Prof Jan

Thirteenth Update – Wise/Williams Twins – 9th February 2014

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Week 30

YAY!!! We have reached the golden number – 30 weeks and it is a bit of a relief to finally get here and still have the bubs baking in the oven I have going on here. But to tell you the truth, I am so un-comfy, that I don’t really think I could have gone to full term with these two little buggers. Not the way they are trying to claw out the belly. Worst but best feeling ever!

So the scan on Tuesday saw the first one that Rohan couldn’t be there for and had my support peeps of Aunty Lorna and Lee with me. With the Professor away we had Doctor scanning us and also another lady Dr that learning to do these types of scans for the next two years. Now with the Prof, she explains and goes through everything that she does and makes the experience worthwhile, but with Doctor, he is like in a hurry to get things down and doesn’t really talk the way through it until the very end or a quick rundown as he goes from one twin to the other. Plus there was a bit of flirting going on between the two Drs that made Doctor be a bit more energetic with the scan at least, and talk a bit more, or it could have been Lee and Aunty Lorna.

Tuesday Scan on Twin 1 saw the heartbeat at 153bpm and 2cm of fluid round, which is a bit low but had a very full bladder. The heart walls were still thick and also the valve was still a little leaky but the overall functioning is fine. The bub wants to stay in the belly for a bit longer and is looking ok. But just has not been as active to me as it usually would be. So was told if it continues to slow down even more to ring up and would have another scan to make sure everything is fine.

Twin 2 heart beat was 124 bpm and 4.1 cm of fluid round, and everything seems to be fine. This one has been the more active of the two, and that clawing I talked about earlier, well that was this one. Couldn’t really tell what position it was in but I think it has come out of the pike position and into a position that we cannot even tell. All we see now is arms, then legs, then head and brain and then body with spine. Definitely doesn’t help when trying to get measurements with the Dopplers that’s for sure.

The scan on Friday had a bit of a different feel to it for me at least, it was just Rohan, myself, Doctor and Midwife Teresa and it was like he was trying to get through this as fast as possible because they were running behind. There was no talking or anything throughout it and only when Teresa spoke to Doctor about something’s that he actually spoke. Best to say that this had me in tears because of it, I think I was just really missing the prof and her friendly nature more than anything. Plus with the stress on wondering when they make the decision on when to deliver them is probably getting as bit too much.

So the scan saw Twin 1 with a heartbeat of 129 bpm and fluid of 3.8 cm and even with a full bladder. With all the Dopplers good and still the issues with the heart and when we asked the Dr about what this may bring, he said that it may correct itself when they are born or it may stay around for a bit afterwards, they just couldn’t give is a defiant on what might come of this. Which is fair enough, best not give us an answer and say this is what goes and it ends up the other way.

With Twin 2, it seems that it is starting now to go backwards, the heartbeat when he first done it was round 169bpm, which is a bit high and 2.4cm of fluid round. So it is like they did a swap on the fluid there. When Teresa spoke about the heartbeat, Dr did a couple more and some came up as the same 160 + and then one came up as 145bpm so we don’t really know what to take with that. The main concern now is the cord forward flow, which was the problem we had from when we had the laser surgery for the 3 weeks until it got better. When you look at the screen and they have the correct spot, the monitor looks like round hills with a bit of a cliff on one side. This means good forward flow

This is sort of what they have looked like for the last 10 weeks or so. But now the hills are getting sharper peaks on the top and more of a valley in between them you can say and this means not good/or no forward flow.

Once I saw this, I just knew we were now going backwards and the end is going to be very near, and the Dr was concerned about this and it is something that is going to be monitored very closely, but they don’t want to deliver the bubs until this does really start to fail. Both bubs are happy and content inside the oven and it isn’t until the Dopplers really start to fail then they will deliver them. But what they can’t say is when that will happen. Could be this Tuesday, could be Friday, or it could be next week. But they seem to think that it will be in the next week or two, for this Doppler to do this over 2/3 days or could be soon.

Well, Monday night was also a bit of fun for Aunty Lorna and I as we went to a multiple birth class, and whilst we dodged the fire that was out this way, were worried for the families that it was effecting, off we went to the hospital again. Let’s just say Aunty Lorna learnt a lot about birthing and breast feeding that night. Wish Rohan was there as they got out the pregnant belly and one of the partners put it on for half the course and if Rohan was there I would have been putting his hand up to do it for sure. Only problem was it was only a singleton belly not a multiple belly. But the pictures would of been priceless :o) It was a good course, but a lot of it was repeated from the courses that we did a couple of weeks back and a lot of research that we have done on the internet, but one thing for sure is that there is going to be a lot of twins born in the next couple of months at King Eddy. There was round 9 couples there all over 30 weeks, even the two that were at the courses earlier in the year.

