heavily pregnant, uncomfortable & huge | twin pregnancy
At 41 weeks pregnant with twins, Rosie was beyond ready to pop. For days, she felt the head of baby A nestled uncomfortably on her cervix and the movement of both 99th percentile babies caused her distended belly to deform. She should be relaxing on the couch, but unfortunately her 9 week old son (birthed from her other uterus) had a checkup today, meaning she would have to haul not only her pregnant self, but also a stroller to the local hospital. Luckily Noah, her friends-with-benefits, had offered a car ride to the doctor’s, something she was eternally grateful for. Before leaving the house, Rosie caught a glimpse of her swollen bump in the mirror, where her popped navel pointed downwards - finally her belly had dropped.
After placing her son in the car seat, Rosie gripped the headrest of the passenger’s seat with one hand, and the other supported her round lower belly. It took a whole three minutes of manoeuvring and gently lowering herself to finally sit down in the car, where she suddenly gasped as her belly tightened with the kicks of her twin boys. Rosie rubbed the swollen mass between her legs, the stretched skin tender and struggling to contain her babies and amniotic fluid. Noah extended his hand out to Rosie in worry, as he stared at the overdue pregnant woman. Perhaps he should’ve laid a towel down after all…
Rosie gripped her swollen belly as the braxton hicks came at full force, causing her to moan whilst rubbing her tight bump. She had apologised to Noah for the inconvenience, especially as their predicted 15 minute car ride turned to nearly an hour drive due to peak traffic times. Rosie moaned again, her belly deformed as her muscles tensed up around the twins. Somehow during the contraction, she had involuntarily pushed, causing baby A’s head to descend further near her cervix. Rosie didn’t think much of it, as she had been only 2cm dilated for several hours.
20 minutes passed. The car was still stuck in the same place due to a car accident half a mile ahead. Rosie moaned as another braxton hick caused her huge belly to strain, and she suddenly gasped as a soft popping sound caused several litres of fluid to soak her underwear and car seat.
“Hey Noah, I think my water just broke”
this was part 5 of Rosie's pregnancy journey with uterus didelphys (double uterus). the next part will be the birth of the twins, hopefully posted soon after my exams. check out the earlier parts of Rosie's pregnancy on my blog for some extra context :)
