20 Week- Twin Pregnancy Bump Update

20 Weeks Twin Pregnancy

How Far Along?

Can you believe we are 5 months in and more than halfway through this pregnancy?!! Wowie! It’s so crazy to think in just a few short months we will be holding our precious twins! Their due date is October 15th, but the doctors have told us to have our hospital bags packed by September 1st. We are hoping the babies stay till in my belly till October 1st!

Current Symptoms?

Super grateful that I am still feeling really great! I am shocked at how I have felt so good walking 8+ miles a day from some recent travels to Orlando and Shanghai. Overall I am feeling good and happy!

Have We Felt The Babies?

Not yet! Luckily both babies placentas are on towards my back side and not blocking the belly. That means we should be able to start to feel both babies here in the next few weeks!

Genders?!

Twin Girls!!! Can you believe it!!!?? I am still in shock and still so excited! Jake is going to be the best dad ever and I can’t wait to see our little girls adore him!

What Type Of Twins?

The fun thing is our baby girls are fraternal twins! So they will most likely look more like sisters 🙂 They are a type of twins called di di twins which means the each have their own placenta, umbilical cord, and amniotic sac. They only thing they share right now is the same womb.

20 Week Ultrasound Appointment

A unique thing about twins is you get 2 doctors! You visit your OB as well as a High Risk Doctor about every 4 weeks. I like to stager my appointments so we get to check on the babies about every 2-3 weeks. Every time we get to check on the twins, it makes me so happy! They are growing so strong and doing so great! Now they are getting so big it’s hard to see both twins in the same ultrasound picture!

Baby A and Baby B are are currently right on target for growth. They are weighing 9oz each, heart rate of 151, and wiggly little babes on the ultrasounds! They are so cute to me already and it makes me so happy they are both doing so great!

Whats Next?

I signed up for 3 online breastfeeding courses, as well as an in person class later in June. Jake and I also are going to be doing some hypnobirthing classes! That should be a good time too! While we have the time, we want to learn and study all we can before these babies come! Jake has been listening to lots of parenting books on audio. His favorite so far is How To Raise Successful People by Esther Wojcickai.

Best Pregnancy Moment?

There has been a lot of great moments so far, but there are 3 that stick out in my mind from these past few weeks!

1. Traveling to Shanghai with Jake and going on an early babymoon! We had just found out the genders (well I surprised Jake on the plane with the babies genders). It was fun to think about names and how we want to be as parents.
2. The gender reveal party was a blast! We loved being able to share the news and excitement about twin baby girls with our friends and family.
3. At our 20 week ultrasound, as we left our High Risk doctor said something super cute! He said “Take care of your daughters.” Ahhhh daughters?!?!?!??!? Wow that really put things into perspective! 2 Girls, we can’t wait!
4. Ok I thought of another one… I LOVE seeing my belly grow! It really makes me sooooo happy! And Jake too! He has been so cute and is so obsessed with my belly. Every night he reads books that we have collected on our travels to the twins and puts lotion on my belly. My favorite way to end a night!