Well from the title of the post you can all gather that the growth ultrasound we had this morning had positive results. Positive enough that we are not having the babies today, unless I should go into normal labor.
Both babies are still small for gestational age, but they are both gaining weight along their own little growth scale. Baby A is about 4 1/2 pounds and Baby B is just about 4 pounds. Both gained exactly a pound since the last scan. All support systems still look great so the perinatologist sees no need to worry about anything at this point.
I know this is all super news, and I'm glad to not be having babies at 34.2 weeks pregnant. However, I am a little disappointed that they are still slightly falling on the percentile chart. I thought they would be bigger than they are, but the fact of the matter is, I just don't have big babies, no matter how much I rest and how much I eat. The peri said that this late in a pregnancy they are at a disadvantage on the percentile charts anyway because those charts are based on a singleton pregnancy. Knowing these boys started running out of room in there weeks ago means it is not be surprising that, although they are gaining weight at their own rate, their size is falling on the charts because they cannot possibly gain at the same rate as one baby occupying one uterus.
We did not bother to schedule another growth scan in three weeks because it is pointless. In three weeks, I'll be having these babies no matter what. My hope is they both make it to the five pound range before they decide to make their debut (or my uterus decides to evict them). The ultrasounds have a six to eight ounce margin of error, so we could already be close to five pounds and not even know it. But we could also be smaller by six to eight ounces, though this is not the direction I'm going to take.
Now is the point when I start to get really nervous about delivery and having healthy babies. There is so much you don't know until they come out, and delivery of twins is just riskier than delivering a single baby. I have to get an epidural (not that I probably wouldn't anyway), and they make you deliver in the OR in case of emergency surgery. The babies are both still head down, and I really don't see how they would flip at this point. This means I get to try for a vaginal delivery. However, they both have large heads, and their head shapes are visibly different (B is pressed up against my hip bone, but we aren't sure if this means anything yet as far as his head shape), and I just hope they both can navigate around that pelvic bone, no matter the shape or size of the head. Worst case scenario - I deliver one vaginal, and have an emergency c-section for the other. What a nightmare of healing that would be. But again, I don't really want to think about that path. I still plan on trying via birth canal rather than planning a surgery just to avoid the double whammy scenario. If it happens I'll deal with it.
So that is the update for this lovely sunny Friday. I am not as nervous about getting through this weekend because we are past the 34 week mark. Doesn't mean I can take my little one for a walk or go out to breakfast with the family, but I will be more relaxed. Now I just hope I can tell a real labor contraction from the variety of contractions I've had for 5 weeks.
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