Our carrier had the 16 week ultrasound today and the babies' measurements looked great. They're both measuring right on at 16 weeks, 1 day and Twin A had a heartbeat of 150 and Twin B's was 160. Twin A is breech and Twin B is laying across her belly. Oh, and apparently her cervix is long and "perfect"; I'm not too familiar with the female anatomy but I guess that's good news.......it's good news for the male anatomy at least. :-)
During the ultrasound, the doctor noticed a spot on Twin B's heart and said that it could be a soft indicator of Downs. Not going to lie, my heart sank and I panicked a bit. I kept reading the email and the doctor said not to be too concerned and that this is seen often and is quite common at this stage. I instantly took to Google and it confirmed what the doctor said. Many babies have these bright spots called an echogenic cardiac focus and it shouldn't case the baby any problems. It's not a heart defect and won't increase the babies risk of having a heart defect down the road but it does increase the chance of the baby having Downs.
We won't do any invasive testing to determine whether Twin B has any chromosomal defects because even if he/she does, we wouldn't do anything about it anyway. What is meant to be, will be.
She's going to put today's ultrasound pics in the mail so as soon as I get them, I will add them to this post....I'm hoping for some good ones to share.
The 20 week ultrasound is also set for January 27th to check on their progress and to finally find out what we're having!!! Chris and I are flying out that weekend to spend some time with our carrier and her family on Sunday and then the u/s is set for Monday morning....these next four weeks can't come soon enough.
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