Anatomy Scan

I have been surprisingly calm that it's been 3.5 weeks since my last scan, about which I'm very surprised and proud of myself. I'm supposed to have scans every 2 weeks because the twins are at risk of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), which is where the donor twin gives too many nutrients to his brother, meaning that the donor dies because he has starved himself and the recipient twin dies because he is overloaded. Fortunately, TTTS has been kept at bay for now.

I think the main reason I've been calmer is because I've started to feel them every day now. It started about a week ago when Baby A kept booting me every time I tried to lie on my right side in bed. (I have to admit, I did it sometimes just to check he was OK.)

Today I had my 20-week scan. All is looking well (touch wood) and Baby A is weighing 13 oz and a day behind his due date whilst Baby B is weighing 15oz and a day ahead of his due date. I think I lost some momentum whilst I was sick, as all I was doing was sleeping and eating soup.

So I've crossed a major milestone as all the subsequent fortnightly scans from now on will be growth scans. Maybe this means it's really going to happen; I'm really going to become a mother to twins.