Well I had my appointment today with Dr. Pang - and boy was it exciting! I started getting seen at 9:00 a.m. with my regular check up. He said all looks great - I put on 2 lbs in the past 2 weeks but other than that, all looks great! I then headed down the hall for my stress test.
As I sat waiting in the chair for my test, the nurse came in and was ready to begin putting the monitors on my belly. She asked where the baby was and I said well one is here and the other is here! She then said shocked...you are having twins? Now - she isn't my normal nurse - she helps w/ultrasounds and fetal monitoring - so why would she know? Anywho - she went to get Dr. Pang and said we can't do the monitoring here - we dont have a machine for twins. So - Dr. Pang asked if I could go to Worcester...
As I headed out to the car, I called David (he wasn't able to make my apt this a.m.) I said...well we have to go to Worcester...the excitement changed in his voice and said...ARE THE BABIES COMING? Not exactly! Not even 5 minutes went by and the doctors office called back and said they couldn't take us until 1pm today. So I headed off to work for a couple of hours.
David and I then headed off to St. Vincents in Worcester for our 1pm appointment. I sat in the chair with the monitors on me. For the first 30 minutes baby boy was cooperating and baby girl wasn't. Then - the second 30 minutes baby girl was cooperating and baby boy wasn't. They needed them both to cooperate - so I headed off to get an ultrasound.
Now - I'm laying on the table getting an ultrasound and guess what...BOTH BABIES ARE NOW SLEEPING! They wanted nothing to do with any of us at this point and wanted to be left alone. Due to the fact they were sleeping and not moving, the doctor wanted to admit me to Labor & Delivery so I could lay down and have the 3 monitors on my belly...so off to registration we went!
We registered for L&D (which was very weird!) and headed back down to the Woman and Infant's Center. I got changed into my Johnny and laid down on the bed. The nice nurse Angela hooked me up to the two monitors and contraction monitor. Also to a blood pressure machine...Both babies must have enjoyed me laying down becuse the two of them were going nuts! Angela kept complimenting on how great the babies were and how they were very active and that I had nothing to worry about...Thank god!
Dr. Mendall came in (I've never met him before - but he was very nice) and explained that where I'm just about 35 weeks, I could go at any point - but the longer we keep them in the better (which I'm glad David heard that!) He keeps saying they need to come out...which I agree, but I'd rather them be fully developed first! From the sounds of it, I may be having this test every week now just to check the movement, but he said all looked great! We were in L&D for an hour then got to go home! We made it home at 5:30 tonight!
Back home for another week - my next appointment is next Monday!
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