Week 24 Part 2 and Some Fun Things

Sorry I haven't updated until now, Mondays are my blog days because Jared can watch Mason while I get on the computer. Otherwise he will want to type on the computer also. Just to update I talked to my Doctor about what Dr Evil said. His nurse was horrified and said that she couldn't believe that he would talk to me like that. My cervix was checked and it is high and closed. I'm so tired of cervix checks! I also got an FFN test done and that came back negative which means that I have almost 0% chance of going into labor until 26 weeks. Yay! My doctor reassured me that he will do everything possible to stop labor if I would go into labor anytime before 34 weeks, after 34 weeks the drugs used to prevent labor will do more harm then good so he said it's better to deliver and just put the twins in the nicu. My doctor said he is pretty confident based on the location of my cervix that we don't need to worry about preterm labor anytime soon. I have my next ultrasound on Monday and if that one goes okay then my chance of TTTS goes way down. My doctor said that there is no need to have another ultrasound until 28 weeks when I start weekly BPP tests. I love my doctor, but I do not trust him to handle my babies care because he is not very knowledgeable about modi pregnancies and I'm going to have a talk with my perinatologist if he tries to tell me that I can wait 3 weeks for another ultrasound. The chance of TTTS goes down, but it is still there throughout the entire pregnancy. Thankfully I schedule all my ultrasounds weeks in advance so I already have another ultrasound scheduled 2 weeks from Monday so I will just show up to my scheduled ultrasound. :)

I've realized that I haven't focused much on the good parts of this pregnancy. It's been very hard to focus on that because I've been in "fight or flight" mode ever since I found out about the twins and I've been determined to make it to viability. Now that I'm here I have allowed myself to let my guard down slightly and start thinking about the future and about the fun things during a twin pregnancy. So I want to take some time to really focus on the fun things.

1. Lots of movement and earlier movement.
I can tell what their personalities are just based on their movement, and I can usually tell which one is moving. It's awesome to be able to watch my belly go crazy at only 20 weeks.

2. The faces people make when I tell them I'm having twins.
I love it when people ask what I'm having because I can say 2 girls and their faces are shocked. I love seeing how people react to my news of identical twin girls.

3. Twin belly is fun
I'm sure this one will change when I get bigger, but for now it's so much fun to look extremely pregnant so early on. One of the best parts of pregnancy is showing off the baby belly and I got to show mine off starting at 14 weeks. I love baby belly!!

4. I get to see the twins a LOT
Ultrasounds every 2 weeks, anatomy scans every 4 weeks, BPP's every week starting at 28 weeks. I have filled up a photo album with ultrasound pictures already. I love seeing my babies and making sure they are okay. All these doctors appointments also make my pregnancy go by a lot faster. I now see a doctor every week and in 3 weeks I will be seeing a doctor twice a week.

5. I get to buy lots of clothes that I will actually use.
Yes I go overboard with buying clothes if I were having one baby, but because it's two I don't feel guilty at all about buying so much. I can't even imagine the amount of money I will have to spend if Mason sizes up at the same time the twins do and all 3 kids are in sizes that I don't have a stash of, so I am trying to get a stash for every size up to 12 months for the twins while it's garage sale season. I love buying baby clothes. :)

6. I don't feel guilty about not doing housework.
Technically I'm not supposed to be doing much, I'm supposed to be resting so if I don't get the housework done for the day I don't feel guilty.

7. I am 1 in 300.
I think it's so awesome that I am 1 in 300 women that have modi identical twins. It's not everyday you see identical twins and I am still amazed that God blessed us with identicals. So cool!!!!

8. Naming twins is fun
It's also hard because we had a hard time deciding if we should do rhyming names, same letter names, A and B names, or different names but it was still fun to have to pick out two names. Unlike most people, we got to actually use our first and second choice in names.  

I know I will have a lot more fun things to add when the twins get here. Twin pregnancy is hard, and I never want to have a modi pregnancy again. I don't think I ever want to have twins again, but there are still fun things about it that I should focus on more because not very many people get to experience this and I need to try and soak up and remember as many of the good things as possible because this is a once in a lifetime experience. (Hopefully).