Di Di twins

I know its been a while since I've blogged about the twins, but A LOT has gone on since I've last blogged for you all.

Well, of course the Summer vacation was amongst us and it was spend time with the kids time of course.

Since we've last spoken, the kids went down to Miami for the summer, by the time Elijah and Micah got back home they were dark as me and oh so big.

During that period I got a new employer, a job I love and pays considerably more, how often do people have a job they 'love' and it pays well.

I am back to days so my body has had to readjust to damn near 2 1/2 years of working the dead man's shift, that's 3rd shift for the uninformed.

In the interim the two jobs I'd have to say overlapped, well, were supposed to but me being the poster child for Murphy's Law, everything that could go wrong did.

The job I held at IBM for the past 15 months I was fired from after I had already given my resignation letter. I felt like Craig from Friday.

But to make a long story short I had given my 2 weeks, which is NOT necessary but it's recommended, the 2 week notice overlapped the time I was to start for my NEW employer which would have had me working 80hours for ONE week with NO rest in between.

Well basically on the way home from the new gig, I blew a tire which caused damage to my ride, had to wait on the side of the road for assistance, drive home, get wished, eat and fell asleep.

By the time I woke up it was 1/4 4am the next morning. I according to my vendor Manager was a no call no show and they ''let me go''... Oh well.

I had 3 blowouts/flat tires in a weeks time and of course I picked up the kids from Miami and Elijah started 3rd grade, a lot huh?

I'm IN LOVE with this job everyone, but the aforementioned events are what kept me from keeping you ladies and gents abreast of what has taken place in my life since the last time I blogged.

Back to the twins!

During this period away, as previously stated we confirmed both babies are girls, YAAAAAAY, Daddies Little Girls!!!!

I got that Mossberg 30/30 Shotgun on order. TRUST ME!!!

Twin B was developing faster than Twin A and the medical staff continued to monitor the growth of the babies to ensure there was not a more than 20% difference between the babies, that would have been dangerous for Twin A and would have lessened her chances of survival.

Good News!!!

Twin A has caught up to her sister, well somewhat, there is only a 9% difference between the 2 and at last measure, Twin A was 3.9lbs and Twin B was just over 4lbs, Poor Mommy, and this was over 2 weeks ago.

The Drs however state that the twins unlike singleton babies, tend to slow down in their weight gain and growth in the belly, but still they want to monitor mommy, because there is NO WAY, mommy can carry 2 babies over 5lbs a piece.

As of today, Aug 28th 2008, we are officially 32 weeks pregnant. Time is winding down.

What does that mean in the world of multiples? We are of course OFFICIALLY into our 9th month however unlike singleton babies who can go full term up to 40 weeks safely, twin babies can be born anywhere from 32 to 36 weeks, so our babies should be here SHORTLY.

The Doctors office advised us that Twins are NORMALLY born anywhere from 34 to 36 weeks, but our particular office saw 2 or was that 3 babies recently go to 37 weeks.

Either way, the girls will be here SOON!

Now lets talk about the title briefly, Di/Di Twins.

One of my 1st blogs I mentioned the different ways Twins can develop, via one or 2 eggs and that the gestation period is crucial to how twins develop.

The twins can share a sac and placenta, VERY DANGEROUS. The babies can share a sac with SEPARATE placentas, still somewhat dangerous, they can have separate sacs and the same placenta and separate sacs and separate placentas.

Our babies are the latter, which makes them DI/DI twins, does this mean they will be fraternal twins? More than likely, but we are NOT sure until they are actually born you can STILL have identical from this type of twin forming.

Some information on Di/Di Twins:

DI/ DI means 2 placentas and 2 sacs. As safe as a twin pregnancy can be. In 20-30% of cases DI/DI twins are identical. The rest of the time they are fraternal.

Identical Twins
With identical twins, one egg (zygote) from the mother is fertilized by one sperm from the father, and then very early in development the embryo splits and two fetuses grow.

If the zygote splits very early (in the first 2 days after fertilization) they may develop separate placentas (chorion) and separate sacs (amnion). These are called dichorionic, diamniotic (or 'di/di') twins. While all fraternal twins are 'di/di', this occurs 20 - 30% of the time in identical twins.

Most of the time in identical twins the zygote will split after 2 days, resulting in a shared placenta, but two separate sacs. These are called monochorionic, diamniotic ('mono/di') twins.These twins are very similar genetically, and share a single afterbirth.

Very occasionally, twins will also share the same sac (fluid cavity). In about 1% of identical twins the splitting occurs late enough to result in both a shared placenta and a shared sac. These are called monochorionic, monoamniotic ('mono/mono') twins.

Finally, the zygote may split extremely late, resulting in conjoined twins.

If I did not mention before, we have decided to name our little angels Zariah and Zahirah.

Keep us all in your prayers and more news soon

Blessings All.