As most of you know, the wife and I have been expecting twins. For a while now Baby A has been on the smaller side and has a single umbilical artery (one blood vessel in the umbilical cord instead of two) At the last appointment 3 weeks ago, everything was looking good. the growth was still on track and everything else was good. At our appointment on thursday, it was seen that baby a's growth had fallen way off weighing in at 2lb 11 ounces while baby b was at 4lb 14 ounces, it was also noticed during the doppler of the umbilical cord that the blood flow for baby a was actually stopping in between heart beats, (it should continue to flow regularly) at this time the doctors decided to admit my wife and give her a pair of steroid shots to help increase lung development and blood flow. They also wanted to monitor the babies heart beats 24/7, we had another doppler completed on friday. this one showed that the blood flow was no longer stopping but was still meeting a lot of resistance. since then they are no longer monitoring the heartbeats 24/7. now it is just 3 times a day. The plan is to try and get her to 34 weeks or later (tuesday) before they deliver. we have another doppler scheduled for monday. So as long as there is no change between now and then we should be good. praying for a quiet weekend. I can keep you guys updated if you want.