Category: kid updates

As you know, our little Abi (4 weeks old tomorrow) tested positive for PKU on her initial newborn screening, but upon further testing we were hopeful this could be a rare false positive. They wanted to repeat the test a third time for confirmation.

It was interesting having a twin pregnancy first, and then going to a singleton less than a year later. Generally women show more with their second child, so I feel like I didn’t get an accurate comparison between singletons and twins because of this. I think I show later in pregnancies in general, but I do feel like my bump appeared sooner this time, especially considering the fact that there was just one baby in there! And it wasn’t until about the mid 20s that I could really see a significant difference between my singleton and twin bump size… at least not in the photos.

Last Tuesday, while Matt was at work and I was blissfully sleeping to the rarity of all three kids napping at once, I awoke to 3 voicemails from the Weisskopf Center for Pediatric Genetics stressing the importance of calling them back ASAP to discuss the results of Abi’s state-mandated newborn screening.

It’s a…