The Big Ultrasound Appointment~Perfect Pair

Ok, Ok, I know this is like a month late, but hey, I have been in tax season and studying/taking my CPA exams. :-P

So here goes:

On April 8th we had the big ultrasound appointment. We were scheduled for 2 hours. Seems long....it was...but totally worth it. We started off with me and my full bladder. The tech, Jennifer, took a quick peek at a few things and then at my cervix, which is plenty long and will help with carrying the twins longer. Then it was off to the bathroom to empty and continue.

So after that Jennifer asked if we wanted to know the sexes of the babies and we decided yes. Which was a good thing because she went right to Baby B and saw that it was the little boy! Walter was just grinning. He had been talking to them and teasingly saying "One of you in there better be a boy" :-) We spent about a half hour to 45 mins with him taking pictures and then moved on to Baby A. Which we found out was going to be our little girl! We were soooo thrilled that we are going to have one of each. Best of both worlds...the perfect pair!

The appointment was long and I was starting to get uncomfortable and had to keep moving, but Jennifer was totally ok with it and even offered to let me stand and walk around/stretch if I needed. But what made it all worth while was that we got to see EVERYTHING! I mean everything. Besides having this appointment to determine the sexes (which is just a side advantage) we were there to make sure they were healthy and growing well. Jennifer literally went from toes to head measuring their leg and arm bones; looking at their spines for spina bifida (neither have); we got to see their lungs, bladders, diaphrams, and even all four quadrants of their hearts! She also measured their heads and their bellies and we got to see both hemispheres of their brains. It was absolutely AMAZING!!!! I was just glued to the screen watching everything. We even got to see our little girl yawn!

Oh! We also found out at this appointment that the due date had been moved up to 8/27/09 (two days earlier). Their measurements also indicated that they were another 2 days ahead of that.....boy oh boy! I think we are looking for early August. Based on their measurements, they are also a gram apart 304 and 305...which is about 11oz each. Doc and tech both said that's about as close as we could ever possible be. :-D Our little ones know how to do it!

We also found out that they are what is called a Di-Di pregnancy, two placentas and, obviously, two separate eggs/sacks. They told us it's an ideal pregnancy. YAY! At my follow up appointment too, we discussed vaginal vs c-section and we will find out what is most likely going to happen by my next appointment later this month. But the doc said they perfer vaginal over scheduling c's. So please pray for us that our little boy is head down and the our little girl follows suit!

And after all the basic measuring, they gave us 4-D pictures of each little one. (To see the latest sonograms, click either one of the picture links to the right) :-D It was soo crazy to be able to look at them like that, and see all the contours of their faces and bodies....just makes me all that more excited for them to come!

We fell in love with our tech. She was soo nice and answered every question we had about what we were looking at and what she was measuring and looking for. And since we are having twins, we have at least one more ultrasound appointment, which she let us know we could have her do that appointment if we wanted her to. She likes to follow the pregnancies and watch the progressions! Totally am going to ask for her next time!

Walter and I are soo happy and soo excited!