I will finish taking IV antibiotics.

At my pregnancy follow-up, Dr. Zen is present. She takes the time to congratulate me for having retained babies so far! On the ultrasound, she has nothing but good news for me. The babies are doing very well, my cervix is still long and tightly closed: no signs of labor. I've put on weight, and the babies already weigh 3.2 lbs and 3.6 lbs.

Full of happiness, I am continuing my series of appointments of the day with Dr. Competent. She tells me that as my lungs have recovered better, that the weight of my 2 babies is approximately the same and that baby #1 is already coming through the head, we could consider giving birth vaginally. I thought it would be a c-section from the start, and I am excited about the possibility of not being cut in my lower abdomen and not having to cough painfully with the pain of the suture for a month afterwards.

I came out of this appointment with a real heart for the party this time. I even allow myself to announce my pregnancy on my Facebook page (something I had refused myself until then, for fear of going through a difficult ordeal and having to announce it to my 100 Facebook “friends”).

From that point on, I try to focus on the positive aspects of my pregnancy. I'm fine, the babies too!

The challenge I set for myself for the future: to enjoy the end of my pregnancy, and to appreciate my condition, despite my belly which has now exceeded the size of that of a pregnant woman at term with only one baby.

For some time now, I have not been able to stand for more than 3-4 minutes in a row, I have a nerve that gets stuck in my leg making it numb. Until now, I was in this state, telling myself that my pregnancy would end at any moment (you know, that's what I believed with my disastrous vision of the thing). But now, I will try to solve the problem! A single appointment with an osteopath will completely solve this small annoyance. I can walk again! Well, not for very long periods of time, my legs did not have the strength necessary for the 30 lbs of belly they now have to support, but still, standing is no longer as painful for me now.

And then, a friend told me about a massage therapist specializing in pregnant women; I'm making an appointment! 1 hour of relaxation LYING ON YOUR STOMACH!!! Yes, a table adapted to bellies with a hole in the center allows me to find myself on my stomach, for the first time in 5 months. What happiness!

Finally, it is pleasant to be pregnant, when you give yourself permission!

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