Placenta question...

leviandlandensmom

So my last u/s at 16 weeks showed one placenta but we're not sure if there were two and they fused or if it started out as one. My midwife doesn't have a great ultrasound machine. When I had my first u/s it clearly showed two sacs with a dividing membrane which has progressively gotten thinner as I've gotten farther along which I'm assuming is the norm. Did any of your placentas fuse? If the boys aren't obviously identical we are going to have to shell out the money for the DNA test because they're going to have the same blood type - all four of my kids do.

Temp159135562506975

are you planning to see an MFM/Peri to get better US's done? You should have cervix checks starting now, and growth scans, etc... if your midwife doesn't have good quipment- you need to see someone who does. this is not the same as a singleton pg - and a midwife with crappy machines is NOT going to cut it when it comes to making sure all is going well with the twins and your pregnancy.

 

kelliwill

Goldie_Locks_5:

are you planning to see an MFM/Peri to get better US's done? You should have cervix checks starting now, and growth scans, etc... if your midwife doesn't have good quipment- you need to see someone who does. this is not the same as a singleton pg - and a midwife with crappy machines is NOT going to cut it when it comes to making sure all is going well with the twins and your pregnancy.

 

This totally.  ESp. with one placenta you should really be seeing a peri/MFM, as there are risks that they should be monitoring you for.  My OB never even did my u/s, only my peri did as soon as we found out it was twins. 

pea-kay

Sounds like you have di/di twins, which is good risk-wise (two placentas) but yes, they could be identical.

txdaisygal

Ditto PP...you need to see an MFM/Peri. Their machines are so much more advanced and you'll get much better readings. You need to see one SOON because before too long the babies will get too big to do really good readings on. We had our first MFM u/s at 18w4d and have had 6 or 7 since then and the MFM always says that you never get as good of a reading as you do that first u/s. Even by around 23w our untrained eyes could tell that it was much harder to measure things. 

ETA: if there is even a slight chance that you have 1 placenta and therefore have mono/di twins its even more important to see an MFM/Peri so that he/she can monitor for TTTS. 

MrsAmyB

Ditto the others. Our twins share a placenta and the fraternal triplet has his own. The girls membrane has always been te same thickness but the membrane between the boy and the twins has thinned over time. I say di-di but could be fraternal or identical. I had a MW with my DD and until we found triplets but they would never take on such a high risk pregnancy. Please see an MFM/peri.

leviandlandensmom

We see the peri next Tues. That's who will deliver me. I see my midwife for everything else.