12 weeks, v3

12 weeks

I realized that this is only the third pregnancy to reach 12 weeks, so I guess this is 12 weeks, v3. The last few days have been a huge roller coaster. Sunday morning I woke up to gushing blood, clots, and cramps. I know SCHs can cause that and everything can turn out ok, but I also know that doctor after doctor blamed my pPROM on bleeding. Monday we went in for an emergency ultrasound, and both babies looked perfect. A's placenta is close to my cervix, but otherwise there was no clear reason for bleeding on the u/s, and my cervix was over 3 cm.

While I was getting dressed again, the phone rang with the NIPT results. Low risk for T21, 18 and 13. That was a huge relief. For the first time, my guess was right: one boy, one girl. I am still scared. I will be scared every day until they're here, but this was the best news we could have gotten at the time. I have feelings about having a boy this time, but if these babies live and are healthy, I'll happily take any sexes at all!

how far along? 12 weeks
how are you measuring? Both were measuring over 12 weeks during yesterday's scan.
size of baby? Lime
heartbeat?  150/152
total weight gain/loss? At 118 still, so no gain. :(
maternity clothes? Switched over to maternity leggings, since I live in leggings during the winter. My growing belly is grateful for the room. Unfortunately, everyone seems to be sold out of leggings right now, expect Target, and I am not fond of their maternity leggings. So I have 2 functional pairs of pants. Eek!
stretch marks? Nothing new.
sleep?  Ok.
movement? Nope, and we discovered both babies have anterior placentas, so I don't expect it until late.
food cravings? I really wanted no-spice pad thai, and DH tried to get some for me but our usual place was closed and the alternate place just gave him plain noodles (no sauce) when he said it had to be gluten free. Better safe than sorry, but still sad.
gender ? One boy, one girl.
what i miss? Life without a perhiperhal IV. Being able to eat more than a few bites of food at once.
what i'm looking forward to? NT scan Thursday.
comparisons to last pregnancy? Never had this sort of heavy bleed in past pregnancies unless something was really wrong. After the gush, I had many hours of bloody mucus, which is exactly what I had each time I used the bathroom during my hospital stay with Quinn. The similarities were really tough. So glad there was no evidence of PPROM and both babies and my cervix all look good.

11 weeks, v4

11 weeks

Last week's scan went really well. Two babies, both moving up a storm. Perfect heart rates. The sonographer got video of them, and I've included some below. We are totally besotted. NIPT results should be back in a week or less and my next scan is at 12.2, which feels like forever away.

how far along? 11 weeks
how are you measuring? B was measuring a few days ahead at 10w4d when the scan was at 10.2. A was at 10w1d.
size of baby? Fig
heartbeat?  169/172
total weight gain/loss? At 118 still, so no gain. I'm keeping more calories down now, so I expect that to improve soon.
maternity clothes? Switched over to maternity leggings, since I live in leggings during the winter. My growing belly is grateful for the room.
stretch marks? Nothing new.
sleep?  I've been up once an hour to pee, which is unusual for me. Turns out I have a UTI. Now on antibiotics to treat it (just what my nausea needed!), so we'll see if I can get more sleep.
movement? Nope, and we discovered both babies have anterior placentas, so I don't expect it until late.
food cravings? No, unless I can claim that the Reese's PB cups I bought were a craving. :)
gender predictions? I've been wrong every other time, so why not now? I'll go back to our guess with our first set of twins: one boy, one girl. Really just praying both are euploid.
what i miss? Feeling human. Because I don't. I miss my life.
what i'm looking forward to? NIPT results. Because I need to know they're ok, or make decisions if not.
comparisons to last pregnancy? The nosebleeds have started again, so I do feel pregnant now! (That was a symptom throughout both previous pregnancies.) Feel rather silly to be the same weight but already in maternity tights. I know it was later last time, and much later the first time. I am trying to get more positive that we'll bring these babies home to raise, but it's really hard. I keep assuming something has gone wrong between scans, and the anterior placentas mean it's hard to find heartbeats on doppler.