Dr. Appointment on February 27

We had our second appointment today at Lankenau. Tracy is now at 16 1/2 weeks. Our appointment went pretty well. We met with Dr. Belden today. There are four doctors that we will be seeing at the group. We were hoping for an ultrasound today so we could see how the twins have grown over the last month, but unfortunately they didn't do one. We will have to wait until our 20 week ultrasound, scheduled for March 26th. We did get to hear the heartbeats today! This was the first time that I had heard them. It was amazing. We were able to hear one baby's heartbeat right away. The second baby took a little longer to find. I think we both got a little scared for a second, but everything is okay. Dr. Belden told us that they will be doing some stress tests later on to make sure that the twins are getting enough oxygen. This will happen around 28 weeks. Keep checking back for updates.

We would like to thank everyone for being so supportive.

Testing on the Twins

Tracy went in today for some genetic testing for the twins. The Doctors are testing for Downs Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and other common Genetic Diseases (to see if Tracy was a carrier). For the Downs test they do a Sequential Screen. It uses an ultrasound do a measurement in the neck area of the babies to look for some abnormality. The doctor that did the testing told Tracy that everything looked good. She also had some blood drawn to do complete some of the other tests. I didn't attend this appointment and I am regretting it. Tracy got to hear both babies heartbeats!!! Both were loud and strong. One registered around 143 and the other 170. The technician said anywhere between 120 and 180 is good. Tracy got a good look at both babies today. She was able to get some close ups looks as well. One of the babies was squirming all over the place. The other was just sitting there relaxing. Below you will see some the photos from today's ultrasound. Notice the changes in identifying the twins. They said that the location, right and left will stay the same so we are going to call them LT and RT for now. Photos say 13 weeks. I think we are close enough, Wednesday is 13 weeks!


Left Twin


Right Twin



Both Twins