Second Trimester Twin Pregnancy (20-22) L&D??

We are back! It has been a crazy couple of weeks with the Thanksgiving holiday. This year we went back to Missouri for Thanksgiving, luckily we decided we were going to enjoy a 2 hour flight instead of an 18 hour drive. It almost seemed like the only option this time, with a 2 year old toddler, a 5 month pregnant woman and bad weather it was worth the money for the flight.

That being said travel was not nearly as bad as I thought it might be. Aria is the best she was more cooperative than we could have expected an almost 2 year old to be. For me, I was fine. I wasn't in a lot of pain, or super nauseous which is such a blessing. I did take a couple steps to make sure I would be as comfortable as possible. First I made sure I took my Zofran the morning before the flights. I also made sure to wear compression socks because I knew we would either be in the car or on the plane mostly just sitting around. Lastly I wore my big velcro support belt, this lifts the babies off of my hips a bit so that when I get to the end of the day I am not in so much pain that I cannot function. These all seemed to help the flights go a lot smother! (I have slowly been weaning off of the Zofran, which has proven a problem some days but it is starting to work well.)

We had our most recent ultrasound the day before we left for Missouri, I was 21 weeks along. This was the anatomy ultrasound so it was longer than the last MFM (maternal fetal medicine) ultrasound. The tech and doctor went through all the body parts of the babies and made sure everything looked good. And we are still so lucky, these girls are doing amazing! These girls have strong heart beats and are growing so well. At 21 weeks the twin on the right is 12 oz and the twin on the left is 14 oz. I would say twin A and twin B but they have changed which is lowest at each appointment and that is usually how they tell.

As for my symptoms there are a lot of the same things such as nausea and pain but every week this pain is getting worse and worse. It is on a day by day basis but by the end of everyday I am in a lot of pain. This is about the time that I really need to make sure I keep track of this and really step back on my activity levels.

I feel these babies all the time now! It is really exciting time, I am sure I will start getting annoyed soon but it is such a cool feeling to feel the girls move and be active. It helps me to fell so much relief and excitement. The girls are both breech still (head up and feet towards my legs), this means for me there are days where I think they are trying to escape. I think they sit there and kick each-other anytime they are awake. I also am curious if they can be on separate sleep schedules because there are days where I feel them all day. The hardest thing with them moving so much right now is Cameron has not been able to feel them yet. I have an anterior placenta (it is between my stomach and the baby, in the front), which means even if they give me a good kick that I can feel, it may not be hard enough for Cameron to notice.

So for the most part this is another boring update, Thank goodness, but I do have a little story to add. I may sound a bit paranoid after you read this story but I think it might be good for some people to hear, especially anyone reading this who may be a pregnant and just let you know its not just you.

Possible TMI

All of my doctors so far have told me to look out for one thing, amniotic fluid leaking. With singleton babies this is just what we know as your water breaking. With twins this can happen much sooner and can be a big problem. But it is not exactly what we see in movies, it can happen slow and over a long period of time. So I was told to watch for anything that was out of the normal, and if I saw anything I was supposed to call the doctor or if it was after 20 weeks I was supposed to go right into labor and delivery. So I had not thought much about it since those appointments and I was not noticing anything different. On Thursday night we were packing up to head back to Utah and out of the blue, I felt my pants soak, not an extreme amount but enough that it threw me off guard. This was super weird, I have had my fair share of peeing myself through this pregnancy, especially when I sneeze or cough. But that did not happen I was just sitting folding clothes.

I didn't want to worry, it wasn't a lot and maybe I can just blame it on being a 5 month pregnant woman who probably just peed her pants again. But I knew this felt different. I pushed it off until the next morning, we had just gotten off of our flight and I had this feeling that I should call my doctor to make sure. It was currently black Friday, and my doctor was not in the office but on the voicemail it said specifically if there is any chance you could have amniotic fluid leaking and you are later than 20 weeks go to Labor and Delivery. I know at this point deep down that there is probably no problem, I have felt these girls move all day and they are just fine. But as a paranoid pregnant twin mom I decided to call Labor and Delivery. I didn't expect any different but they told me to come in and make sure.

So then I went into Labor and Delivery. I checked in and registered, they said no matter what happens today if I have to stay or not I am all registered for any other time I have to go into L&D for these babies. After getting in, the nurses told me that it is better to come in and know they are doing good and have some relief, and if it was leak they could control any possible infections. When I got back to the room I was anxious but I knew at this point whatever happens these girls will be just fine. After a few quick tests, the nurse came back and told me the tests came back negative for amniotic fluid. My doctor had given me the okay to leave right them but they left me with a couple of things to keep track of., reasons to come back in and things to avoid. I am in a good place and there are not many restrictions, the biggest on is not to lift anything over 25 lbs (Aria is 22.5 lbs so we should survive).

Everything worked out great this time! I know I felt and sounded paranoid but I am glad I went in to get that affirmation and be able to go about the long weekend without worrying that that was a problem.

I know I am going to have so many reasons to be paranoid during this pregnancy. I am so glad that I have the support system and the biggest thing is I am grateful I have Cameron who lets me be a little crazy and nervous through this without judging me and just helping. We are on the downhill now, it is going by so fast. We cannot wait to meet these girls.

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