Trying to Think Positively....

Today Darren and I had another check up. Now at week 26, we are almost 10 weeks away from our possible induction week (week 37). Our appointment was a bit of a disappointment. For one, the sonogram technician was filling in for someone who was on vacation. She was nice, but didn't produce the results we were hoping for. Lilah did give us an amazing profile shot and we witnessed her move her entire arm and place her thumb into her mouth. We watched her very intensely suck on her thumb. It was so awesome to witness. We did pay out of pocket to have a DVD made of our twins and when we arrived home to view it, the dvd was blank. AHHH!!!! That's just the beginning of our disaster appointment.

After the sonogram, we waited over 30 minutes for my regularly scheduled doctor appointment. I felt bad that Darren was already gone from work for over 3 hours, so I asked my doctor's nurse if we could just leave. She said, "I can have you see a nurse practitioner if you can't wait for Dr. Swisher." So, I agreed. BIG MISTAKE. No offense to anyone who is or knows of a nurse practitioner, but she seemed pretty worthless.

There is a small concern because Lilah and Baby B's (Boy) weight are significantly different. Lilah is 1 pound 11 ounces and Baby B is 2 pounds 5 ounces. The nurse practitioner said that there was a 26% difference in their weight. She was unable to confirm what exactly that meant for us, but she started saying "you're probably going to have to start coming in bi-weekly now, you need to stop working out or cut it back a lot", and she was unsure how critical this actually was. Her answers were so non-concrete. It was very frustrating and extremely nerve wracking.

I informed my nurse to please have my doctor call me because there was no way I could sleep tonight without knowing more detail. Around 4:30 pm, my doctor finally called me. He was a lot more reassuring and positive than the nurse practitioner was. He said, for right now, I'm not overly concerned! We're not at the point where we need to put you on bed rest or worry YET! I feel as if this situation is taking place not because something is wrong with Lilah, but rather because Baby B has just had a big growth spurt. He included, you have to remember, your having twins so naturally your babies are going to be smaller in general. Boys are normally larger babies and girls are normally smaller babies. Lilah is in the 34th percentile and Baby B is in the 60th percentile (both babies were at the 19th percentile 4 weeks ago). According to my doctor and without going through any testing, he seems to think Lilah is just growing normally and Baby B sprouted quickly over the last 4 weeks. I pray he's correct.

Anyway, he is not restricting me from working out, but is having me come in on Thursday to take a BPP test aka Biophysical Profile Test. This test will measures the health of the babies. A BPP test may include a nonstress test with electronic fetal heart monitoring and a fetal ultrasound. The BPP measures the babies heart rate, muscle tone, movement, breathing, and the amount of amnionic fluid around them. He did say that I will have to start coming in WEEKLY (yuck) now, but I just praise God that I am not YET on bed rest. Please, please, please keep us in your prayers. I will be certain to post an update on Thursday after the test. We know God is in control and that really brings up the most comfort of all.