What a day!

So yesterday was the scan. After a quick check that all babies were still wriggling we discussed amnio. I wanted to talk through the risks involved but with a 20-30% chance of genetic problems with the twins we agreed it was worth doing.

They say amnio is like having a blood test. Not so much for me! It reminded me more of injections during ivf and trying to force blunt needles through my skin. Not fun. The doc was trying to sample both twins with 1 needle stick but they kept wriggling about so he ended up having to do two. I swear by that point if he'd said he needed to do a third I would have refused.

It was a relief when it was all over and a quick scan confirmed babies were fine. We had to wait for a bit then lovely fella went to get the car and I arranged to see him at the entrance of the hospital. But while I was walking to the door I felt suddenly wet. I went to the loo and my pants and trousers were wet.

So I went straight back to the clinic. They sent me up to the gynaecological ward. We waited and eventually I was told to lie on a bed. The doc who did the amnio turned up ( he'd come back to work just to check on me) and he checked my cervix - closed and no sign of fluid leakage. He also did another scan - babies still fine. We were sent home with numbers to ring 24 hours if any more fluid leaks.

I have been told to rest and do nothing for a few days. I presume there was a small leakage of amniotic fluid and hopefully it's sealed. Hopefully that's all sorted now.

Got home at 8.30pm and had to text/ring people. Texted my boss to tell him and ask him to cancel meetings the next day. He texted back that he was on annual leave and could I do it. Am I being unreasonable thinking that is a shitty thing to do? He wasn't away or anything. If I were someone's boss I'd have said 'no probs, you just relax.' so I had to try to sort that as well.

My mum spent five minutes on the phone telling me how awful it all was so surprisingly when she wanted to come up today I turned that offer down. I don't need the stress!

So now we hope that there's no more fluid and wait for the amnio result. Initial results are due tomorrow.