Good news from OB

I had my OB appointment today and I asked him about the 2 vessel cord on Baby A. He took me into his office so he could read over the ultrasound reports that he has gotten so far during my pregnancy. He said that every one of the reports stated that both babies have a 3 vessel cord! Yay! So, why did the technician bring this up? If she didn't say what she did it would have saved me a lot of worry. From now on I'm not going to listen to what they have to say about the ultrasounds. I'll only listen to the doctor.

Anyway, everything looks good. I'm measuring right on target and so are the babies. It's great because I get to see them every two weeks in his office and then every four weeks in the Ultrasound Department.

I am very happy now. I'm just hurting. I've starting the kick counting and I'm spending an hour or two a day checking on the hardness/softness of my tummy. What's also great is I get a phone call from a nurse once a week, she asks me questions about how I'm feeling and she gives me advice. I love belonging to Kaiser!

24 Weeks

I'm twenty four weeks now and I can't wait until I'm forty weeks. I feel like my tummy doubled in size this week, I'm getting huge!!! I haven't had a migraine for a week now, so I'm hoping the medication combination is working.

Nothing new to mention this week yet. I have my two week OB appointment this Wednesday, and I'm hoping all is well with my ultrasound dealing with the finding of the two vessel cord. I've been researching on the subject and it scared me so much that I decided I better not research anymore. I did read that most cases end up with no problems reported with the affected baby. I've also read the results in testing is a little biased since not all babies that were born without problems are being reported. So, I'm assuming that there is a small chance that something is wrong with my baby. I know during my last ultrasound, the babies are measuring maybe one day apart. The baby with the two vessel cord seems to have all it's organs working properly so far. Her fluid levels are good and her bladder was full. We got to see both babies during our 3D/4D Ultrasound the other day and we could see them from head to toe and all looks good. It looked like all their limbs are there. Here are a few shots from that day.




Can't wait to hold my little ladies!

Good news.....and maybe not so good news! Baby B gender finally exposed!!

We're going back to the 3D/4D company tomorrow (I think it's today already), and I'm a little worried about going. We were there a few weeks ago and the babies looked fine, they looked healthy. I had some news today(or is it yesterday) when I went to my regular ultrasound. When I got there they seemed to be confused why I was having another ultrasound so soon. My last one was at 19-20 weeks and I'm 24 weeks now. At the last one they told me I was to be seen every 4 weeks now, so I made an appointment and that's why I was there. When we got to the room, the sonographer was a bit confused as to why I was there also, so she quickly read my file and said it was because at my last scan they didn't get the measurement for one of the baby's head. Now that I think about it, I think she was reading when I had my 19-20 week scan that it wasn't complete and I had to come back in to take a few more measurements. Well, I went in the next day for those measurements, I guess they didn't note that, oh well. Before I even laid down the sonographer asked me if anyone discussed the "two vessel cord" with me. I told her nobody has discussed any of the ultrasounds, as a matter of fact the doctor told me my last ultrasound report came back fine and that everything looked good. At that point I tried to ask her about it, but she clammed up and said that's something for the doctor to discuss with me. That sure left me feeling worried. She told me she would go ahead and measure both heads and since I was there she decided to take other measurements and take some pictures that they needed. I noticed she measured their heads, bodies, the crl, and their femurs. One measured 23 weeks, 3 days and the other one measured 23 weeks, 4 days, not a big difference at all, that's a good thing. During the ultrasound she showed us Baby A's umbilical cord and said it had only two vessels and she showed us Baby B's cord and she said it had three vessels. I'm thinking, "hmmm....that can't be good". I remember thinking, I'll find out all about the two vessel cord when I get home and look it up online. Well, now I wish I didn't know so much. It can be a sign of chromosome abnormalities, possibly Down Syndrome, or maybe even organ disease such as; heart, kidney etc. Great, now I know too much. While I was reading I remembered some things about the scan. I remember her typing Choroid Plexus Cyst and while she was looking at Baby A's pelvic area, we could see her bladder looked really full, but that could be normal. I don't know if that really matters, or if it's a sign of TTTS. Regardless of what all this means, I think I'm going to stop reading about it and talk to my OB next week at my next appointment. I'm not so sure it would be Down Syndrome at my age (25), but I guess there's always a possibility. Maybe I'm making too much out of this scan, but I can't help but worry whether Baby A will be born healthy or born with some sort of birth defect. I'm praying for her good health. I did read that Choroid Plexus Cyst's usually spontaneously dissolve before about 32 weeks, so it may not be a reliable factor for determining abnormal chromosomes. Knowledge may be power, but at this point......naivety is bliss, at least until I get some facts.

That's the reason I'm a little apprehensive about the 3D/4D ultrasound today. I'm afraid that we will see something wrong with Baby A. I did read that with a two vessel cord, a cleft palette is possible. Not that I wouldn't love my baby any less, but I would feel so bad for her. I'll let you all know how it goes.

Now for some good news. The sonographer said she would look for the gender of Baby B after she finished her measurements. We told her we were hoping she could get it since, after 4 tries it wasn't an easy task. But, once she moved the wand over the correct area, we could see right away that Baby B is a girl. I knew she had to be, because I still think they are identical. At least now I won't have to take any of the clothes back that I bought a few weeks ago.