We went for the 22-week scan (an hour long) yesterday...and once again was blown away by the technology of it all. Dr Morris received her new machine 3 weeks ago...1st one in Africa..and show the most amazing images and 4-D pics of the babies - sepia coloured images of the babies faces....so you can see exactly what your child is going to look like...but more importantly, that the babies don't have cleft lips/palates etc. Anyway "the machine" collects data from all her patients and gets stored at a facility in London, so in hindsight they should be paying us for the research we are helping gather and not the other way around....choke!
Both babies are just beautiful....and it appears that the one will be short like me with a button nose, and the other tall like Brad with his exact nose!!! Their femur length at this stage only shows a 2mm difference, so we see when they grow up :) The weight of the one is 530g and the weight of the other is 503g, so also a minimal difference. However when all the measurements are calculated, it shows that the growth rate of the one twin is 2 days ahead of her sister.
Oh and just so we are 100% all sure, they are both definitely girls. They usually only confirm it at the 22-week scan, just in case.
Here's what's happening during Week 22 of the pregnancy:
Your baby is about 7 1/2 inches from crown to rump and weighs between thirteen and sixteen ounces—about the size of a small grapefruit. She is entering her fifth month of existence. Her fingernails are almost fully grown, and her organ systems are becoming more functional and specialized. She has a distinct pair of lips, and her first canines and molars are developing below her gum line. She looks like a miniature newborn. Blood is traveling through the umbilical cord at four miles an hour, fueling her growth with oxygen and nutrients.
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