10.16.09

That's the date!

I'm getting filleted like a fish (really, can you describe a c-section any other way?) on 10/16/09.

My blood pressure isn't getting worse, but it isn't getting better. My doc and the maternal medicine specialist she consulted with feel that, while my health isn't in imminent danger, it is safer for me to get the boys out. So they're letting me go to 37 weeks (considered full-term) and not a day longer. I still have FOUR appointments next week to monitor the situation and, if it does get worse, they'll come earlier. But its nice to have a deadline.

Also had a big ultrasound today. Baby A is 5lbs 12oz. That's around the 50 percentile for overall size. However, his head measures in the 97 percentile and his limbs only in the 30 percentile. HAHAHAHAHAHA. That there is a Doran boy. Baby B is 5lbs 14oz, with long limbs and a normal sized head. Haas/Lauginiger?

I asked the ultrasound tech if this means they are fraternal since they're body types and heads are so different. She said it does indeed make the case even stronger for fraternal twins, but did say some identicals measure very differently in the womb due to various conditions/space constraints.

Check back to the blog for pictures! Before we go in, I'll try to put up a picture of my massive pregnant body.

Love to all.