2nd August 2013
Baby 'b' had also developed far enough that its bowel was now safely tucked away where it should be!
Had all our problems ended?....
Showing posts with label Sonogram. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sonogram. Show all posts
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Follow up scan
10.5 weeks gestation
22nd July 2013
So! Our next scan day had come, we were now 10.5 weeks along and we waited nervously to see if our wee babe had now become an angel or if life continued.
The sonographer started the scan and I refused to look until she had confirmed the fate of our tiny babies....
There were two heart beats!!!! We were happy :) our babe had lived to fight another week!
The scan continued and once again not much was said until the dr came in again at the end.
"Both babies have grown, the sac is starting to catch up on baby 'b' but we are now told that its bowel is still not enclosed in its body"
Oh great more things to worry about! "This could be because of a chromosomal abnormality but also because the baby is still a week behind in size and possibly gestation, it may just not have corrected itself yet"
Another wait and see couple of weeks. We would know more at the 12 week scan although the dr was surprised that our baby had lived another two weeks on....
The next post is the begins the scary part....
So! Our next scan day had come, we were now 10.5 weeks along and we waited nervously to see if our wee babe had now become an angel or if life continued.
The sonographer started the scan and I refused to look until she had confirmed the fate of our tiny babies....
There were two heart beats!!!! We were happy :) our babe had lived to fight another week!
The scan continued and once again not much was said until the dr came in again at the end.
"Both babies have grown, the sac is starting to catch up on baby 'b' but we are now told that its bowel is still not enclosed in its body"
Oh great more things to worry about! "This could be because of a chromosomal abnormality but also because the baby is still a week behind in size and possibly gestation, it may just not have corrected itself yet"
Another wait and see couple of weeks. We would know more at the 12 week scan although the dr was surprised that our baby had lived another two weeks on....
The next post is the begins the scary part....
Giganto 10 week Belly
Twin A
Twin B showing much more fluid
Time to catch you up
Okay so here we are at 16 weeks gestation but really I should catch you all up on where we have been so far.
I will start this post with the very first scan.
8th July 2013
8.5 weeks along and I had so far had the elusive morning sickness which had not showed its ugly head with our first wee darling Harry. This led to us thinking, well it's either a girl or (said jokingly) it's twins....
We saw something straight away although thought perhaps it was my bladder or another organ, I eventually asked the sonographer, "ummmmm what's THAT!" Without hesitation she replied "that's your OTHER baby".......
Lots of nervous laughter and disbelief followed accompanied by shifty glances at each other as we thought to ourselves, how are we going to handle this?!! We are so happy though! Two more beautiful babies to love!
The scan showed one large sac and one much smaller one. The smaller one held a wee foetal pole which measured a week behind its womb buddy.
Measurements were taken and a dr was called in to deliver the prognosis.
This is the point where we are told that our baby 'b' is not likely to survive even a week longer.
This is due to the likelihood of a chromosomal abnormality which is suggested by the small size of the baby but also the sac is measuring three weeks behind the gestation of its occupant, but as they are both di/di twins (separate placenta and separate sac) then it should not affect baby 'a'.
There wasn't much solace in this news as a baby is a baby and it was OUR baby.
We are told to wait and see what happens thus beginning the long wait and see journey that is our twin pregnancy...
Next would come our 10.5 week scan...
I will start this post with the very first scan.
8th July 2013
8.5 weeks along and I had so far had the elusive morning sickness which had not showed its ugly head with our first wee darling Harry. This led to us thinking, well it's either a girl or (said jokingly) it's twins....
We saw something straight away although thought perhaps it was my bladder or another organ, I eventually asked the sonographer, "ummmmm what's THAT!" Without hesitation she replied "that's your OTHER baby".......
Lots of nervous laughter and disbelief followed accompanied by shifty glances at each other as we thought to ourselves, how are we going to handle this?!! We are so happy though! Two more beautiful babies to love!
The scan showed one large sac and one much smaller one. The smaller one held a wee foetal pole which measured a week behind its womb buddy.
Measurements were taken and a dr was called in to deliver the prognosis.
This is the point where we are told that our baby 'b' is not likely to survive even a week longer.
This is due to the likelihood of a chromosomal abnormality which is suggested by the small size of the baby but also the sac is measuring three weeks behind the gestation of its occupant, but as they are both di/di twins (separate placenta and separate sac) then it should not affect baby 'a'.
There wasn't much solace in this news as a baby is a baby and it was OUR baby.
We are told to wait and see what happens thus beginning the long wait and see journey that is our twin pregnancy...
Next would come our 10.5 week scan...
The first time we saw that it was TWINS!
Twin A large sac
Twin B small sac
Here you see both babies and Twin A's yolk sac
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