I have been seeing my OB, Dr. Morse, weekly since September 29 for ultrasounds, fetal heart rate monitoring, etc. They call these appointments a biophysical profile. They do not measure the size of the babies at each of these appointments. They do that every third week. My over-achieving boys have scored a perfect score on all of their biophysical profiles.
Yesterday, there was a bit of concern. Baby B measured 4 pounds 5 ounces and Baby A measured 3 pounds 5 ounces. That put Baby B in the 77%ile and Baby A in the 32%ile for overall size. That is a bigger size discrepancy than my doctor was comfortable with, so she sent me back to see Dr. Grant, the maternal fetal medicine specialist.
I saw Dr. Grant today and he completed another biophysical profile with an ultrasound and both of the boys scored perfectly again. The size discrepancy was very similar to yesterday. There is a 19% difference in there size. He says he gets concerned when there is a 20% or more difference in their size. Dr. Grant also checked the blood flow through the umbilical cord of both babies and that looked good. That was actually a relief, because there was a little concern on Dr. Morse's part that there could have been some clotting in Baby A's cord (or maybe it was placenta?) affecting his growth.
Dr. Grant thinks that we just have one really big baby and one slightly small baby. He wants to keep a close watch on them, so I will be seeing him weekly as well as Dr. Morse weekly. I will continue with weekly ultrasounds, biophysical profiles with Dr. Grant and then Dr. Morse will look over the results. My next appointment is Tuesday, October 27.
Just a side note: we got to see hair on Baby A's head. It was so sweet.
YAY for your mom! Keep us posted on the babies. We will be praying for to very healthy and "big" baby boys!
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Thanks for the update. CONGRATS to your mom! This is a huge accomplishment! We're still praying for these precious boys. Glad you are being well taken care of and monitored. Any names yet?
ReplyDeleteYou are doing a wonderful job! Just being pregnant can be overwhelming but you were given plenty of extra obstacles. When your boys arrive, you'll be able to survive anything because you've already gone through, and learned, so much. It's an inspiration to see you go through this and to remain so strong, whether you feel like it or not! You and Dave are going to be, and actually already are, wonderful parents. I'm so looking forward to meeting the boys! I think it's great that you're going to be done with work as of tomorrow! Thanks, again, for keeping us "involved" in your pregnancy!
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