Week 8 Update!

Busy Day! It started off with an early appointment with the Perinatalogist (maternal fetal specialist). We were anxious but also excited to see our little sweet peas again.

While having the ultrasound, we received the news we had been hoping for: There was the dividing membrane! Our babies are in TWO SEPARATE SACS! Whew. Talk about relief. This makes them mo-di twins, which is MUCH less risky than the rare mo-mo type. I cried immediately, and apparently hadn't realized how much anxiety I was holding in about this situation! We heard the beautiful sounds of their heartbeats, and they were even stronger than last week. They've both grown a lot since last week, and are right on target with growth and development. I'm posting the first snapshots of our little ones from the very first ultrasound until the one we had today.

Later, we went back to my OB for the first time since being at REACH. It felt amazing to be "on the other side" and in the office for such a happy reason. This visit was complete with lots of questions answered, and we were sent away with an entire binder full of information about classes, visits, and any and all things relating to our pregnancy. That should keep this information hound busy for quite a while!

We will return to see our Perinatalogist and our OB in four weeks, on April 26th. We'll be wrapping up the first trimester that week, so the ultrasound will reveal babies with little arms and legs and they will have grown so much. It will be difficult to wait that long without the weekly monitoring I've been receiving, but I trust that everything will continue to move smoothly as it has so far.

In short, our pregnancy is still a high risk one because our babies are sharing a placenta. What that means is frequent monitoring throughout the pregnancy should complications arise. We were surprised to see the individual sacs this early, but it was confirmed and we can see them clear as day. EVERYONE is relieved about this. Thank you for keeping us in your positive thoughts and prayers. They have been heard!:)

5 weeks 4 days

6 weeks 6 days

7 weeks 6 days

(look closely and you can see the sacs and membrane between them!)

Please keep thinking about our little babies and praying that they listen to mommy, daddy and doctors and continue to grow and develop as they have so far.

Another great day, another reminder of how blessed we are.