I am currently 20.5 weeks pregnant. This means I'm halfway! I made it to the top of mountain and the rest is downhill (in a good way!). I hadn't gone to the doctor for 4 weeks because I had been doing so well, which is a great sign. I'm spoiled with getting ultrasounds every two weeks, so by the time yesterday got here, I was DYING to peek in on my little ones. The wait was so worth it and it was one of the most exciting days of our pregnancy yet!
Mom update: I'm feeling much better, eating us out of house and home and just starting to gain some weight. My baby belly is getting huge and I have days where the babies grow but my skin hasn't yet stretched so I feel like an inflated balloon which may pop at any moment during a deep breath or a laugh. My hunger is out of control sometimes I feel like the life is being sucked out of me. I am tired a lot and trying to keep my feet up to avoid the lovely side effect of chronically swollen feet and ankles. My darling husband dotes on me and is always fetching snacks, water and other various things that I request.
Baby Update (the good stuff!!!!): So the most important part of the ultrasound is that the babies are doing fantastic! They are perfectly healthy as far as we can tell and they are growing like crazy. They weigh just under a pound and already swallow, yawn and interact with each other.
AND
we don't just have to say "babies" anymore, we can now refer to them as the GIRLS!
YAY! We're having girls! I had some intuition throughout the whole pregnancy that it was girls, but Dan was hoping for some boys. He says he wanted some basketball players... so he is still adjusting to this new idea of girls. Nonetheless, we're nothing short of ecstatic. Ready for some pictures????
I'll walk you through the pictures:
This is the last official picture of the identical twins together in the womb. In the next few weeks they will grow and will no longer be able to fit on the screen together. The baby on the left (Baby A) is laying with legs to the right. The second baby (Baby B) is facing Baby A on her side. Can you see the skull bones and face profile?
Introducing Twin Girl A ! (Notice the clavicle- shoulder bones and the little foot above her head in the background (Baby B's foot!) )
Introducing Twin Girl B!- The jaw bones are obvious and her little legs are bent at the knees.
Next you will see their tiny tummies: This is their abdomen and the black spot on each is the stomach.
Finally: PROOF that these will have to be WNBA players :) P.S. Dan would like the world to know that this will be the first and last time that the girls will publish nude pictures of their girl parts on the internet :) This picture is from the bottom up and you can clearly see their legs nd girly anatomy. This is Baby B and her hand is down by her thigh.
We're really so excited to meet them. I feel them moving all the time. The ultrasound tech was teasing us because she said they were really "busy" already. She advised me to take naps now while I still can.
I hope you enjoyed this as much as we did. I'll keep you updated with maybe a belly picture or two next. :)
Love to everyone!
