Update at 23 weeks
April 6, 2000

Had another doctor's appointment today. Dr. C says the babies are doing well. We couldn't distinguish between the babies heartbeats. We actually heard them at the same time. One of them has a heart rate of 144.

Sarah was soooo good. She just sat in the chair and listened to her brother's heartbeats. She actually lifted up her dress and started rubbing her own belly!!

My blood pressure measured 110/70.

Fundal Height was 27 cm (for a single pregnancy it's usually around 23. About 1 cm for every week). The fact the number's going up pretty much means they're running out of room in there. As for weight gain. . . since the last visit I've gained 3 pounds. Not too bad considering there's two in inside. I've been having a lot of back aches, braxton hicks, and swollen feet but we pretty much attribute that to the sudden weight change. Nothing to worry about.

Other than that, everything looks well. Infact the doc commented on me being the best patient he's seen all day. I've been told that they'll probably induce me somewhere around 37 weeks which is considered as full term for a twin pregnancy. If they do, it pretty much means these two will be July babies. We'll just have to wait and see.

My next appointment's on April 18.