Strawberries - Week 10

Week 10 and the first visit with the new OB office. The doctor I met with, Amy Thibault, was nice to work with and easy to talk to. She said once it gets closer to the delivery, we are probably looking at planning the c-section around 38-39 weeks. She suggested a 35-50 pound weight gain throughout the pregnancy to ensure the best chance of reducing preterm labor and low birth weight in multiples.

Both babies looked great and were actually squirming around! Their heartbeats were both 164 and they were measuring at 4.6 and 4.8, right on track.

They babies are di/di twins, the most common kind and the lowest risk, since each has their own placenta and amniotic sac. Luckily this type of twin pregnancy has the least chance of major problems amongst twin pregnancies, with the smallest list of major complications. With twins we will be having an ultrasound at each visit to make sure the babies are growing as expected.

The next appointment with Maitri will be 4 weeks from now on March 14th.


Weight: 157.5
Feeling: A little more energy, waves of nausea come and go but my appetite has returned for the most part. Any time I say I need to get some rest or I don't feel to hot my daughter responds "Of course, you have two babies in there!"

Babies: The babies are the size of strawberries and measure about 1.2 inches long and weighing about .14 ounces. Your baby’s body length will almost double in the next three weeks.

Your babies have now completed the most critical portion of their development. This is the beginning of the so-called fetal period, a time when the tissues and organs in their bodies rapidly grow and mature. They are swallowing fluid and kicking up a storm. Vital organs – including kidneys, intestines, brain, and liver (now making red blood cells in place of the disappearing yolk sac) – are in place and starting to function, though they'll continue to develop throughout the pregnancy.

If you could take a peek inside your womb, you'd spot minute details, like tiny nails forming on fingers and toes (no more webbing) and peach-fuzz hair beginning to grow on tender skin.
In other developments: Your baby's limbs can bend now. Their hands are flexed at the wrist and meet over their hearts, and their feet may be long enough to meet in front of the body. The outline of their spines are clearly visible through translucent skin, and spinal nerves are beginning to stretch out from the spinal cord. Your baby's forehead temporarily bulges with his developing brain and sits very high on the head, which measures half the length of his body. In the coming weeks, your baby will again double in size – to nearly 3 inches