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October 31, 2017 - Test Results

Today is one of my favorite holidays and my hubby’s birthday!! I am so excited for both these events; however, it is also the day we find out if the twins have a neural tube defect going on and I’m quite nervous with what the results are going to be. Our test levels came back abnormally high, 4.55 – anything above 2.5 is high… Our appointment is at 10:00am.

Update: 2:00pm
Where to actually start… Praise the Lord there is NOTHING wrong with either baby!

We arrived today at the office and they took us back right away. I got undressed and waited for the doctor. Eric was with me. We both took the day off in order to get this done. The doctor came in and right away asked how I was feeling, wanted to know if I had had any bleeding or anything abnormal. We talked for a little bit about my history and then he said do you know why you’re here today? I said yes, for a few things. We want to make sure everything with the twins is ok since I had the bleed two weeks ago, if they are non-identical twins, and we also wanted to check out why the results came back elevated for the AFP. He then asked if my OB went over any of the test results with me. I said a little bit, she said I had 4.55 when anything over 2.5 is high and that this could mean a neural tube defect, but that’s all I was told. He goes on to say this “Yes, we’ll check out all those things but it could also mean there’s a problem or a potential problem with the placenta, placenta abruption, placenta previa, etc. Your numbers however aren’t as bad as it seems. Your doctor gave you a 4.55 but we here at MFM actually go further to calculate your number. It’s a long drawn out equation and you have twins so it’s even more mathematical, but after our research we would give you a number of 2.51 and that is only slightly elevated. But we’ll take a look today and see what we can find out further, how does that sound?”
Ummm fantastic!

We went on to do the hour long ultrasound and they measured every little part of our babies bodies and everything came back normal and on track growth-wise. The last and most important thing we looked at was the babies’ brains. If the babies had a neural tube defect, we would see an abnormal cerebellum, easier than looking at their spines at this point. The doctor couldn’t find anything wrong with either one! He said “these are two very healthy looking babies to me and I’m happy to report that I do not see any issues now or potential issues arising. However, I do want to see you every four weeks so we can keep an eye on them and make sure they do continue to grow as they should. Carrying twins is nothing like carrying just one. There are a lot of other factors that play a part here and we want to make sure one baby doesn’t start falling behind growth wise or that they start fighting each other for oxygen or blood. The positive thing here is we’re sure they are non-identical twins so they do not share the same sack or placenta, and they shouldn’t have to fight to survive.”

(Twins with their heads together. They are both breech)


Wow! What a birthday gift to give to my husband. Nothing wrong with the babies, and growing as they should. Thank you Lord! I had already accepted that we would deal with whatever we needed to but hearing your babies are healthy and on target is absolutely the best feeling. I can breathe once again. We will be going back November 21st to confirm the genders 

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