12-13 week pregnancy update!

It has been a pretty crazy 2 weeks since I last posted. I had mentioned in my last blog that I had an episode of bleeding and everything checked out fine. After that I had 3 more episodes of it but 2 of them was with old blood but the babies still looked perfect. Thankfully it has now been 1 week since it has happened which is the longest I have went in between.

I had an appointment at Kettering last week which was a very bitter sweet appointment because that was my last one at there office. We had gotten very used to seeing them over the past 5 months. The babies looked great again as you can see in the pictures below. There heart rates were baby A at 151 and baby B at 153 and there sizes were perfect! They officially took me off all of my medicines so now I am just on my prenatal vitamins which is very exciting! For graduating we got a certificate and 2 baby spoons that are in the picture below that say "A spoonful of good wishes Kettering Reproductive Medicine"!

Baby A

Baby B

Today I had my first appointment with Dr. Roberts in Portsmouth and we really liked it there! I had my ultrasound to start off which was much different this time. It was my first external/abdominal ultrasound I have had. It was very confusing for us though to keep up with which baby was which because it changes the angle that we see the babies from. Of course being an external ultrasound the pictures are not as clear but the pictures are below. They tried to do a 4D ultrasound to get a better picture but they were in the wrong position for it to show anything. Today their heart rates were baby A at 145 and baby B at 155 which was great again! The sizes are still good but I can tell there is a little bit of difference in there measurements and Ketterings. I did ask Dr. Roberts about this but she said that it can be a difference in the person performing the ultrasound and the machine. So pretty much any number I have given before now does not count and the numbers they had today are now my beginning numbers they will go off of.  She also did a pelvic exam and did find that I had a polyp on my cervix which could also help explain the bleeding and she said she would normally take it off but she wouldn't attempt it right now while pregnant. I also had to choose between a couple hospitals to get a level 2 ultrasound done between 18-22 weeks. This is just there standard protocol to have someone pregnant with twins do and I picked OSU. They also said it is better for me to be familiar with a hospital that has a NICU, which will again be OSU, in case I go into preterm labor. She said that if I can make it to 36 weeks they would fill comfortable delivering me at SOMC and if I can make it to 37 weeks then that is almost worth having a party. If I go into labor before 36 weeks then from what I understand I will have to deliver at OSU because the babies would have to be where there is a NICU. Dr. Roberts office will be seeing me every 2 weeks from now till the end of the pregnancy to closely monitor the twins.

Left is Baby B. It is face down with its arms and legs curled under it.
Right is Baby A.

Right is Baby A's face profile.
Left is Baby B in the same pose as the previous picture.

It was a lot to take in at this appointment but I am glad that they are going to continue to keep a close eye on the babies! I will probably update again at the end of next month and just do an update now once a month unless we have something really important to share before. Hopefully next time we update we will know the gender of our babies! Please continue to keep us and the babies in your prayers!