Yesss!!! My babies are both head down and side-by-side. Since I’m about 26 weeks now, they could flip again, but I hope they get pinned down there by their rapidly expanding bodies. Now begins the race to the finish line, so to speak, and here’s where it gets confusing.
Twins are designated A and B, A being the closest to the mother’s cervix, B being furthest away. Since ours were head to butt at the first appointment, it was hard for the tech to decide. How do you tell who’s closer to my cervix when one twin is head-butting it and the other twin is tap-dancing on it? She eventually made lefty A because her little feet were snaking around her sister’s head just a bit. Today she changed the designations because righty’s head is a few inches lower than lefty’s, and when they’re head down that means that if I deliver normally she will be born first.
We got a sweet shot of A (righty's) face, too. It's the most babylike image I've ever seen on a sonogram. Twin A is growing amazingly well. Her weight estimate for 26 weeks was 2 lbs, 5 oz., which is in the 74th percentile.
"For multiples?" I asked.
"No, for babies!" replied the tech. Amazing!
B was hiding her face on her sister's shoulder, and the tech was unable to get her to move and smile for the camera. She's identical to A, though, so how much different could she look? She's 15% smaller than A, at 1 lb. 15 oz., but that's still the 57th percentile.
Whatever I'm feeding these babies appears to be working. The doctors are okay with a weight discrepancy as long as one isn't measuring small or getting smaller, so I was cleared for another four weeks. If my expanding size is another indication too, they appear to be growing just fine. Here is me in February 2010, 35 weeks pregnant with Devon.
I have what most women want to have when they're pregnant. The tight-little-belly look. I was too embarassed to take a rear view, but I wasn't wide or waddling, just thrusting forward like the prow of a sailing ship. Compare that to 26 weeks with twins.
If I didn't have different hair and different weather, they could almost be taken on the same day. A few have said I look small for twins, but that is slightly worrying as well. Just how big am I going to get? With only four pounds of baby in me, I'm almost as big as I was right before I had Devon, and I'm shooting for about 12 pounds of baby at the end. Forget the aquatic vessel analogies, unless you say I look more like a cruise ship. Appropriate, I suppose, since I'm providing a pleasant underwater experience for multiple passengers.
So, sometimes my expanding size is comforting, and sometimes not. Since I'm a firm believer in averages, I think that total weight divided by three is the most accurate description of my weight right now. I'm pleased to report that I weigh 60 pounds, which I haven't managed to pull of since I was, like, 8. It's scary to think that the fact that we've gained 30 pounds already and it isn't a problem with my doctor, and he'll put me on supplement drinks if I don't gain 20 more in the next 2 months.
It's hard to be big headed into summer, and the stores seem to have stopped selling maternity shorts for the sake of human decency. Don't worry, I'd never wear them in public, I just want a pair to wear at home or in the back yard with Devon.
As far as people making references to my size, I prefer the phrase "Whole Lotta Women." I coined it for myself, and I think it's most accurate.
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