24 Weeks

I am 24 weeks along this week and it has been a good week. We had a small scare two weeks ago when we went for our ultrasound and the twins' amniotic fluid levels were not the same, although both were still in the normal range. The doctor requested that I come back the following week to have their fluid levels checked again. Disparate amniotic fluid levels are the first stage of diagnosing Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome so the doctors wanted to be extra cautious (although it has to be more disparate than ours were). It was a long, worrisome week in between that 22 week ultrasound and the 23 week ultrasound. At the 23 week ultrasound the fluid levels remained unchanged from where they had been at 22 weeks so it was reassuring that things had not gotten any worse.

This week the fluid levels were much closer together and the doctor said I could come back again in two weeks like usual so we were thrilled! The babies continue to grow at the same rate and are weighing in at 1.5 lbs each these days. That puts them in the 50th percentile for twins at this stage - we get all kinds of cool stats with these in-depth ultrasounds that they do. Their organs look perfect and they are moving all around. My cervix is nice and long (no signs of opening). I get cervical ultrasounds too. Right now Baby A (closest to my cervix) is head down and Baby B is breech. But during the 22 week ultrasound Baby B started breech and was head down by the end of the session! So these girls are definitely still moving a lot.

24 weeks with Colin

24 weeks with the jelly beans

It's official. I am huge. Two co-workers at work this week said to me, "Wow, you are getting big!" Thanks, like I don't know this. I think I look about 34 weeks pregnant, not 24 weeks. What on earth am I going to look like at 34 weeks??

We are coming along on our to-do/to-buy list!

We got a mattress for Colin and have a headboard on order. We bought a used double snap-n-go stroller, a used My Brest Friend nursing pillow for twins with an extra cover, a used Baby Bjorn, and a used second exersaucer all from the same lady who also has twins that I found on the twins classifieds. We also found cribs that we like and have two of them! The closet is all painted and Keith put in the new closet door and a few more shelves. Now we just need to buy another chair for that room and start setting everything up.

My wonderful and talented friend Nancy is making me bedskirts and curtains for the nursery which I am so excited to see. It has been very fun picking out fabric and working with her on this project so far. I can't wait to see the end results.

So that's where we are at 24 weeks!