New due date

Yesterday Chris and I went to a perinatologist and had our second ultrasound. It was a really neat experience; the office was quite swanky with bottled water (with labels advertising the peri's office), good magazines to read while we waited (and boy did we wait), and a dentist-like chair that I got to sit in during the ultrasound. For those of you who have not had an ultrasound recently, the first place we went to had me lie down on a table for the ultrasound. It wasn't a problem at the time, but I worried that I'd be too huge this time and in the future to comfortably get up on a flat table.

So... getting to sit in a comfy chair that reclined was really nice. The ultrasound technician was pretty cool too; she explained everything that we were seeing and even used slow motion instant replay to show us Baby A kicking Baby B in the head. Yes folks, they're fighting already. Both of the girls looked healthy and seem to be growing well. We got to see their hearts beating, and looked at all of their internal organs. I had always thought ultrasounds were only black and white, but the tech pushed some button and we saw the blood flows in blue and red. I was amazed to see circulation to/from their umbilical cords and through their hearts. It was so neat.

All went well, but the bad news is that the second ultrasound confirmed what the first one said... I'm less pregnant than I had thought (and hoped). So, my new due date is June 12, although with twins there's virtually no chance that they'll stay in that long. Any day after May 1st is acceptable (34 weeks), but not good. Better would be after May 15th (36 weeks), and the doctor would probably induce me by May 29th (38 weeks). They told me all this like it would help with my planning. Ha! Don't they know that I'm a project manager? I need definate dates! I need firm slack time estimates! I need to know the critical path!

And all they could say is that I'll probably be pregnant for two weeks longer than I had planned. Sigh.