24 Week Doctor's Appointment

We had our 24 week Doctor's appointment, Ultrasound and Gestational Diabetes test on Thursday. According to the Ultrasound, the babies are looking great - they're getting so big! Our little girl is now 1lb 13oz and little guy is 1lb 15oz. Unfortunately Little Girl is NOT cooperating as of yet and is still breach. Since she'll be the first one out, it's a guaranteed C-Section for me if she does not turn head down. She still has time and room to turn, so let's hope she does so soon!

I met with one of the other Doctors in the practice at this appointment. They have us meet all the Doctors at some point, so in case my Doctor is not available when I deliver, I won't have a stranger delivering the babies. She listened to the heartbeats and measured me. I'm currently measuring 33 weeks - WOW! For those of you not familiar with what that means - they measure your uterus from the outside and that corresponds with how far along you are. So basically, I am the size of someone having one baby at 33 weeks. That's how much room that extra little one is taking up! What this means for me though is that my body actually thinks I'm about 33 weeks pregnant, which is why it's so common for women having twins to go into pre-term labor.

My next doctor's appointment will be at 28 weeks - scheduled for April 21st. After that, I will go in every two weeks and they will start monitoring me very closely to determine if I'm showing any signs of pre-term labor and need to either cut back at work or go on bedrest. She said bed rest is very common for twin moms. Let's hope things go well and I can continue "business as usual" for a while longer!

I will work on getting some of the Ultrasound pictures scanned and posted for everyone to see. Also, no word yet on the Gestational Diabetes test - hopefully I will hear something on Monday! Praying for good news!