growth ultrasound

day 22:
so last night baby b had a spot i thought looked weird on the monitors. whenever i see dips in heart rate, i always ask the nurses "was that bad?" and they always assure me it isn't. they call what i see "variables" and tell me they are more worried when the heart rate goes down and stays down. last night i noticed it stayed down for 3 minutes but no one came in and of course I'm no pro, so i didn't worry about it.

today i had one of my favorite nurses (don) and so that was a great start to a new day! the morning NST went great. the boys are starting to stay on the monitors better and better. my oxygen saturation was down to 94% this morning which was weird. pulse was high at 101. and blood pressure was low as usual 90/53. they were a little concerned with my oxygen but said it was probably because i am sick. after the NST was over i went for a walk outside and grabbed a starbucks chai tea on the way. naturally "the others" were outside smoking where i wanted to go, so i came back in totally annoyed. the point where i snap and go off is coming soon folks. as soon as i got back to my room, they told me it was time to go up for my ultrasound.

ULTRASOUND RESULTS:

baby a was 2 lbs 9 oz and the 43rd percentile (up from 1 lb 13oz and 10th percentile two weeks ago)

baby b was 2 lbs 9ox and the 45th percentile (up from 1 lb 15 oz and 41st percentile two weeks ago)

0% difference in between the two!

GREAT NEWS!!

only bad news is that now they are really impossible to tell apart. there isn't a small twin anymore. and if you are wondering why they are in different percentiles with the same weight (like i wondered) its because one had longer legs and smaller stomach, the other was the opposite. baby a had a borderline amount of brain shunting, but nothing concerning. cervix was still 3.11cm, which is also good! doc wolfe did say that it was a decel that baby b had last night but it wasn't anything to worry about. here it is:

when i got back from the ultrasound mom was here with simms AND bendel! i couldn't have been more excited to see bendel and see how happy he was to be here! he was totally his normal self. she brought me up some moes (thanks mom xoxox!) and they left in time for simms to go have his nap.

after they left i took a nap myself and then kathy sheppard brought us up an awesome dinner (thank you kathy!) and an outfit for each twin! so so sweet. thanks for loving on us kathy!! so now i am back on the monitors and the computer sitting on my stomach is making it say i'm having contractions when i'm not. so i better get off! so grateful for a better day today. Lord knows i needed it!