Update on the twins...

So I had my first "real" ultrasound and both babies are doing great! Of course the main reason we went in was to see if they were on their own placenta or sharing one, and of course the technician couldn't tell! It took forever to finally see the thin membrane seperating the sacs, but once we finally found it, we kept seeing it! She (our tech) thinks that the babies were both sitting on it so it was invisible to us, and she said it didn't help that they were being so mobile! But it was a good thing they were moving around.

Rush was able to make it to this appointment so he got his first glimpse of the babies. He was awesome, he asked so many questions, and soaked it all in! Of course what he really wanted to know was if they were boys, girls, or one of each...and our tech wouldn't (or wasn't allowed) to even venture a guess! I just kept reminding him that it won't change, the babies have been what they are and will be from day 1. He did mention that even if we were told boys he wouldn't believe it till they were born and he saw with his own eyes! LOL, he cracks me up!

So here's what the technician said, she said the babies were both measuring at 12 weeks even though they have me at 11 weeks and 3 days. *Rush was quite proud of the fact that they were bigger than scheduled! Both had heart beats around 162 bpm which is good, and we were able to see 4 arms and 4 legs! We could even make out tiny little faces and fingers. And if we had to guess what sex they were by how they were acting we would say they are boys! More than once we saw Baby B sitting on Baby A's face and they were even throwing tiny little punches at each other. I thought for sure that was the Baskin in them! If it was Moring then the babies would be tickling each other! They were just a tumbling around stretching their tiny limbs. It was really neat to watch. Very surreal. To see some pictures scroll down to my previous post.

Back to the reason for the appointment, since she couldn't tell if there was one or two placentas, I get to go to a specialist. Hopefully this Dr. will be able to tell. The reason we need to know is because if they are sharing one placenta I get called "higher risk" because there tends to be sibling rivalry where the dominant twin will take most or all of the nutrients and not leave much for the other. So if there are two it will be a relief and also it will mean I am less likely to have to see a specialist for the rest of the pregnancy. So a prayer sent our way would be much appreciated, I'd like to be able to stay here in Jacksonville for my appointments and their birth, and for the fact that two means two healthy babies. I don't have the appointment yet, but once I do, I'll be sure to update!