Hi everyone! It feels like it has been forever since I have posted on here. It feels so weird to go from checking in on me and having appointments pretty much every other day to not hearing anything for 3 weeks at a time. I must say I am not a fan. The last time I had an ultrasound at 11 weeks the doctor said we would not need another one until our 18 week anatomy scan!! I have spent the last 2 weeks wondering if everything is going okay.. I haven't had any bleeding or cramping or anything, but since it was twins I was nervous that I would only get symptoms from one and not know if both were doing okay. I think I am just so used to being babied at NFC, plus I am used to things going wrong (thanks 3 unsuccessful years of fertility treatments..), plus after so many years it is hard to convince yourself you are actually pregnant without hard evidence for reassurance!! So all of these things led to a frantic call to my doctor begging him to do another ultrasound to make sure everything is progressing appropriately. He said that was fine, but he wasn't sure insurance would cover it. What's $225 for my sanity?! Just add it to the $40,000 these babies have already racked up.
So today we went for the ultrasound! We found out that they are opposites already. One baby is super chill.. he was kicked back, stretched all the way out, with his legs crossed and arms over his chest. Just stick a tv in there and he would be good to go. The other baby was literally turning flips so much that the doctor could not even keep the heart monitor on her!! He said she was quite the gymnast. That is probably the little stinker that makes me so nauseous! It was so cool to see the heads, bodies, arms, legs, even little fingers and toes. The doctor said they seem to like laying butt-to-butt. I wonder if they will do that after they are born.. Heartbeats today were 158 and 155, so a lot slower than last time! Probably because I have cut back so much on caffeine. Anyway, everything is fine (praise God) with both of them, despite my crazy paranoia! Our next ultrasound will be our 4d to find out the genders. We go on October 16th, then will have our big gender reveal party on the 18th.
Here is a picture of our babies!! The one on the top right is the lazy, low key one, while the one on the bottom left is the wild child!! We could only catch the top of her head mid-flip!! Then there is another one of the relaxed child, where you can see little arms and legs :-)
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