27 weeks!!

It's amazing how time is flying by in here. A certain short friend of mine was anxiously waiting for me to put a new post on here, and I realized it was Wednesday night last night already and I had only previously posted on Monday.

Today has been quite the hectic morning around here. I asked my doctor yesterday about having my cervix checked. I just didn’t feel right yesterday, and I wanted to make sure my cervix was still intact. The resident said they wont likely check it again, but my doctor ordered a test for me today. I also asked if they were planning on a growth scan sometime soon. I realize that it has only been about 2.5 weeks since my last scan, and Dr. Richardson spent a long time justifying to me why they do it every three weeks. I wanted to know where they are at! Dr. deVrijer said that we will do another one today, not for where they are in relation to every other baby in the world, but because they’re mono-mono twins, look for where they are in relation to each other. Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome is highly unlikely but there is still a chance of it being a possibility.

So I was called down at 8am and I don’t think I got back upstairs until nearly 10am. Cindy, the tech, did the growth scan and then a transvaginal ultrasound. When we were done I was sitting in the wheelchair to go back upstairs, like I’ve always done. Cindy comes back out and says, actually we need to put you on a stretcher. I knew it wasn’t good when I asked her in the u/s room if my cervix is still funneling, and she said “I’ll have to have the doctor talk to you about that.” Then the stretcher confirmed it! Something was not good!

When I got back to the room, the nurse told me that Cindy had called up and said that I had no measurable cervix. So she was just covering herself telling me this so I didn’t go for a walk around the floor before the doctor had a chance to talk to me. Now, this doesn't mean that I'm in labour at the moment. The biggest risk is that my water will break. Again, this doesn't mean that I'm having the babies right away. There are women on the floor that have gone for weeks with a ruptured membrane and dilated a couple of centimetres. Just depends on how my body reacts to it all. Stay tuned for updates on that!

Dr. deVrijer came in with the resident to chat about this morning. Baby A is 2lbs 3oz or 1001 g and Baby B is 2lbs 11oz or 1225 g. They are approximately 18% apart in the difference of their weight, so they’re still within the 20% that they would like to see. Any greater difference then they may begin to suspect Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome. The doctor is not overly concerned about my cervix, just that they wont check it again. My water hasn’t broken yet, so that’s good news. They are going to give me a steroid shot to help with fetal lung development. It’s a common thing they do when you’re at risk for preterm labour. The steroid shot has no effect on me or on the babies other than it kick starts their lung development. The only thing it might do is affect their growth, but the positives far outweigh the risks. Lungs are the biggest area of concern with preemie babies.

A few more ounces to go before I get to my goal of 3lbs before they're born. Obviously the bigger the better, but I'd like them to be at least 3lbs.

Love,
Lindsay