MO-DI Twins / Thank you God! Week 17.3

 We had our OB appointment this morning.  I am so thrilled to share our good news.  The doctor is certain that he saw a membrane between the two babies.  He is no longer worried about them being MO-MO twins.  J and I are so thrilled.  He still could not find a second placenta.  We are pretty confident that we have our hands on a set of identical twins that are monochorionic-diamniotic.  That is the fancy way of saying one placenta - two sacs.  The danger of sharing a placenta is not nearly as dangerous as if they shared both. 

 That is about all we know.  The doctor did look to find the sex of the babies.  He is fairly confident of what he saw but J doesn't want us to share that information until we are certain.  That will be after the intense ultrasound in 4 weeks. 

The doctor plans to get good information on each twin at the next appointment.  He will then keep track of their weight gain and growth.  If it looks like one is not getting the same nourishment as the other the doctor will refer us to a specialist.  As things look now we might even still be able to have a natural delivery.   

I type this feeling like the weight of the world has been lifted. Our babies looked fantastic today. They were moving all around and pushing toward each other and away. I asked the doctor to give me some kind of picture to show the older ones when we got home. This is what he gave us. The pointer is showing some one's toes pushing against the sac that we so hoped to see. To me that is a precious picture.

So here I am with the twins getting bigger and bigger at week 17.3.  Not a pretty shot of me but I am so  happy to share that the babies are doing great on the inside.  Our next ultrasound will be in 4 weeks and then we can focus on what type of babies are growing so that we can get ready for their arrival.  Thank you so much for your prayers and support.  I beg you to join me in continued prayers for their healthy growth and delivery.

Prayers needed

Headed to the OB this morning for my Feb checkup.   We might just get some answers today.  We might not.  Praying that we find two healthy little babies.   I do pray that they do not share the amniotic sac as well, as this can be very dangerous for them.  We might not get answers for that today.  Please also pray that we accept God's will not matter what. 

More of a Neen Update Week 14.5

Still do not like posting pictures of my ugly self but I promised I would. I don't feel that big yet except when trying to get out of one couch that needs to be replaced.

I have had a very bad few days. I had been operating on the notion that the second placenta and two sacs were hard to see during the first few ultrasounds but would get easier to see as time when on. I read yesterday that the opposite is true. This broke my heart just a little. I am still holing that we find the two sacs at least. Babies that share both are very rare, like only 1% of all identical twins. A friend tied to encourage me by saying that they were rare yesterday and my response was that so was Possible's "1 in two billion"  heart condition. God likes to send me rare.

The term is MO-MO babies and these are identical twins that split later, maybe as much as 8 days after conception. Any later and they could be conjoined twins, and we know ours are not Siamese by the ultrasounds. MO-Mo comes from the two words monochorionic-monoamniotic, one placenta - one sac. I am the type of person that must know what I am up against. I admit that if they are true MO-MO's I am very scared for them. I read that they have a 60% survival rate. Honestly that is better than Possibles was so we might be just fine in the end. Getting there might be difficult. They will require lots of monitoring. I read one woman was put into the hospital for observation around week 23 and then they did a c-section at week 27. That is a long time for a healthy person to be in the hospital. We will do what we need for the babies for sure. I am taken back by what all this could mean.

J is ignoring it all until the doctor tells him to deal with it. I am not way. I must know all I can up front. He will keep me balanced. Thanks for all my friends that listened to me worry today and prayed with me and for me. Let me just say that I know nothing more than I did at last week's update about our twins. I feel movement every now and then and look forward to feeling more of it. I can feel a cold coming on but it won't hurt any of us. I will do all I can for the twins with my diet and behavior and I will again practice my trust in God. Not easy for me but He loves me enough to continue to give me chances.


I am asking that our dear ones in Heaven will watch over these babies and help me to take care of them. Declan and David please pray for us and help us to keep these babies safe.