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.

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

Oh, so they're identical?

It doesn't matter if they're identical, or even three years apart. People have been getting me and my sister confused all our lives. When we were five and eight (or so) Mom took us all to get identical Dorothy Hamill cuts and then people would say, "Oh what cute boys you have! Are they twins?"

At least by me.

Well, those will be twins you won't mix up. Well, either that, or mix them up constantly, the way any parent mixes up their kids (my mom even calls us by the names of her siblings, as if she didn't have enough of us to confuse between them). [Edit: sort of x-post with Laga]

The fetal specialist wants me to have an u/s every 3-4 weeks

That's a little above average here, too. But only a little. At least, from what I know from friends. A friend of mine had a high risk pregnancy because of past miscarriages, and her exams schedule was even tighter than yours. Only it decreased with time, not increased.

Hi, Nilly!

Lori wants to put it up on YouTube and I keep thinking, But wait! That's my insides. That's WEIRD.

hahahahah, love that! Oh, and.... TWINS! So exciting!