Well, here I thought we would get some great pictures of the babies and nothing! We got 2 terrible pictures of their faces, which were barely recognizable, and a VHS tape. Yes, VHS. LOL! But let's talk about why I was at the specialist.
He did measure both babies and felt that Samantha's stomach was just fine. It is only measuring 6 days behind where it should be. Not a big deal. Anyway, she weighed in at 3 pounds 11 ounces, 37th percentile. Just fine for a little girl. Chunky Monkey Mallory is still big. She is apparently getting all the french fries and ice cream that I've been eating. Mallory weighed in at 4 pounds 3 ounces (didn't catch the percentile but it continues to be near 90th percentile I'm sure)! Both babies had plenty of fluid and both had great blood flow from the placenta to the umbilical cord. So, yay! The doctor didn't feel like there was a need to see me another time.
As for the momma, me, my cervix just continues to shorten. Blah. It was at 3.2 cm. which is a .6cm decrease in 5 days. If I haven't told you already, my OB says that 3 cm is bedrest and 2.5 is hospital rest. Which means I probably will be sent to bed soon. (insert screaming mad smiley face here).
I see the assistant on Thursday because my OB is out of town. I don't see her putting me on bedrest. But I see the OB the following Thursday and I bet that's when it will happen. As much as I don't want it to happen because things will get difficult with money and getting Raegan to and from places, I will do what I need to do to keep these girls inside for another 5 weeks.
Please keep your fingers crossed that my cervix continues to hold steady or gets longer! I'll update again on Thursday after my appointment.
He did measure both babies and felt that Samantha's stomach was just fine. It is only measuring 6 days behind where it should be. Not a big deal. Anyway, she weighed in at 3 pounds 11 ounces, 37th percentile. Just fine for a little girl. Chunky Monkey Mallory is still big. She is apparently getting all the french fries and ice cream that I've been eating. Mallory weighed in at 4 pounds 3 ounces (didn't catch the percentile but it continues to be near 90th percentile I'm sure)! Both babies had plenty of fluid and both had great blood flow from the placenta to the umbilical cord. So, yay! The doctor didn't feel like there was a need to see me another time.
As for the momma, me, my cervix just continues to shorten. Blah. It was at 3.2 cm. which is a .6cm decrease in 5 days. If I haven't told you already, my OB says that 3 cm is bedrest and 2.5 is hospital rest. Which means I probably will be sent to bed soon. (insert screaming mad smiley face here).
I see the assistant on Thursday because my OB is out of town. I don't see her putting me on bedrest. But I see the OB the following Thursday and I bet that's when it will happen. As much as I don't want it to happen because things will get difficult with money and getting Raegan to and from places, I will do what I need to do to keep these girls inside for another 5 weeks.
Please keep your fingers crossed that my cervix continues to hold steady or gets longer! I'll update again on Thursday after my appointment.
And just for good measure, here is the gut. 31 weeks and 5 days. 5 weeks from tomorrow and the babies will be here!
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