It is crazy to me that we made it this long without anything traumatic happening to the boys! (knock on wood) Anyways, we made it to our week 24 appointment without any hiccups! The boys are still measuring ahead of schedule and are still considered rock stars for modi twins! This appointment was full of information! I took my first glucose test a few weeks back and passed with flying colors! Which they said was pretty rare for a twin pregnancy. I am soooo glad that I do not have gestational diabetes....I would probably give up on life if I ever was! haha With modi babies they regularly check the fluids to make sure that there is no development of TTTS (twin to twin fusion).
No, this does not mean that they can fuse together at any moment! They are in their own sacks so there is no way that there can be any fusing! TTTS just means that since there is one placenta, the placenta can basically choose which twin to give the nutrients to and not give anything to the other. So eventually, one twin can be bigger than the other. This is one of the big problems that modi babies face when in the womb. It is fixable through surgery, and the doctors constantly monitor for this. Hence, why I go in every two weeks compared to singleton moms.
With that information being said, one twin, Spazoid, has a little bit more fluid than LL Cool J. The doctors think that Spazoid looks like he has more fluid is because he is hanging up high in my rib cage. But, all the other fluid levels that they check for are normal. Other fluids meaning stomach, bladder and kidneys, so they are not too concerned right now but, will be checking again in two more weeks.
I also in two weeks have to take another glucose test! 🙄 Even though I passed my last test with flying colors, they found some glucose in my urine sample this morning...great. They asked me what I ate this morning, and yea..basically I had sugar!! So mental note for future appointments...do not have anything with sugar in it!!! Dr. P said that its just another precaution they are wanting to take because of the trace glucose, as well as gestational diabetes can develop at anytime from here on out and yea we all would like me to avoid that...I will not be a happy camper! Thank goodness that it is only the hour test too...again!
Other than that these boys and this mama are doing good! The boys are kicking away and is keeping me up at nights. Its getting really weird when they both start kicking because if you just stare at my belly you can see my belly twitch! haha Also, in some mornings Tyler and Benji will be on the couch watching tv and I will wake up like I slept next to a railway, staring at them saying that all four boys are on my crap list that day because they all kept me up at night!!
The plane tickets for the baby showers are bought and we are less than a month away from having fun with everyone! Hopefully ya'll get your invitations here soon!
Also, thought it would be cute to get a picture of the boys together...lets just say that Spazoid was yet again being a spaz 🙄🤦 And LL Cool J joining in on the wonderful cooperation...not! Just gotta get used to these boys not cooperating!
Stats of boys:
Size of a cantaloupe
Getting more color on their skin
Officially have a sleep and wake cycle! Which sucks because they are on opposite cycles!
Developed eyebrows and lashes
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| LL Cool J calm as always |
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| Spazoid giving a fist bumb |
Stats of Mama:
Swollen feet
Overheating
Backaches
Eating every three hours!
Napping in between those hours
No gestational diabetes
Healthy and strong!
Comments about pregnancy:
Does your OB know you gained that much weight?! 🙄🤦
