35 weeks and counting...

Well, I'm back. If you remember from my last post, I mentioned that the next one would either be when the babies were born, or after the doctor's appointment. Everybody is apparently very happy (except perhaps Elizabeth) and wants to keep this pregnancy going for a little longer.

We had an ultrasound with today's appointment. It was definitely the least exciting ultrasound so far, because it is just too hard to really see anything now that they are so big. In fact, Hannah's head is down really low and it took some fancy wand-work from the ultrasound tech to even measure her head. Both babies appear to be doing great. Hannah is weighing in at 5 lb 3 oz, and Noah measured 5 lb 9 oz. The doctor mentioned that this is a 7% difference and is perfectly acceptable. The other good news is that both babies stayed head down (vertex), and there's really no chance of them flipping now. We did get just one snapshot of each baby. As I mentioned Hannah is really far down now, so we just got a picture of her foot. Very cute though...



Since Noah is up higher we were able to get a profile of his face...



HOPEFULLY, this will be the last time we have to look at them as a bunch of fuzzy lines on a television screen, and the next time we see them it will be in person.

Next we met with Dr. Asdell. She was very pleased that Elizabeth had made it to 35 weeks. Elizabeth is now measuring 43-44 weeks, or in other words, a whole month bigger than a full-term singleton. If you've ever wondered what a woman a month past term might look like, I'll show you. It's just absolutely amazing to me how beautiful she still looks. I think she was "made" to carry twins!




An exam was involved in this visit, but didn't turn up much hope of anything getting started anytime soon. She was dilated one centimeter and she didn't mention that she was effaced (thinned) at all. She did make a comment right when she started that she felt a head, but later said that it was still pretty high up. That would have been Hannah's head, she will definitely be the first one to join us on the outside.

Dr. Asdell did mention that if Elizabeth makes it to 38 weeks and has started to dilate then she will consider inducing at that point. She didn't make any promises. I don't think it'll last that long anyway. Elizabeth has started to notice some contractions and it seems (to me anyway) that they are starting to occur more frequently. It's all a waiting game now. It does look like my guess will be a bit off though. Regardless, they'll be here soon!

The next post will be after next week's doctor's appointment on Monday, or after the babies are born. Until then...