22 weeks started off with that scare with brother that Tuesday. That Friday we had our third and what we hoped was our last appointment with the Maternal Fetal Specialists at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. We had our 12 week screening, 18 week anatomy and now our 22 week ultrasounds all done there since we are having twins and they have top of the line ultrasound machines. As long as this appointment went as well as the others we would be fully released back to our regular obgyn Dr Piquard for the remainder of my pregnancy unless something changes with the babies. And thankfully all went well and we have been released! The only change noted was that my cervix went from 4cm to 3.4cm but I am still well above the normal range so no one is worried. Sister is once again head down and brother is now head up. So they are in the yin & yang positions in my belly. The babies were moving all around putting on quite a show for us. It is so crazy to watch them interact with each other. At one point we saw brother grab sisters feet!
Baby A (sister)
Baby B (brother)
Brother grabbing Sisters feet
Today we had our 23rd weeks checkup with Dr P. All looks great except my blood pressure was running a bit higher than usual 132/70 and the start of my appointment and then 139/70 when they rechecked it before we left. Nothing very alarming just something to be watched closely baring my history with pre-eclampsia. This appointment we learned that it is the start of weekly appointments from here on out with ultrasounds every month for now.
Tuesday we will hit our 3rd goal of this pregnancy...24 weeks. 24 weeks is viability-meaning they have a fighting chance of surviving if they were born now. Our next goal after that is 28 weeks which gives them an even stronger chance of survival without any lasting effects.
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