(8/31) Seriously? September starts tomorrow?
Non-Stress Test (NST): Once again, this proved to be a stressful event for me. I got light-headed during the test (from being too far on my back) and one of the babies' heart rates dipped too low for comfort, so I was sent to ultrasound for a biophysical. Since I haven't had an ultrasound in a while, they checked up on growth too. Baby A is weighing in at 3lbs 14oz and B is 4lbs even. I forget what their lengths were, but both are in the 79th percentile. C was 7lbs 10oz at birth, so combined, I'm now carrying more baby weight than I did with C, and there's still more growing to be done!
The boys were working on breathing when we peeked in, and they are currently breech. Not that it matters much, since we'll be going with a c-section. Fluid level, heart rates, etc were all great. Heh, sounds like I went in for an oil change. The sonographer has twin boys, and an older son too. Pretty cool!
Prenatal: Just a quick hello to the Dr since I was on the monitor downstairs pretty much all morning. All told, I was at the hospital for 5 hrs. Wee!
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| Looking down at 2 heads; 31wks5days |
BabyCenter has this to say about this week:
By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth. See what your baby looks like this week. (Or see what fraternal twins look like in the womb this week.)
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| 9/1; close enough to 32 wks |
How exciting! I remember those days well. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm excited to meet our little guys :)
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