BabyA

Baby B

Today I went to see the perinatologist, for a 16 week checkup. It was a really long ultrasound since he had to check and measure all the body parts of both babies (head, chest, heart, legs, feet, arms, hands, etc). Everything is ok, measuring normally. He said that they are about 8in(!) in length, when you stretch their legs out. From crown to rump they are more like 5 inches. He also confirmed their genders, which we already knew from the CVS test a few weeks ago. Michael and I decided to keep that just between us and the doctors (although everyone is dying to know). I also found out the positions of the babies, since that was something that I kept forgetting to ask about. Baby A is head down nearest to my cervix, and Baby B is on top of A, but sideways, so they form a “T”. B’s head is on my left side and the heart was right under my belly button. It turned out to be a really fun appointment because we chatted about all kinds of stuff - the health care system in the UK vs. Canada vs. the US. Since he’s worked in all three countries, it was interesting to hear what he had to say about the US system. He said that it’s basically good, although medicare needs to expand to cover more and he is optimistic that the government will make the right decisions to get there. We also talked about San Diego, since that’s where he worked for a little while and he’s currently helping to get the doctors trained there to do the Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome surgery. It’s amazing that he’s one of a handful of doctors that can perform the surgery in the country! And Evergreen is the only hospital equiped to do it, the next nearest one is San Francisco or Milwaukee! Anyhoo, I was surprised that he didn’t like San Diego since so many people rave about it. I was cracking up when he said “San Diego is like what it would be to live on the moon. You go from one air conditioned artificial place to the next.” I guess the weather here in the NW is a lot closer to the UK than San Diego would be. I guess you would have to be a real beach nut to like it out there. My next appointment is in about 5 weeks, ugh, it will be tough to wait that long to see the little babes again.