Wednesday, April 9, 2008

post doc

Whew, what a day! A major milestone occurred this morning at work - I felt the babies moving all morning long! Wow, I wasn't 100% convinced, but this is the second day of this funny little feeling, so I've decided to own it and celebrate! I need a little jubilation in my life, don't you think?

I just got back from MFM and am about to take a nap, but I know some of you have been waiting right along with me to see how today's appointment went, so here you have it:

Babies looked great! They surprised me with an ultrasound and I was completely unprepared- no video this time, and no stills of the babes, either. They were complete fabulous and miraculous as ever, though, moving all about. Even though the ultrasound machine wasn't a good one, we could see their individual vertebrae, their eye sockets, facial profiles, and pelvic bones! Their legs are getting so long, and they were both well-behaved, meaning they did Mama a good one by moving and stretching the whole time. Both are heads-down, which is great, but doesn't mean too much at just (nearly) 15 weeks (14w5d, to be exact).

I didn't have an internal exam today - I was again reassured that the spotting is completely normal, and I only need to report in to them if it changes in color. But the great news is that it seems like it's stopping!!! What relief!

My blood pressure was a stellar, amazing 114/76 - one of my lowest in years. Who would have thought that I'd get pregnant and my BP would go down? Wonderful, miraculous babies, these are. Finally, I only gained 2 pounds, which is perfect. It's still weird to read those big numbers on the scale, as my total weight gain is 18#! Yowza! That's more than a pound for each week of pregnancy, but no worries - that's the aim in a twin pregnancy.

So, the long and short of it is that the mama is doing great, and the babies are as perfect as ever, swimming around like two little otters.

A very happy day indeed.

7 comments:

  1. You'll never guess what I'm doing as I read this post.


    weeping, you got it. shocking I know.
    love you, and LOVE THOSE BABIES!!

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  2. What fun!!! Glad everything is going so well for you.

    My little buggers are measuring a week ahead of schedule, and I'm feeling little wiggles here and there too. I wasn't sure at first either, but since they were completely foreign feelings, I'm owning it as well! :)

    Congrats!

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  3. Woohoo!! So amazing! :D

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  4. Yay little otters! I'm so glad that everything has been going so well for you. I start off every morning going to your blog and checking on how you and the little ones are doing :-) I'm sending you lots of hugs and love from DC.

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  5. totally amazing day, thanks for bringing me along!

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  6. there is nothing to describe those first flutters. congratulations on the feelings. what a miracle is all this grammy can say. hug, hug,

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