We learned a few things based on yesterday's (Wednesday's) round of tests. The ultrasound seemed to show some bleeding around Micah (the recipient). It's probably due to either his amniotic sac pulling away from the coreonic sac (the "big balloon" that holds his and Spencer's amniotic sacs) or the placenta beginning to ablate. Neither is a good thing where keeping the babies inside is concerned. On the other hand, Melissa's blood work seems to indicate that there's no significant or continued internal bleeding afoot, which is more encouraging. We spent the night over in Labor and Delivery again to enable constant heart-rate monitoring of the twins by ultrasound; they were persnickity about staying on the monitor, but when they were on, they looked good. Early this morning (5-ish), we moved back to our room in 2 East (the antepartum inpatient floor).
During our latest L&D stay, we were officially educated on the risks / implications of Cesarean section delivery. This was a "just-in-case" measure, for now: there's no immediate reason to think that C-section delivery will be necessary. It remains merely a possibility for the moment, but one that's likely enough in our doctors' minds to warrant a little legal pre-prep. The intersections of medicine and the law are many and complicated, we're learning.
On the docket for today: a thorough ultrasound (probably amounting to a complete head-to-toe for both twins), another non-stress test (NST... basically, a long period of monitoring with the intent to watch for increases in the twins' heart-rates concurrent with movement... this is a way of checking whether their sympathetic reflexes--the ones that cause your heart-rate to increase in response to exercise or exertion and to return to normal levels thereafter--have developed), and lots of laying around for Melissa. We're scheduled for a fetal echo-cardiogram at Primary Children's Medical Center tomorrow. Primary is connected to the U of U Med Center by a walkway / overpass thingy, so no excursion into the open air for Melissa is in the offing. Too bad. :-)
More news later...
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