31 Week Pictures

Today may have been our last ultrasound. The babies look great so the specialist doesn't feel like I need to come back for four weeks. And who knows if I will still be pregnant in four weeks?

So unfortunately, for a probable-last-pre-birth look at the twins, we do not have great pictures. Okay, Baby B has a good one:

But this is all we got for Baby A. Sorry little one!

And here's their mommy, more pregnant than she's ever been before.

So some tidbits from the appointment: Baby A weighs about 4 pounds, which is pretty much right on target, and Baby B is about 4 pounds 10 ounces, measuring about a week and a half ahead. The tech mentioned that A may very well be bigger but it's harder to get accurate measurements when the baby is curled up and really squished underneath his brother, who in contrast is quite sprawled out. So that is all good; intrauterine growth retardation is a risk of any twin pregnancy but these little boys show no signs of it. If I can stay pregnant for a few more weeks we ought to have healthy five or six pounders.

But...will I stay pregnant? I feel a lot better about being on bedrest after this appointment, because the ultrasound also showed that my cervix has gotten significantly shorter in the last month, and it shortens when pressure is applied. (The tech shows this by pressing on my belly but it's basically what happens when I'm upright. So it's good I'm not upright much.) Now the doctor certainly didn't act like that was a guarantee that the babies will come too early...but keeping in mind our birth history, our money would be on an earlier delivery rather than a later one. Every day counts and means better health for the babies. We're still hoping to make it to 34 weeks or beyond. But we won't be surprised if we don't make it that far.