Ultrasound 7/25

Its been a long 3 weeks.  Every visit we've made to the doctors has been quite eventful.  The first visit we learned we were having twins.  The second visit we learned that one of the babies had Single Umbilical Artery.... We have been trying to be positive, but its a struggle.  Well finally, today's visit was perfect.  I'm happy to report that the babies are growing perfectly and showing no signs of any issues.

With that said, I do have to apologize for blogging incorrectly about the Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS).  I had stated in a previous post that the condition was more likely to develop the further along you go.  The Dr. corrected me, its actually LESS likely to develop the further along we go.  This has been a huge relief.  The Dr told us that while its still possible it could develop, for the most part, we are out of the woods and shouldn't worry about it.  The TTTS is for all intents and purposes, a non-issue. 

Moving on, I also got the ultra sound tech to take pictures of the Single Umbilical Artery (SUA) condition twin A has.  I give a lot of credit to these ultra sound techs because she flies right through it and knows exactly what she's looking at it.  Don't feel bad if these pictures don't make any sense to you.... they make little sense to me and it was explained to me by a professional.   Any way the following two pictures are of the two babies umbilical cords where you can see the veins and arteries.  Its a cross section of the vessels.

Here is twin B with 2 arteries and 1 vein

And here is Twin A with one artery and one vein.

Other than that, this is all I have to report.  Very great day in the Beatty household.  Things are moving along well and a pretty significant weight has been lifted off of our shoulders.  So... here are the rest of the ultrasound pictures.

This one is a little hard to see , but the nose and lips are in the lower right

This one is my favorite, Twin A can be seen in the upper left half, Twin B is in the lower right.  You can see how they are snuggled up almost in a spooning position with their legs wrapped around each others.  This picture did lead to a question.  I was under the impression that since the were in their own amniotic sacs that they were isolated from each other.  This is true to an extent, but the amniotic sac isn't like an inflated balloon they live in, its more like a loose baggie surrounding them.  They are still more than capable of snuggling up with each other.