Fluke, fluke, fluke

Read the title however you may, I'm using it as an expletive at this point. First and foremost, these babies are well and good. I know this because I went to the Perinatologist today to have another ultrasound performed due to some pretty dramatic red spotting that occurred last night. I was starting to get used to the tan to light brownish spotting companion, but the red sent me into a frazzled frenzy. So I called my OB and was told there's really nothing I could do and it could be nothing. Well, having spent the entire night sleeplessly thinking that I might pull my already graying hair out if I had to wait another 2 weeks in the unknown zone, I made a call to the specialist this morning. See, during my last consultation with him, he told me I could come in for a sanity ultrasound when I did indeed get pregnant. I called him on this favor and he made true to his word. They were so accommodating that I got in right away. Their super high tech equipment immediately reassured me of the twins good health. Cause of the spotting? Still not completely identified, but there's nothing coming from the uterus and cervix is closed. But I do have a very sensitive cervix and again the pressure on it could be creating havoc.
And guess what? It was also determined that we are having IDENTICAL TWINS. Now ideally you'd like for your twins to have their own amniotic sac and their own placenta. These babies have their own sac but share the placenta. Which leads me to another--yes, you guessed it, risk. There's a 1 in 10 chance these twins will have TTTS. I can't find a web site that doesn't completely freak me out, so I'd rather not link to anything yet and trigger mass freak out. All I will say is that if this happens to be the case, I will be going through laser therapy (surgery) on the veins within the placenta that control the blood and nutrients to the babies. But we'll go down that road if we have to. Today I'm not going there.
To end on a happy note (as if IDENTICAL TWINS doesn't put a smile on your face) the Dr. also reassured me that at this point I have a minimal chance of miscarrying one or both of the babies, due to all the things they saw on the ultrasound today. Doesn't mean it couldn't happen, but it's not something that should keep me up at night, spotting or not.