I had an ultrasound on Tuesday.
Both babies looked healthy, heartbeats were measured, breathing was
detected, everything looked good.
The girl has begun to drop. Her head is a little bit into my pelvis
now, which made getting a cross-section of her head for measurement
somewhat interesting. The boy's head is next to and above hers.
They're both head-down, and don't have *room* to change that at this
point, so I'm not going to automatically need a Caesarean section (for
which I am glad).
The various measurements taken indicated the same weight for each --
2062 grams, or about 4 lb. 9 oz. on each. That's around 50th %ile for
singleton babies around 33 weeks. For twin girls, it's 80th %ile and
for twin boys, more like 65th %ile. So, while they're not quite as
huge, relatively speaking, as they were a month ago, they're still of
respectable size. I guess I ought to try to eat more....
3 more weeks, and I can stop worrying about them being born too early.
5 more weeks, and they'll be taking steps to help get them out of me.
I'm hoping not to go into labor before September 14, for a number of
reasons. September 17th is my father-in-law's birthday, and it might
make a nice present for him if they were born then, but babies come when
they come, not when anyone else *wants* them to come. :)
Both the people who examined me this week agree that I ought to be good
for another 3 weeks, so I guess my belly will just keep expanding awhile
longer and I'll keep getting kicked near my stomach halfway through
dinner. :)
Julia
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