Twins update

23 weeks

Once again the perinatologist & Dr Judd couldn't be happier with the progress of our little ones. Joel and I feel so blessed to have such a healthy and low risk pregnancy. Of course over the last couple of weeks I've talked to a million people who have had twins, know someone who had twins or are a twin them self and more often than not they've got some horror story to tell. Fortunately for us this pregnancy has been nothing but good news. Our little girl is 1 lb 8 oz and our little boy is right up there at 1 lb 6 oz. Everyone is pleased with this. My doctor is guestimating 5 lb + a few oz babies. That is so small but I guess pretty good for twins. So each month they check and measure all kinds of things like their arms and legs and brain and the space behind their brains and bladder and kidneys and spine and lips. I think that's the most interesting. They check everytime very carefully to make sure they don't have a cleft lip. They never did that for Miles. I wonder if it's more common among twins. The little girl is still "presenting" which means she's closest to the cervix and still baby A. The most common comment we hear about our twins is how wiggley they are. Apparently it's difficult to get any kind of read on the twins cause they're constantly kicking each other or just kicking in general. (Don't I know it!) :D A side note is during the ultrasound both of them had their fists in front of their faces hiding their eyes. I wonder if they'll sleep like that after they're born.
Not much else to report except we will now be delivering at Orem Community instead of Timpanogoes and EVERYONE is happy about that. (Joel's company is dropping CIGNA and picking up SelectMed and Timp takes CIGNA and Orem takes SelectMed.) I am still gaining tons of weight (this past month I gained 1 1/2-2 lbs a week!!!) but still no stretch marks so I'm fine with that. Weight I can lose, stretch marks are a bit of a permanent reminder. I'm pretty much in all maternity pants except for the size 4's I squeezed into for this picture ;D. I'm sure that night was the last night I'll get those on. OH! And Dr Judd said I'm "practically the poster child for carrying twins." Apparently being 5'8 and the twins being in separate sacs makes for ideal conditions for twin making. And as uncomfortable as I'm getting I can see how the extra height is quite the advantage.
Ps the pictures are a little blurry because they wouldn't stop moving AND her chin is right up against her chest so not the best pics but no biggie. Get to do it again in a month. :D