27 Week Update

I am now 27 weeks along! Time is flying by.. kind of :) Well, yesterday we had our first growth scan. With twins, the need to make sure they are growing on track and at the same rate. Well, the tech said everything looks great, she let us see them after she did all of her measurements. One baby is 2lb 7oz and the other is 2lb 13oz! I have OVER 5 pounds of baby in me! I am getting pretty uncomfortable and cannot wait until they get here! :)

Profile pics from the scan:

Dr. Visit - 21 weeks 5 days

Around 18 weeks we went in for our anatomy scan. They check all of the organs, facial features, weight and bone lengths. This is when they can tell if there are any heart defects or problems with brain development. The tech said they looked very good! One was 10 oz and one was 11oz. So basically I have 1lb 5oz of baby and who knows how many lbs of fluid. It's getting pretty heavy!!!

I went to the Dr. yesterday for my normal visit with my OB. He said everything is great and all of the tests came back normal (phew!). The boys are both doing well - he checked for their heartbeats on a quick ultrasound.

I go back in a month where they will schedule another anatomy ultrasound to make sure they are still both growing at the right pace. After that I believe I start going more often to check growth and positioning.

20 week belly shot!

Here I am at 20 weeks... I'll be posting another one soon!

Poop gets in there?!

So Phil and I are sitting on our couch, having a conversation tonight and I tell him that because I'm having a c-section he will probably be a pro at diaper changing since he will be doing most of it in the hospital, since I can't "jump" out of bed to do it. I proceed to tell him he's lucky we are having boys because it's much easier to clean a poopy diaper. I told him you have to make sure to wipe from front to back with a girl and get it out of a lot more crevices! He said "Wait, their poop gets in there?!" My answer: "Oh Phil, poop will be everywhere, on legs, on hands, on feet, and on you!". His face was priceless... this should be interesting :-)

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!!!