12 week update

How far along:  12 weeks

Symptoms:  I have nausea on and off throughout the day, certain smells make me gag and brushing my teeth is an uphill battle with all the gagging. Feel bloated especially at night.  For the last week I have been getting headaches

Stretch marks:  None

Weight Gain:  I think I have gained a 1kg but not sure

Sleep:  I sleep well and enjoy little afternoon naps every now and again

Movement:  I haven’t felt anything yet but they seem very active on the scans

Best moment of the week:  Seeing my babies at the NT scan in so much detail, the most precious little hands and feet and little faces, them moving and just being there, and  the smile on their Daddy’s face...

Food cravings:  None really

What am I looking forward too:  Finding out what genders they are (I think twin 1 is a girl and twin 2 is a boy...let’s wait and see.

Milestones:  reaching 12 weeks and the end of the first trimester.

Emotions:  It’s been up and down since I found out that twin 2 has a higher risk of DS, I have thought about it a lot and I will love the little baby the same no matter what, I guess it’s just dealing with a different reality than what you expected, but I am praying with all of my heart that T2 is perfectly healthy in every way.

General:  My baby bump is growing!

Good and bad

So will try to put into words what I feel< but it’s pretty hard at the moment.

Went for our NT scan yesterday, and it was so precious to see the babies.

Twin 1 at the bottom was a real little busy body and so cute LO is measuring 12w4d and is 6.19cm long.

This ones nucleal fold measurement is 1.3mm which puts the baby at a really low risk for downs and a risk of 1:10000

Twin 2 was a bit more relaxed and measured at 12w2d and 5.67cm.

Nucleal fold is 2.5mm which really worries me and this put us at 1:540 chance for downs.

They did however take some bloods and we are waiting for the results but I am really worried as my first betas where really high, I don’t know if it indicates anything and from what I have read this test is really unreliable as far as twins are concerned.

The good news is that both babies has really clear nasal bones and they both seem very healthy and Dr doesn’t seem to concerned, we are not going for an amnio due to the chances for miscarriage.

It also seems that I have some implantation bleeding floating about and I don’t really know what it means, prob not good.

And then it looks like the 2 placentas might have fused, the babies are so close that we cant really tell...

So all in all good and bad I guess, really worried about the chances of downs for twin 2

Don’t really know what to say , been crying a lot ....

10 week scan

Went for our 10wks scan on Monday and  both babies are doing well, even measuring ahead at 11wks !!
One little one is 4.04cm and the other 3.98cm

It was so precious to see the little arms and legs move for the first time.
Dr R even pointed out 5 little fingers at one point and then a little fist pump later , so cute!

So next week we are going for the big 12 weeks scan, little nervous, just want both babies to be all healthy and normal and we might get to find out what their genders are...

This is so surreal I am actually 11 wks pregnant, at times I never thought this would happen and when I think about it, it really is a miracle that we found the right donor at the right time, just amazing ...