our twinnies at 12 weeks

I’ve not blogged much about my first trimester because I was constantly reminded that “anything” may happen in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

When we had our first scan and found out we were expecting twins my OBG warned me not to be too prematurely happy and excited as he explained the vanishing twin syndrome.  Close friends and family kept reminding us to “take extra care” the first 12 weeks as “anything” may happen.  So hubby and I were cautiously excited. And being cautiously excited I started a blog but did not tell anyone about it and did not post much.

At the 10 week scan I asked my OBG when we the chances of vanishing twin syndrome would go down and we were so happy to when he said ZERO and that we actually have a viable twin pregnancy but again, he warned us to still be cautious until we are at 12 weeks.

All I can say is the last few weeks has been the LONGEST weeks of my life!!! I was jealous of anyone who was more than 12 week pregnant and couldn’t wait to get there!

WE FINALLY DID J

Today we’re 12 weeks 1 day pregnant and at our 11 week 6 days scan BOTH babies were doing very well! The sonographer took over 45 minutes to complete the detailed scan and neither hubby nor I were complaining. We had 45 minutes of pure joy seeing our two babies swimming, kicking, waving, squirming and responding to being gently prodded! We saw little hands and feet, their perfectly formed brains, blood flows, nose bridge, eye sockets, stomach etc!! Both babies had nice and strong heartbeats of 169bpm and 171 bpm!! Their nuchal measurements were are 0.9mm and 1.1mm respectively (which is a good measurement as anything below 3.5mm is considered low risk for Down Syndrome) Our sonographer kept saying “wow, very good!” and “wow, perfect measurement!” and “oh so cute!”…. mummy and daddy couldn’t be more proud!

Hubby isn’t the most patient man in the world but even he said later that night that he could have sat there the whole day watching them. I couldn’t agree more! Suffice to say the scan was perfect! We’re now hoping the blood test comes back normal as that would rule out the possibility of Down Syndrome for the twinnies.  *fingers crossed*

We were only given a few souvenir photos that day:

Twin 1 - 11wk 6d

Twin 2 - 11w 6d

Twin 2 with his/her arm up in the air! 11w 6d

Taken at 9w 6d showing the upstairs/downstairs twins!

I am sure hubby feels the same but can I just say that I am still emotional and in awe each time I see my twins and as we see them grow I feel myself falling in love with them over and over again. I have really NEVER felt so happy and blessed and complete before.