As you can see, I took another break from blogging. I came down with a miserable cold at the beginning of February - exactly one day after my 20 week check up with by OB - and I didn't feel like doing anything except sleep and lay around the house. It didn't help that the only thing I was allowed to take was Tylenol, which isn't the best for treating a cold. Ugh. I still cough occasionally throughout the day and my nose still gets stuffed up at night, but I wonder how much of the latter is related to the dry winter air, my allergies (I have allergies year round thanks to dust mites), and nasal passage swelling (another wonderful pregnancy symptom).
Anyway, my hubby and I had our 24 week growth scan today at 2 pm at a perinatal physician specialty clinic for high risk pregnancies. I was a little nervous but I was still looking forward to seeing our babies again. I was nervous because I have been worried since my last u/s four weeks ago that the babies were going to be smaller than they should be at our 24 week appointment. Everything looked good at our 20 week appointment - both babies were measuring in the 50th percentile, which my OB assured me was normal - but everywhere I go, people tell me how small I am for carrying twins, whether I know the person or not. I'm also HUNGRY ALL THE TIME. But don't worry, I also EAT ALL THE TIME. I was afraid that because I am hungry all the time, that the babies would suffer for it and that they would be smaller than they should be.
Fortunately, all that worry was for nothing. After reminding the u/s nurse that we didn't want to know the genders of our babies, she assured us she would not give anything away and began taking tons of measurements - heads, bellies, kidneys, chambers of the hearts, legs, arms, feet, fluid in the sacs, umbilical cord blood flow, heart blood flow, and heart rates (I think that covers it). I teased my hubby that he wasn't allowed to look for signs of girl vs. boy. He said he couldn't tell what all the body parts were anyway so we were in the clear. ; )
The u/s nurse tried to get photos of the faces for us but both babies were facing away from the u/s wand toward my spine and both were head down. This is the first time that we had seen both babies head down. In all of my previous appointments, Baby A has been in the breech position on my left and Baby B has been sideways across my abdomen on my right. So in order to try to get photos of the faces, the nurse had me roll onto my left side to see if the babies would change positions and reveal their faces. But no, that didn't work. Then she had me roll onto my right side but that didn't work either. After a few minutes of really trying, she was able to get a view of half of Baby A's face. I felt myself smile. Then she let us know everything looked normal (Baby A had a heartbeat of about 140 and Baby B had a heartbeat of about 143) and that the perinatal physician would be in to see us in a few minutes.
DH was super tired from all the long hours he's been working lately so he closed his eyes for a few minutes as we waited for the doctor. About 15 minutes later, the doc came in and took another quick look at both babies. By this time, Baby B had revealed her/his face! I was so excited that I asked the doctor if the technician could come back and scan the face for a photo for us. She smiled and said of course she could do that. And before she left the room, the doctor let us know that she agreed that everything looked good. She said Baby A was measuring at 1 lb 9 oz and 25 weeks, and Baby B was measuring at 1 lb 12 oz and 25 weeks, 3 days. I am technically 24 weeks, 4 days today so they are both measuring ahead of schedule. Yay!
The u/s nurse came back to scan Baby B's face right away before s/he moved again and we were able to get two profile photos. Baby B had moved slightly so that the face was no longer looking toward the wand but a couple profile photos were better than nothing!
After about an hour, our appointment was over and we were on our way...but first I needed a quick stop for a snack. At McDonald's. Yes, there is a McDonald's in the hospital where we have our growth scans. Way to promote healthy eating! My "snack" was a quarter pounder with cheese (no onions - these babies don't like onions) and about half a medium fry order, which was supposed to be for my hubby but he shared with me, and a couple sips of his Coke. : ) Ahh...the babies and I were quite happy. And then I arrived home and had some more snacks. Like I said, I eat all the time (although this was only the second time I had eaten food from McDonald's since being pregnant).
And now it's time to eat again.
Anyway, my hubby and I had our 24 week growth scan today at 2 pm at a perinatal physician specialty clinic for high risk pregnancies. I was a little nervous but I was still looking forward to seeing our babies again. I was nervous because I have been worried since my last u/s four weeks ago that the babies were going to be smaller than they should be at our 24 week appointment. Everything looked good at our 20 week appointment - both babies were measuring in the 50th percentile, which my OB assured me was normal - but everywhere I go, people tell me how small I am for carrying twins, whether I know the person or not. I'm also HUNGRY ALL THE TIME. But don't worry, I also EAT ALL THE TIME. I was afraid that because I am hungry all the time, that the babies would suffer for it and that they would be smaller than they should be.
Fortunately, all that worry was for nothing. After reminding the u/s nurse that we didn't want to know the genders of our babies, she assured us she would not give anything away and began taking tons of measurements - heads, bellies, kidneys, chambers of the hearts, legs, arms, feet, fluid in the sacs, umbilical cord blood flow, heart blood flow, and heart rates (I think that covers it). I teased my hubby that he wasn't allowed to look for signs of girl vs. boy. He said he couldn't tell what all the body parts were anyway so we were in the clear. ; )
The u/s nurse tried to get photos of the faces for us but both babies were facing away from the u/s wand toward my spine and both were head down. This is the first time that we had seen both babies head down. In all of my previous appointments, Baby A has been in the breech position on my left and Baby B has been sideways across my abdomen on my right. So in order to try to get photos of the faces, the nurse had me roll onto my left side to see if the babies would change positions and reveal their faces. But no, that didn't work. Then she had me roll onto my right side but that didn't work either. After a few minutes of really trying, she was able to get a view of half of Baby A's face. I felt myself smile. Then she let us know everything looked normal (Baby A had a heartbeat of about 140 and Baby B had a heartbeat of about 143) and that the perinatal physician would be in to see us in a few minutes.
DH was super tired from all the long hours he's been working lately so he closed his eyes for a few minutes as we waited for the doctor. About 15 minutes later, the doc came in and took another quick look at both babies. By this time, Baby B had revealed her/his face! I was so excited that I asked the doctor if the technician could come back and scan the face for a photo for us. She smiled and said of course she could do that. And before she left the room, the doctor let us know that she agreed that everything looked good. She said Baby A was measuring at 1 lb 9 oz and 25 weeks, and Baby B was measuring at 1 lb 12 oz and 25 weeks, 3 days. I am technically 24 weeks, 4 days today so they are both measuring ahead of schedule. Yay!
The u/s nurse came back to scan Baby B's face right away before s/he moved again and we were able to get two profile photos. Baby B had moved slightly so that the face was no longer looking toward the wand but a couple profile photos were better than nothing!
After about an hour, our appointment was over and we were on our way...but first I needed a quick stop for a snack. At McDonald's. Yes, there is a McDonald's in the hospital where we have our growth scans. Way to promote healthy eating! My "snack" was a quarter pounder with cheese (no onions - these babies don't like onions) and about half a medium fry order, which was supposed to be for my hubby but he shared with me, and a couple sips of his Coke. : ) Ahh...the babies and I were quite happy. And then I arrived home and had some more snacks. Like I said, I eat all the time (although this was only the second time I had eaten food from McDonald's since being pregnant).
And now it's time to eat again.