The power of prayer...

...is so apparent every time I go in for another appointment. The sonographer I had today was the same one that was at my initial follow-up with the perinatologist after concerns of TTTS arose. When looking over my numbers for the past two weeks, and confirming AFIs and dopplars today, she remarked how shocked they had been at that follow-up that the boys' fluid levels have remained within the normal ranges, and that the umbilical flow is remaining healthy enough and steady. We knew that the doctor was pleased at the lack of progression, but this shows that it is not medically the norm. So, I thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers, and thank God for being the penultimate Creator/Doctor/Anatomical Programmer, etc. He truly has His hand on these fine young gentlemen...Whom - YES MOM - we hope to officially name soon so as to avoid the Baby A/Baby B confusion. With Audra, we kept the name to ourselves and publicly referred to her as Bean, and in fact, we still call her Bean or subtle variants of that nickname to this day.

The boys remain head down and crammed right next to each other. This is no surprise to me as I feel them hanging out and hanging low. I think they are having a "how often can we make Mom pee" contest. Let me tell you, they are winning. Both kids have been super active this past week which has been reassuring since feeling movement is an indicator of appropriate fluid levels. Baby A is inching up with fluid levels, which while still in normal range ( <8cm), is causing me more discomfort. My body is simply stretching much more quickly than it was meant to. Another indicator of our special situation is that, while many twin moms' uterus measures 4-6 weeks ahead due to the extra baby, I am measuring a whopping 10 weeks ahead....and I definitely feel like I am rocking a baby belly that looks 31 weeks along instead of 21 weeks. Ah, which brings me to my next point - I gained 4 pounds this week! This is great news since weight gain has been a huge struggle throughout and the twins are growing rapidly at this point. Any fat on them is a huge help in their success outside of the womb, so bring it on! According to this, the boys are supposed to be about 10.5 inches long and just under 13 ounces each. I didn't get any official indication of their size today, but Baby B does still appear to be a smaller than his brother just by seeing them on the ultrasound. I will have another full anatomy scan of both boys in 2 weeks which will give us a clear idea of if Baby B is growing on track, just smaller, falling further behind, or has caught up.

And now - what you have all been waiting for...pictures!

 Here we have Baby A kissing his brother's head. Adorable much?

Here is Baby B's face,  lower right, with the back of Baby A's head, top left.

And here is Baby A's face, lower right, with the back of Baby B's head, top left, and hand resting on top of Baby A's head.