Ultrasound Video

Phil uploaded our ultrasound video to YouTube. You can see it here. You can see the thin line that separates them around the 4:00 minute mark. Baby B is punching it so it's moving.

Its amazing what 4 weeks will do...

Here I am at 12 weeks...

Here I am at 16....

This should be interesting at 38 weeks......

It's two.....BOYS!

Today, we went to an elective ultrasound place, First Look UltraSound. My parents were in town and Phil's parents drove in for the ultrasound and lunch. We were all able to go in a room where there was a big flat screen TV. I laid on a table in the back of the room, while the family sat on the couches that faced towards the TV. Phil sat next to me on a couch. It was a very cool set up.

I was nervous the whole way there, like I always am on the way to an ultrasound. We hadn't seen them since 13 weeks and I just wanted to see their little hearts beating. She turned on the TV and we saw two heads. I noticed they were moving so I knew they were OK. She proceeded to show us both babies and tell us the gender. She was very animated so it was neat to have someone doing the ultrasound who was interested in the cute positions they were making. It was SO different from a doctor's office, because they are just doing it for medical reasons, where this is clearly for fun!

Their little heads, cuddling :)

Our shy boys ;-)

Baby A

Baby B sucking his thumb :)

We can't wait to meet our little boys!!!

There really are two babies in there!

So today we got to go in a see the babies again. WOW, they have grown! We were doing a scan for their measurements to make sure they were growing at the right pace and there weren't any visible abnormalities. The Dr. said everything looked great. I had to lay there for about 20 minutes but phil got to watch the whole thing. He said they would kick off the sides of me and were bouncing all over the place. I wonder if that's a sign of how they will be when they get here :)

The Dr. scared me for a bit! With twins there is a risk for something called Twin to Twin transfusion. From what I understand if there is no membrane between the babies in the womb then one baby is basically the donor of blood to the other baby. When born, it would most likely cause problems from the baby receiving the donation. This can be very scary and the Dr. could not find the membrane after about 20 minutes. Of course she started to tell me she was getting worried - not good. I start to cry... then she finds it! PHEW! So we are in the clear. She did say that she thinks they will be identical because of how close they are together.

Here's our beans at 12 weeks 6 days. I guess they don't look like beans anymore- I need a new name :)