27 Weeks

I have returned home for the next 5 days, to get everything all in order before finally relocating to Perth and being ready for these bubs to come. I have been feeling very stretched and pulled and like I have a defence team going on in my belly with arm bars and knees poking each and every way. The ninjas have really stepped up their game this week and are really moving round. I saw a post of Facebook or somewhere that unborn children sleep 90% of the time that they are in the womb – I think our two forgot that memo and just do what they want.

Rohan made it a bit of fun going into Friday when we went through for the scan and all we could see was Doctor round and Prof Jan was nowhere to be seen or that her name was not on the board next to the door, so I went off to do my tests that I do every time I come in and when I returned, Rohan was shaking his head. To me, this meant that we had to deal with Doctor for the scan and it was a bit of a bummer going into the room. Then it was like the heaven lights shone upon us (well the lights in the room were all on, which was something different, usually they are all off) and there was the Professor and this gave me the instant reaction of giving Rohan a little punch to the ribs, for teasing me like that. But I could see where he was coming at firstly. So onto the scans and the measurements that was done.

In the red corner – weighing in at a massive 923gm, (that is a 242 gram weight gain in the last two weeks) and a heart beat of 151 bpm is Twin 1. This little fighter will be a trouble maker as no other measurements could be made, due to position and also it having ADHD or something because it would not settle down. Even with the Prof poking my belly did not help it at all, I suppose it didn’t help that I kept on laughing when Prof was doing it, it was the Prof was slapping its hand and saying stop that now! The only thing that came up was a spot on the heart that showed that a little bit of non oxygenated blood was going backwards which meant a leaky valve, but the Prof doesn’t seem all that concerned about it at this point as these things do have a way of fixing itself. We are still also confused on whether this was the twin that had the problems in the first place also.

In the blue corner – weighing in at (drumroll please) 601gms (The ninja made it – it was a surprise but it made it! 156 gram weight gain!) and heart beat 147 bpm. All the Dopplers and other measurements for this one were fine, the Prof was very happy with its progress and were it had come from.

So this Friday sees the magical 28 week mark and these little ninjas may be born any time after that. We are still hoping to get to the 30 week mark but fingers cross we can make it further! I will also be having steroid injections Friday and 24 hours afterwards to help their organs mature, so if the time comes earlier then they are in with a fighting chance.  I am just hoping that no facial hair or chest hair starts popping up on me then I will be giving Rohan a run for his money

Well, I think that is all I need to put in there, for the people that have been asking, here is a belly shot I took this morning. Thank you also to the people with the encouraging words of wisdom with the C-section and I will be keeping them all in my mind when it comes to it. Also Joan, I will be awake for C-section and Rohan will be right there also holding my hand. But I think they still do put mums to sleep if it is more serious or complicated.

Til next week…..

Lot of love Bobbi-Jo, Rohan and the Ninjas

xoxoxoxo