I thought things were starting to move up a bit this week (lots of pulling and pinching around the belly button) but things still feel heavy in the lower abdomen. PT always said I had wide hips and that labor would be a breeze for me but really I can't possibly carry twins down there forever!?
Did you carry low? At what point did things start moving up a bit or did you always stay low?
pomegranate / 3890 posts
I always carried my son low, he kicked my ribs once and that's it. He never moved up
honeydew / 7687 posts
@Sugar.Biscuit: super duper low & stayed that way the entire time - I just went straight out with my singleton. My sister is built similarly to me and had twins and never looked as big as I did.. hers were up high and pushed in!
nectarine / 2063 posts
Okay now I did a Google image search for high/low bellies and now I'm questioning how I am carrying. When I feel my stomach I swear its down low & I can feel tickles in places that shouldn't be tickled. I'm assuming that's a baby but when I look at my picture from this week it seems to tell a different story. I am 14+5 today so I have a long ways to go before I really know how I will carry.
Pictures of your bellies is a bonus!
honeydew / 7667 posts
@Sugar.Biscuit: you are carrying higher than I am but I only have a singleton so not sure how that changes the comparison.
pomegranate / 3275 posts
Ok, this is further along than we are, but I have always carried high... I never got the waddle, never had to pee because the baby was on my bladder. This is me with my first pregnancy at 26 weeks, if you want pictures of me earlier I can show you, but this is the best example because of the size of the belly 
I also think that soon it will be clear if you are carrying high or low, for me my uterus isn't higher than my belly button.
coconut / 8861 posts
@Sugar.Biscuit: the babies are still pretty small. They're probably moving around a lot, hence the tickles in weird places. I carried LO high until the very end where it felt like he would just fall out. I have a feeling that they'll move up in the coming weeks.
nectarine / 2063 posts
@cascademom: They are small but they are a week ahead DH says we have college paid for with football scholarships. He is dreaming if he thinks we are having 2 boys lol. I think your right. Soon they will be growing crazy fast & be moving all over the place. I can't wait! *I'm sure at some point I may not be as excited as I am now lol*
coconut / 8861 posts
@Sugar.Biscuit: it's exciting. I can't imagine 4 legs kicking! It was crazy with just one set.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
I think carried high until a few weeks before delivery. This is me at 36 weeks:
ETA: Or is that considered low? Honestly I have no idea!
nectarine / 2063 posts
@MamaBehr: I love your picture! Your shirt, your expression, the veg next to the belly all = awesome!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
I always carried T low. I never had any real upper rib kics. Instead it felt like he was going to fall out of me when I walked in the 3rd tri.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
@winniebee: Now that I think about it I felt like there was constantly a body part jammed in between my ribs, and I didn't feel the "gonna fall out" sensation until the last week or two.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@FutureMrsMcK: literally felt like a bowling ball was going to fall out of my vag when I stood up!!
cherry / 248 posts
By 29 weeks with my twins I was 1 cm dilated and my ob could feel baby a's head with her finger. It felt like he was about to fall out! I went to 36 weeks 4 days so many weeks of constant pressure. @winniebee I can relate to the bowling ball feeling.
nectarine / 2458 posts
@winniebee: I just laughed out loud while trying to nurse my son to sleep... thanks a lot! Lol
You LOOK like you're carrying high to me, honestly.
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
@Sugar.Biscuit: Oh, I think you have time. It wasn't until 3rd trimester that I got the butt in the ribs all the time.
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
Also it may have had something to do w the fact that I was 1 cm dilated and 50 % effaced and at 0 position At 30 weeks!
nectarine / 2458 posts
@winniebee: he sleeps like a rock, it's no biggie! I just thought it was funny.
GOLD / pomelo / 5737 posts
I have wide hips and carried low.. I think. I don't remember rib kicks being a huge deal, so maybe it helped? I didn't have any issues, but my baby was a singleton. I unfortunately don't think it helped a ton with labor and delivery, but I guess it didn't hurt!
grapefruit / 4819 posts
I think I carried about as high as humanly possible without having her properly lodged in my rib cage! I never felt any rib kicks though....
This was 28 weeks with my first. I'm currently 14 weeks with my second but don't really have a bump yet to see whether it's high or low!
GOLD / pineapple / 12662 posts
@Ree723: Mine was high too. Although during delivery, I had to push a few extra rounds to get LO out of my ribs . . . I couldn't breathe!
coconut / 8475 posts
@Sugar.Biscuit: I carried looooowww.
It KILLED for the last 3-4 weeks. OMG...I had to pee 10x a night. I constantly felt like he was going to fall out of me because when he kicked, he kicked my crotch and I seriously would envision his foot just breaking through at any moment. Sorry for the vision, but omg, yeah I carried low the entire pregnancy.
oh! benefit of carrying low, I honestly never got heartburn and when I worked out (jogged), I didn't really get out of breath. I think my chest and stomach still had the room they needed.
coconut / 8475 posts
@Ree723: lol! I totally thought of you when I saw this thread. I have never in my life seen anyone carry so high throughout their entire pregnancy. You were team green, right? And we all said: girl!
bananas / 9973 posts
I thought I carried low, but she was always jamming up in my right ribs.
pomelo / 5469 posts
I would say I'm carrying high, but I've never felt a kick to the ribs or even that she's on my lungs too much. I'm 34wks.
grapefruit / 4819 posts
@TurtleDoves: Lol! Too funny! Yes, I was TG, yes I did carry LO ridiculously high (hence my awful heartburn and reflux!), and yes you were all correct in saying girl - I just didn't believe any of you at the time! I can't decide what I'm hoping for this time - a high carry with lots of heartburn again or a low carry and feeling as though a bowling ball is going to fall out every time I stand up, a la @winniebee!
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