Week 27 Update

Things look great! Both babies are about 2 1/2 pounds with good strong heartbeats. I don't think I've mentioned this, but Baby A is our little boy and Baby B is our little girl. His heartbeat is about 150 bpm and hers is about 165 bpm. As always I was reminded to take it easy. We got an ultrasound today (new pictures on the left) because they could only find one heartbeat with the dopplar. They move around so much it's hard to know if they've found two babies or the same one twice. The docs also wanted to check for contractions. I'm having some very mild ones, but they're not concerned as long as there aren't more than four an hour. Both babies are now head down, but she's winning the race (in other words she's further down than he is). Even though they're low, they're not in any danger of trying to come out just yet as long as I don't do too much. My weight and measurements are good, too. I've gained about 20 lbs and am measuring at 38 weeks (remember I'm actually only 27). I asked about the weight (since I was told at the beginning I could expect to gain anywhere from 50-60 lbs) and the doc said he's perfectly fine with the amount I've gained. I've steadily gained a little at a time and the babies are healthy so the less I have lose later, the better!


Monday is our Glucose test to check for gestational diabetes (routine for every pregnant woman). As I mentioned this is routine and there's no reason for concern based on my weight, etc. It's more of a precaution.

Below are some short videos from the ultrasound today. She is sucking her thumb a lot and he's beating up his sister a lot! The little flutter you see are the heartbeats. The last one is both babies and both heartbeats.


My second and final baby shower is Sunday so I'm super excited for that! We got so many wonderful things from Brian's side of the family and we're so thankful to everyone. I'll post some pictures of the bedrooms as soon as they're more put together. They're close, but not quite ready for posting yet! :o)


I think that's it for now. We'll continue to keep you updated as things change (or don't change). *Just a little note: a singleton baby should be weighing about 2 1/2 pounds at this point, so the fact that both of ours are weighing that is EXTREMELY GOOD!


Have a super weekend! I hope the weather wherever you are is as good as ours this weekend!