34w3d

It's probably a good thing that I don't make predictions for a living because all of mine seem to be WRONG! Dr. Wall, however, was right on the money.

I had my growth scan/BPP/NST today. It was pretty clear from the start that growth was not awesome. Exactly two weeks ago, the girls were 3 lbs 12 oz and 4 lbs 2 oz. Today, they were only 4 lbs 9 oz and 4 lbs 6 oz. For Baby B, that means that she only gained 4 oz in two weeks, which caused her to drop down to the 14th percentile (and that's the good percentile scale that they have to go calculate themselves, the one on the u/s machine was even lower). Considering that, up until a few weeks ago, they were 40-50th percentile babies, it's been a pretty significant drop in growth. Add to that an elevated mid cord doppler and the same cord insertion doppler elevation that we've been seeing for 4 weeks and Dr. Wall thought it best that we just deliver. His rationale for that is basically that it is highly unlikely that these girls will gain much weight from here on out no matter how long I remain pregnant. He also thinks that issues like the placenta and growth can fall off a cliff all of a sudden, resulting in major issues. By 34.5 weeks, he thinks that the babies are just better off outside than in. It's not an OMG emergency type of situation, it's just sort of a balancing act between risk of staying in versus risk of being born pre-term. He said that he only expects them to stay in the NICU for about 7-10 days, and mostly just to learn to eat and gain weight. Hopefully, they will follow in Alice's footsteps, since she never had any issues whatsoever and was out of the NICU at a 35 week gestational age!

So, tomorrow is the big day! We're scheduled for a 9:30 am c-section, although we have to get to the hospital 2 hours early. I am really excited to meet these girls, and very hopeful that making it this far will lead to a good outcome for them. I'm really happy to have made it two weeks and one day further than I did with the girls! I would've loved to have made it further, but if it isn't going to help them, then I'm glad that tomorrow is going to be their birthday!