Kat, why are you still up?

Still is such a funny word choice.

I fell asleep at ~6:00 PM and slept through to 11:00. Now I'm up (and yawning) and my goal is to get back to sleep before 2 and sleep until 6.

2007 is good, Nilly. Today's ultrasound was good (haven't announced here yet, but yes, you all, I'm pregnant with twins). One twin is slightly bigger than the other. Both are incredibly squirmy. Markers that would show up on a scan for Down's syndrome or spinal bifida were not there. So things look good enough.

This doc is worried about pre-eclampsia, so I'm on baby aspirin to fix blood flow. Mmm... tasty tasty baby aspirin.

So that's my story of the day. That and cleaning. Which reminds me, I have more books to post.

YAY BABIES, and things looking good, and not having to remember it hasn't been officially announced yet.

SQUEEEE

Lee, no, I didn't (I've mentioned the total skipping and the having-no-idea-what's-going-on-ing, right?). Thanks so much for pointing my way!

Those are really lovely pictures. Especially, with what JZ is wearing, and the way she's simply radiating, and the view all around the both of them, some of those pictures seem as if they could be taken a hundred years ago, and still look the same.

haven't announced here yet, but yes, you all, I'm pregnant with twins

What a lovely way for me to start the posting of 2007. Why, yes, even your pregnancy and twins and health are all about meMeME.

Markers that would show up on a scan for Down's syndrome or spinal bifida were not there

Oh, that's good to read. When's the next test due?

t waving at aurelia

Well, today's test was with a fetal specialist. Can I just say the ultra high resolution ultrasound is FUN? My first doctor through this process had a pretty high resolution sono machine, and my current OB has a very low res one. This one though? Teh Awesome.

Anyhow, I go into my OB tomorow. Then back to fetal specialist at the end of the month.

I keep thinking of Metaphors by Sylvia Plath, which is a favorite of mine. And the whole idea of this experience as being a train I have no control over, where I'm just along for the ride, is so very much how I feel. People just tell me go here and I show up.

And I think I have so many appointments because the pregnancy has been somewhat riddled with complications (I saw my OB a week ago!) and because twins are high risk. But the twins themselves, little shrimp sized parasites squirming away, seem fine.

This one though? Teh Awesome.

Once pointed out to you, could you actually see some stuff?

How far along are you, anyway?

Oh, and that song is lovely. It creates such pictures in my mind, and (reading it aloud, because that's how I read poetry in English, only out loud, otherwise I find it difficult to follow) just sounds lovely. Plus, well, the description makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing that!

the twins themselves, little shrimp sized parasites squirming away, seem fine.

Excellent. That's the most important part, right?

In Israel, pregnant women are undergoing so many tests and stuff, I didn't even think your description of your Dr. appointments was excessive until you mentioned it yourself. We can go a little crazy in these subjects.

Once pointed out to you, could you actually see some stuff?

Didn't really need pointing out. Could see the face relatively clearly (one of the markers he was checking had to do with a nasal bone). He also looked at the chambers of the heart.

What was difficult was the amount of shifting both by the twins and by the sono itself. There is a fair amount of, "Which one is that?" Which, poor twins, they will have that for the rest of their lives.

The tests are interesting. There are several I'm not doing by choice because it doesn't change the decision I'm making. But yeah. plenty of them.

I've had more ultrasounds though (and I'm about ~13 weeks) than most people will have in multiple pregnancies.

Also, the fetal specialist always burns a DVD of his ultrasounds. Lori wants to put it up on YouTube and I keep thinking, But wait! That's my insides. That's WEIRD.

Which, poor twins, they will have that for the rest of their lives

Oh, so they're identical?

I've had more ultrasounds though (and I'm about ~13 weeks) than most people will have in multiple pregnancies.

There would be less as the time goes on, though, right?

the fetal specialist always burns a DVD of his ultrasounds

When a friend of mine (she just recently gave birth to her 4th child) was pregnant for the first time, she was the first person her age she knew who was pregnant, so she was extremely excited by the whole process, tests etc, as well as anything else. She made me sit through the movie of her ultrasound (it was a VCR tape, at the time, not a DVD), and muted the sound when the doctor told her if it were a boy or a girl because they were keeping it a secret. If they had YouTube at the time, she would probably have had it there, as well. Hee.

Oh, so they're identical?

Nope.

But even the non-identical twins I've taught end up being confused all the time. At least by me.

There would be less as the time goes on, though, right?

You'd think that right? It has not yet been my experience. The fetal specialist wants me to have an u/s every 3-4 weeks and it's probable that it will increase as we get further along, not decrease.

I still think the prospect of putting one of my medical exams (okay, not the whole thing, just the ultrasound) on the internet is totally messed up.