J, Mx2, A, and Z: Week 19

Our babies got a lot of attention this week with 3 doctors visits. We had the MFS on Monday and Friday, and the regular OB on Tuesday. Everything is stable with the babies and me, meaning heart beats, bladders, and sizes are all good. Baby A continues to have more fluid than Baby B but the amount hasn't changed. Both babies are weighing in at 12oz. I'm at about 20lbs above my pre-pregnancy weight.

At this point the MFS feels that the boys do have TTTS but a mild form. Here's a link to the Wikipedia description of TTTS. You may get the perception from that site that the outlook is bleak for both babies. While this is a serious condition, please keep in mind that we have a mild form and what they're concentrating on are severe cases. The babies are in great shape and very healthy right now.

The plan forward is for me to stop working. Rest, fluids, and food are what the babies need right now. There is a good chance that we will need to have a amniotic fluid reduction done for Baby A. This means a very small needle will draw off fluid from Baby A's bubble until it's the same size as Baby B's. Long term our MFS thinks we'll need to get the laser surgery done in Cincinnati. We're hoping that's not the case, especially since both babies are doing really well so far, but it may come to that.

Now for less doom and gloom. The boys caused quite the commotion at this week's office visits. On Monday, Baby A was asleep until Baby B started kicking him. Baby B's legs were going so fast that the ultrasound had a hard time keeping up. The u/s tech was trying to get measurements of Baby B through all of the punching and kicking but let out a frustrated sigh when Baby B decided it was time to flip over. We spent another 10 min just trying to find the right measurements again.

Today Baby A was in on the wiggling fun. Neither one would hold still long enough for the tech to get circulation measurements. She must have tried for 20 min. She finally put the scanner down and gave up. hehe Since flipping over was such a big hit earlier, Baby B one-upped himself by flipping AND crawling on top of Baby A. So I had one baby trying to hide under my ribs and the other head-butting the exit. We're in trouble when these boys are born!

Here are some action shots from this week.