Well time to head off and put this belly to rest, if the kids settle down. I don’t think it has anything to do with the chocolate that I just ate. (Kylie – they are going down a treat!!!) If we have time I will do one next Sunday, if not then it will be from the flip side of pregnancy and onto parenthood.

Thank you also to everyone for the well wishes and love, we really do appreciate it and if you send an email and I don’t reply, it isn’t that I don’t read it, I do, it is just I cannot email on my phone and my internet is limited with pre-paid. I take everything you type to heart and is saying a big thank you from all of us!

Lot of love Bobbi-Jo, Rohan and the Ninjas

xoxoxoxo

Tenth Update – Wise/Williams Twins – 13th January 2014

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26 Weeks

Another week has gone past and it feels like it was a very busy one at that. Rohan was starting with longer hours with his work and feeling the punch at the end of the first day and with me handing over my work in the first 3 mornings and resting in the afternoons, and then seeing mum and dad from their actual going somewhere trip in the caravan – just made the week fly by …. Well for me anyways.

The system I spoke about with the file and if the Professor would be doing the scan or not, well it didn’t work this time. The file was behind the desk, and we had the Prof doing the scan. We had one of the lovely midwives that just came back from holidays, so it was nice catching up with her. For the life of me, I cannot remember her name at this point in time. Our appointment was at 1:30, but we rocked up early, just so we can get a seat and also so we can see them on time, but there was no one in the waiting room, so we got to go in half an hour earlier. We left when our appointment was meant to start! (Winning!) I went off to do my bit that I do each week for the and saw that there was both Prof Jan and Doctor in the room, but by the time I came back out, Doctor had gone on lunch so we just had the Prof doing the scan. (More Winning!) So onto the scan;

Twin 1 – its little heart is beating at 128 bpm (which is the slowest we have seen for a while but the Prof didn’t seem to concern about it). There was also a nice big full bladder and 4.5cm of fluid around it. Prof Jan also went through the body and showed us the stomach, which had fluid in it, the kidneys and the arteries and everything was in working order. The heart was beating very nicely with also the 4 chambers and all the Dopplers had forward flow. With just the way that the ninja was laying she just couldn’t get a scan of the brain blood flow, but it stretched whilst we were looking at it, and she got the scan and that was fine as well.

 

Twin 2 – The little ninja’s heart beat is at 157 bpm with also a nice full bladder and with 3.5cm of fluid round it. The Prof went through the same thing as with twin 1 and everything was where it should be and in working order. Even the heart was good. She was also very happy with the Dopplers for Twin 2, which is great. She also seemed to think that the scan this Friday may even see this one at 600grams, but she would still like us to get to 28 weeks before they do anything. I did ask would they be delivered when all of that is met and she said no, they are better of baking then outside. It is just there is a higher success rate of survival if both of those targets are met. So it was still good news all round!

So measurement will be taking this Friday. Trust me, I feel like both of these babies have put on weight, and with what I am eating, it better not be going to my rear end, just let me put that in there. I have been eating a lot of fruit and the protein shake and muffins and nuts, pretty much anything with protein in it, I have been consuming it. Rohan said to me before he left on Sunday that he would like to see me pop out another 3 inches! Let’s just say he got a really evil look and an ‘I don’t think so’. Half or even an inch would be great! I don’t have any stretch marks yet and I don’t want to start getting them now! Yes Mum and Lee, I am putting the oil on every night now!

So Saturday, saw both Rohan and I go back to the hospital for some course on parenting and going through the procedure of the C-section. It was very much an eye opener and although they were condensed coursed for 2.5 hours each; they did have a lot of information in them. The parenting class had 5 couples in it and 3 of us were having twins, plus all of us were having a problem pregnancy as well. One couple also have TTTS but had not gone as far as the laser surgery, although they were meant to have it each week, but they have now made it to 30 weeks, so they are just still being monitored. They were also from Merriden. The other couple were from Mandurah and she had been in hospital now for the last 4 weeks due to her dilating, she was at 28 weeks on the weekend. She is hopeful that if she hadn’t dilated more then she could go home for the day! Fingers cross to her, I couldn’t stand 3 days, let alone 4 weeks +.

The C-section course was interesting, but once she showed the pictures of the epidural and the spinal block, I just went to a different world and didn’t listen to anything else. I am so not a fan of needles, even if I can’t see them. But it was good to get an idea on what we will be going through on the day.

Well that is all I can think of, and I am so glad it is much cooler this week in Perth then the weekend and I am also glad that I am not in Kalgoorlie this week as I did not cope with the heat yesterday at all. But I am glad that I had Aunty Lorna here to force me in the pool to cool me off.

Lot of love Bobbi-Jo, Rohan and the Ninjas

xoxoxoxo