Checking on the Babies

We had an ultrasound this week and got to peak in on the babies.  They are growing so fast!  They're both still head down which is super exciting.  My doctor did caution us that they still had room to turn and that their position would be more relevant around 31-32 weeks.  They're also usually face to face which we love.  We can't wait to see they're bond when they're born.  However, because they are so close, their amniotic sacs often interfere with pictures.  Here's a couple that we got.

  

This is our Son!!!  He kinda looks like Sirius and Archie in the 3D picture.  The sonographer reassured us that he doesn't have a snout.  It's the amniotic sac interfering with the image.  Phew!!!  We love our dogs but would prefer the baby to look more like us.

This is our Daughter!!!  Our little lady kept her hands in by her face the whole time.  At one point it even looked like she was sucking her thumb, but we couldn't be sure.

This week in our lives...

Scott and I had a really eventful week.

Scott flew out to California to sponsor Mike Tyson's one man show called The Undisputed Truth. He spent 2 blissful days with Mike, traveling with him to appearances, grabbing lunch, playing video games and getting to know him better. Mike even told him some new stories about Cus. They were really able to build more trust and strengthen their friendship. 

Meanwhile, back at the Manhattan Ranch, the babies and I had another big anatomy scan. Since Scott was in California, his parents came with me to the appointment. My favorite sonographer, Nagina, showed us so many fun baby parts!  Turns out the babies turned and they are now both head down!!! This is huge news!  If they stay this way (at least Baby A needs to), we can try for a vaginal delivery, which would be a dream come true for me! While, I'm trying to let go of expectations, and just focus on growing healthy full term nuggets, I would still prefer to deliver them naturally. Lots of people forget that Cesearan Sections are major abdominal surgery. It would be less than ideal to have to recover from that with 2 newborns in the house. Both babies being vertex, also means that I have 4 tiny feet kicking me in the belly button. If you recall to my 20 week update, I complained about belly button pain. It's all making sense!  

In other developments, the babies both weigh 1 pound and are in the 50th percentile for growth. I'm so happy they're growing so well.  And then the funniest story that we came away with from the scan involves watching the babies interact with each other. We were looking at our Little Man's perfect little brain when his sister's hand came into focus. We watched in shock as she gently poked him in the eye and then lightly popped him on the nose!!! Looks like our little princess is playing dirty!  When we focused back on our little baby boy, we noticed that he had turned away from her as if to say "Forget you! I'm outta here!"  Ironically that caused him to moon us!!

Check out this cute tushy and those little crossed feet (and that perfect spine)!

And this is Baby Girl gloating over getting more camera time. 

21 weeks!

Disclaimer:  it's a chilly rainy day in NYC so I look wayyyy bigger than I really am. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

This week: the babies are as long as carrots. I'm feeling a lot more movement and it's getting much stronger!  My energy is waning a little bit again. My 12-hour shifts at the hospital are getting tougher and tougher. By 4-5pm, I'm ready to curl up next to my patient and catch some zzzz's. 

19 weeks! Half way there!!

We're officially half way there!  Since studies show that it's safer for twins to be delivered at 38 weeks, our doctors will be inducing me the last week in January (hopefully I'm still pregnant then!).  That means that in 19 weeks (less than 5 months from now!), we'll have 2 sweet little peanuts to love.  Ahhhhhh!  I. CANNOT. WAIT!

18 weeks!

Big Thanks to my sister-in-love for buying me my first maternity shirt :)

Telling the Grandparents

You can imagine how excited we were to tell our parents about our TWO little miracles!  We came up with this fabulous idea. When they came over for a BBQ, I asked if anyone wanted to start off with some fruit...

Our parents freaked!  Scott's sister, Marla, has identical twin boys, so his parents are seasoned in this area. My mom said she had a feeling we were making a big announcement but not this big!!!