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"So how are you doing today," asked Dr. Cassandra Whitaker. Nordia replied, "I'm doing good." "we got a great report the other day, the babies are doing good and growing nicely too," said Dr. Whitaker.
This time last month, Nordia's doctors weren't all smiles. 24-weeks into her pregnancy, they noticed signs of a competition brewing between both babies for nutrition, and one was winning. "And sometimes one baby gets more than the other baby and sometimes the diagnosis we give for twins is a slow growth, and that's why its so critical that we follow the growth, very very carefully," said Dr. Whitaker.
In hopes of shifting more energy to the Epps twins, Doctors prescribed bed rest for Nordia, along with weekly check-ups.
While not completely out of the woods, Dr. Whitaker says the Epps twins just reached an important milestone in their development. "When you take a 24 weeker compared to a 28 weeker in terms of the lungs, that's the key, at least the baby has lung air pockets and can transition into life and even though they may be on a ventilator, they have air pockets to ventilate."
Now, the question becomes will the babies be delivered early, or will the pregnancy reach term. Dr. Whitaker remains optimistic the twins will reach 35-weeks before arriving.
Doctors say its not unusual for pregnancies involving twins to have problems. About 10% do. If all goes as planned, the twins will be here in early December.
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