Introducing Baby Girl A

Adam and I had a little bit of a small scare on Thursday 

night, but before I mention anything, everything is just

fine and the babies are doing very well.

Just before going to bed on Thursday I noticed a bit of

bright red bleeding.  I wasn't totally alarmed because I

know it happens, but I also know that the bright red is

the bad kind to have.  So, I called my sisters to see if they

had anything like it and Bess was the only one home and

she advised to go in just to be safe.  I called the Telecare

line they have in Canada which is a registered Nurse who

takes your info and symptoms and history and helps you

determine your best course of action.  She did not think 

it was anything to worry about, but also advised us to go

into the hospital just to make sure, especially where I am

carrying twins.

So, at 1030 at night, Adam and I drove the long minute or

two up the road to the hospital.  They do not mess around

when you come in pregnant past 20 weeks.  We were up

to the labor and delivery right away.  Actually, they left 

Adam to register me while they wheeled me away in a 

wheelchair.  They immediately set me up with those

fetal assessment things, though they had a really hard time

getting much from them because they were SO active.

Lucky for me the Labor and Delivery Doctor on call at the

hospital is one of the multiples specialists.  So after a bit of

laying there with the monitors on, having played Eye Spy,

and a mean game of 20 questions, we were off to see him.

We ended up getting a full ultrasound that night.  He really

was just to check the heartbeats and cervix but since we 

were already there he asked if he could do the 

measurements as well.  We certainly did not mind.

The babies were SO active that they actually completely

traded places by the time he finished the ultrasound.  It 

was to watch on the TV.. He confirmed 98% that one of 

them is a girl, but the other kept opening and closing their

legs, and they were faced away from us towards my back.

So far one of them is breech but obviously since they have

been moving so much he is not concerned about that at

this point.

To our surprise he was trying to find the membrane 

which would separate the two but after an extensive 

search he was unable to find one.  It does not mean that

there is not one there, but both ultrasounds they had a

really hard time and this time nothing, so there is a very

high possibility they will be identical twins if they can't

somehow find the membrane.  Also, it means higher risk

for the girls as they progress and closer monitoring for 

me.

I am glad we went in, even if I felt like I was being the

super paranoid first time mom.  They gave us many 

reasons for the bleeding but their most likely solution,

as it stopped, was a broken blood vessel.  It makes sense

as I had a bit of a coughing spell just before going to bed.

The Doctor was not able to get a great shot of Baby B, 

but he did give us a nice profile shot of Baby A..

So... With no further delay..

Introducing Baby Girl A

She is the slightly bigger of the two at 1 pound 2 ounces

over her sister at 1 pound 1 ounce!

It is still early as we are 23 weeks today, but it was a 

nice peace of mind that they are growing healthy and

in the 33% for a uno as they call it.  So yes they are 

somewhat small if there was just one, but normal for

the fact there are two.

We are getting more and more excited as they days

and weeks pass by.  Though we really don't have 

anything ready, not even the room painted yet, we 

are very much looking forward to them getting here,

but are in no hurry as we want them to stay in there

as long as possible.