Growing Big & Strong

Today was weigh in day for the babies (not their mama... I get to wait until tomorrow). While many people have told me that the measurements you get in utero are bunk (i.e., they did not deliver a 14lb baby), I still like to believe and just tell myself that the HD equipment and specialized ultrasound center are more accurate than the average sonogram. Yes, I can rationalize anything. But, take the measurements below for what you will.

Baby A is measuring 2lb 4oz and is 55th percentile for babies at 26 weeks 4 days
Baby B is measuring 2lb 2oz and is 48th percentile for babies at 26 weeks 4 days

The sonographer let me know that there was no better result that I could have today for all of the measurements she took. Now, if we can just get them to double in size in the next 8 weeks, we'll be perfect.

The ultrasound center I go to is a prenatal diagnostic center so they see a lot of weird cases like myself. I was transported back 6 months while in the waiting room because a woman came in for what was clearly her first appointment early in her pregnancy. For the time she was in the waiting room tears were just streaming down her face and every bit of me wanted to get out of my wheelchair to give her a hug. Though I know I couldn't tell her it would be alright, I did want to let her know she was going to get great care (it was my doc who came to get her), but in these days of medical privacy I thought it best to give her space.

It was amazing to me how quickly and vividly I could remember the my emotions during our 5 weeks of diagnosis when the news I would get at the ultrasound center was not always good. I shed my fair share of tears in public places. When people ask me how I can do 10 weeks of bed rest, it is because nothing about this experience is anything near as hard as those first 5 weeks.

My heart goes out to the woman in the waiting room and I hope that everything turns out OK for her and her family.