No im not 20 weeks, I am 19. However with the twins I will only carry to at most 38 weeks, so therefore I really am 1/2 way done, or maybe even more- we'll just have to see!
I feel like the last 6 weeks or so have just flown by, prior to that I felt like there was no way i could make it until May and just wanted to time warp and get this over with! Now I don't actually mind being pregnant since my sickness is basically gone and my energy is back, but we shall see what I say about that in 2 months when my belly is in the way of everything!
So lets move onto the Anatomy Scan....
For those of you not familiar with that term, its basically just the big ultrasound you do at roughly 20 weeks to check everything on the baby, or in my sense- babies. This helps them determine if there are any abnormalities with any of their organs, limbs, face, etc. They also take a lot of measurements to make sure baby is up to par. So here's just kind of a brief of what happened, we're starting with Baby B.
Baby B (our little girl) is basically perfect in every way! Her head and abdomen are about the same size, her legs and arms look great and she has all 10 fingers and 10 toes! Her insides are also looking great, 4 chamber heart, 2 kidneys, bladder, stomach, not too much fluids in her brain, etc. Her placenta is posterior, which means its on the back of my uterus and she is in front. She is currently laying transversely across the top of my belly and they estimated she weighs about 10 ounces and is exactly where she should be at this stage!
Baby A (our little man) is also bascially perfect in everyway! His head is a bit bigger than his sisters, but still right on track, he also has 10 fingers and 10 toes and his Daddy's nose. (We get 3D ultrasounds each time so we get an idea of what babies actually look like, its really cool). All of his insides look great as well. He is estimated to weigh about 9 ounces.
He however does have one stupid abnormality...with his umbilical cord. A normal umbilical cord has 1 vein and 2 arteries, he has something called Single Umbilical Artery (SUA), so as the title indicates, he has 1 vein and 1 artery. Apparently its super super common, and even more so among multiples pregnancies, they dont know why. Our specialist told us its nothing we should be worried about, but how do I not worry? Seriously. I'm growing the cutest little man in my belly and then they tell me that there's something wrong with his umbilical cord....what the hell? Why is this even a thing?
Anyway, so I have to have ultrasounds every 4 weeks to not only watch the growth of the babies in general, but to now pay closer attention to our little man. If for some reason he stops growing at the same rate as his sister, or they see anything else wrong they will have to deliver the babies early. I'm trying to just think positive and not worry because this is so common and so many babies are born without problems, but I'm his Mom and I cant help by have this little worry inside my head. Blah I just need a nice vacation away from my head, or Orem...that works too! (Someone tell my husband)
So guys if you caught their weights I have over a pound of baby in me already! Singleton pregnancies dont usually get this way for another month or so! Anyway there's that, now here's some pictures for you to enjoy (and proof that inside my teeny baby bump there are actually 2 babes growing);
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| Baby Boy's creepy alien face |
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| Baby Boy's arms |
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| Baby Girls profile (kind of, its skewed) |
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| Baby Girls legs & feet |
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