29 weeks and appointment update

I had my OB appt. on tuesday and my regular ultrasound appt today.

Both doctors have said all is looking great. Me and the babies. Today, Baby A weighed in at 3lbs 1oz. and Baby B weighed in at 2lbs 14oz. So they are right on target. Wahoo!!

Baby A is Breech (feet first) and Baby B is transverse (sideways) but more breech then head down. So at this point, if baby A does not flip, with each passing day it will be less likely to happen, we will be looking at a C-section. But call me whatever you would like I'm totally fine with this. I'd rather go into this knowing that's what I'm doing then going through hours of labor only to end of having one anyway. Or delivering one regular and other c-sec.

On tuesday when we did our 3d ultrasound baby b was head down. This completly explains what I have been feeling since tuesday. I was getting slightly scared because I was feeling pressure and tighness most of the day yesterday. I did wind up calling my doc and after him asking me a series of questions he did not feel at that time I was dealing with pre-term labor but told me to lay down and drink water and call back if it got worse. I did start to feel better later last night and today.

I do have uptrasound pictures from today but they are not very clear. The bigger they get the harder it is to get good pictures.

OK now for the development update:
If you’ve been feeling butterflies moving around in your belly, it’s not just your run-of-the-mill pre-birth performance anxiety. No, it’s your amazing baby with a case of the hiccups: a fairly common occurrence at this point resulting from practicing breathing for their big birthday. In addition, to getting a round of butterfly-like hiccups, your little swimmer has arduously managed to accumulate enough baby fat to account for nearly 3.5% of their overall body weight. Yeah, compared to we adults, it’s not a lot, but when they’re little like that—it’s certainly a healthy (and warming) accomplishment in its way. Another fantastic accomplishment: your baby's spleen is now in charge of hematopoiesis—the 10 dollar name for the process involved in building up certain important blood components. Another fantastic-accomplishment: your little monkey has been peeing into their amniotic sac for a little while now (this is why potty training takes a while) and if you didn’t know, actually swallows it along with the rest of the amniotic fluid. Although the concept is nasty, their urine is sterile and as part of the amniotic fluid base, is replaced several times throughout the day. So if you didn’t know before, now you can tell people, that yes, you drank your own urine—you were still in the womb, but nonetheless, you’ve been there.