Ultrasounds Day! 6/2/2021

32 weeks and 3 days and these boys are looking good! Good blood pressure, good fluid, good heart beats, lots of movement and breathing practice and a beautiful amnion (room divider)! No preterm labor symptoms meant no cervix check, and the doctor was convincing that we may go for a while longer. 

My iron was 10.5 at the first check a few weeks ago, and they prefer it to be over 11. I started taking iron gummies but at the next check it was down to 9.5 so I started iron supplement pills but the finger stick today showed it was only up to 9.8 so they took some additional blood work to do a more comprehensive check of the iron level and reserve. If the lab work shows the level is still low we will be scheduling an iron infusion which would build my stores back up and we should be good to go for a few months!

At this point the babies are too big to get decent pictures but we did git some good shots of the amnion that divides them, flowing nicely as they moved.

And the human pin cushion. To make sure they had all the appropriate iron levels, my finger and both arms got poked today. One thing this process has gifted me is the desensitization of needles.

 

Up to 6 more weeks to go!!