Shauna went in for an OB check on Wednesday. Baby Boy B is sitting very low, and Shauna is having a lot of pressure, so the doctor wanted to check her cervix, but it is still closed and not thinning, so that is good news. But since she is having so much pressure, he told her to sit as much as possible as work now (she is an orthodontist assistant). She has only gained 10 pounds so far throughout the pregnancy, and her glucose test was normal (good, no gestational diabetes).

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It’s a Boy!  And it’s another Boy!  Yep, Shauna broke the family cycle and found out she is having twin boys!  She said her husband, Josh’s head is so big, he can barely fit through the doorway!  According to the ultrasound, Baby A in on the left, head up, with a heartbeat of 130.  And Baby B is on the right, head down, with a heartbeat of 138.  Each baby has it’s own placenta and sack, so definitely fraternal.  They received a video of the ultrasound that shows one of the babies sucking it’s his thumb!

My wordpress admin has been giving me fits, so I meant to write this last week.  Shauna went in for normal prego exam, and the heartbeats of both babies were good.  Shauna has been on progesterone, not only because of her miscarriage history, but because twins have a higher risk of being born early.  The doctor wants her to continue taking the progesterone pills throughout the remainder of the pregnancy.  When I was pregnant with Tatym nine years ago, I had progesterone shots (not sure they made a pill back then) and remember my backside being quite sore!  I believe Shauna goes back in next week and is having another ultrasound to figure out the sexes of the babies.

Shauna went in last week for a routine OB check.  They decided to do another ultrasound since she’s still been spotting a bit.  The babies are growing fine, and they could even see little legs and arms moving.  The babies were too big to check their gender vaginally, and too small via normal ultrasound.  So the next ultrasound (scheduled in 6 weeks), they want to find out the sexes.   Baby A’s heartbeat was 162, and Baby B’s heartbeat was 167.

Shauna went to the doctor Friday for a full first pregnancy exam. They did another ultrasound since she’s still had some vaginal spotting. Still two babies in there! Definitely fraternal with two sacks and two placentas (My twins had two sacks but only one placenta, so could have been either fraternal or identical). Baby A’s gestation was estimated to be 9 weeks and 2 days along with a heartbeat of 171. And Baby B was 9 weeks, 1 day, 176 heartbeat. I plan to keep adding updates of Shauna’s Pregnancy Progress, so check back!

On a side note, the joke is that there is “something in the water” where Shauna works (Samuels Orthodontics) as her co-worker had twins last year, and another co-worker’s daughter is expecting twins as well!

I wish there were “blogs” when I was pregnant with my twins, and especially after they were born to keep an online journal not only as a memento, but also to keep friends and family updated on their progress. But back in 1994, we didn’t even have internet access yet. It was around 1998 that I started to dabble in creating websites and then the initial idea of PreemieTwins.com was born.

So, I told my cousin, Shauna, that I’d like to blog about her pregancy with twins, and hopefully we won’t have to blog about prematurity issues! So, I’ll start with Monday… She knew she was pregnant, but hadn’t gone into the doctor yet for her initial exam. And she started spotting, so was afraid that she was having another miscarriage (she just had a miscarriage in January). The doctor told her to come in and have an ultrasound.

And the ultrasound showed 2 sacks with 2 babies!! And the spotting was just implantation bleeding. They estimated that she is 7 weeks along. She goes back next week for the full initial exam. I’m already excited to find out the gender so I can start buying matching outfits on sale!