me at 16 weeks 2 days
yesterday we had our 16 week appt. with the OB and also an ultrasound.
A little bit of twin trivia....there is much concern in a twin pregnancy about pre-term labor and incompetent cervixes among other complications. I will be having ultrasounds every two weeks to measure my cervical length. This week I measured 5.2, not sure honestly if that is inches or centimeters...But it is a great measurement. Of course it will probably shorten some as I get bigger and farther along but as long as it stays over 2, in. or cm, then I can avoid bedrest or cerclage. Which is what we want!
Anyway, so I knew this u/s was mostly for that purpose but also figured that I would be able to see babies, how can they not u/s a pregnant woman and not show her the offspring? And they did! She said that they wanted to check the heart rates so we would need to look at the babies. Woo HOO! I just about squealed with excitement. Now I have to say that with Josey because of some complications, minor, we had more than your normal 1-2 u/s. But with these babies I would lose my mind without knowing I would get to peek at them so often. I think that since there are two in there I have a double dose of mommy worry! Seriously.
She puts the "jelly" stuff on my belly and Josey is all worried it will drip down my belly, which was cute. Then puts the little transducer thingy(technical term you know!) on my belly and poof....Babies! They were moving around a bit in there, heartbeats just a pounding away. I was so happy to see that both were good in there and still doing ok. Oh to have a window in my belly! Baby A had a heart rate of 150, and Baby B was beating away at 136. They looked good, according to u/s tech, but that was not really the point of the u/s so we did not spend too much time looking at them. Just saw them kicking and hearts beating. Apparently, if I understood the orientation, they are looking at each other, baby A is feet down on my left side and baby B is head down on my right side but their heads are side by side. Almost like they create their own little Yin and Yang.
Oh and in the interest of being honest....I have gained two pounds now. 1 for each baby!
Here is a pic! How sweet is that! Just for clarification...Baby B is on the bottom. It is a side view. You can see the little legs off to the left, and the feet. If you look by Baby B's head you will see a shadow that appears to be the hand. Maybe doing a little early thumb sucking? Baby A is on the top facing down looking at his or her sibling.
