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Home › Articles › Multiples › The Home Stretch

The Home Stretch

Surviving the Last Trimester With Twins

By Kendeyl Johansen

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Mood Lifters
Fusillo, with 3-year-old boy/girl twins of her own, used new clothing to lift her mood while pregnant. "I was so sick of my maternity clothes that I bought two fun outfits late in my pregnancy, and wearing them made me feel good. And I ended up buying a new dress 10 days before my C-section. It felt so good to put on something new – and I ended up wearing it after delivery, too."

Fusillo coped with eight weeks of hospital bed rest while pregnant. It was difficult, but five days before she was induced, her mother sent someone to her room to provide a new haircut, a manicure and a pedicure. Most experts agree a manicure and a pedicure are OK once you're past the first trimester, and they make expectant moms feel pampered and refreshed.

"If I could do it over again, I'd definitely go in for a haircut, foot massage, manicure and pedicure before I had my twins. It took me forever after they were born to even get a haircut," says Kathy Anderson of the Park City, Utah MOMS.

Anderson taught school until the day before delivery, and she credits this with keeping her pregnancy fears at bay. "I was so busy I didn't have time to worry," she says. She also swam regularly. "I couldn't do much, but getting any kind of exercise was good for my mental health," she says.

The members of the Park City, Utah MOMS club kept their spirits up while pregnant with journaling, preparing baby books, decorating nurseries and indulging in favorite foods.


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