22 week check in...

Its already been 22 weeks!!!! The babies seem to be doing great and mom is growing quickly!!!

The last ob/gyn visit was exciting hearing the news from the doc and all he had to discuss. We talked about everything from the birthing options to nutrition. Seems i am anemic and this is common with multiples. I was put on iron supplements and told to eat more. My water intake was increased as well. If i thought eating and drinking for 1 baby was hard... eating for 2 babies is even harder. I was never a small girl and never was told that i am not eating enough... hahaha I kind of like this.

As of right now Dr.M says the babies look great and are both (at the time of the ultra sound) 10oz. There is only a 10% difference between baby A and baby B which is very good and very normal! They both had really good heartbeats at he doc visit and we finally got to hear both heartbeats... it was so amazing! i can not wait to see them again in a week and a half! Due to the fact that we are having twins our appointments are now closer and i will be receiving more ultrasounds. As our due date gets closer the appointments will increase and so will the ultra sounds. Then starting 30 weeks we will have to go to the hospital to have their hearts monitored. Lots of tests and lots of doctors visits but its all worth it to ensure our babies are doing great!

I'm off to go pick a paint color for the babies room!!! its so exciting to start decorating!

xoxoxoxox

Pictures... FINALLY!!

The bigger picture on top is the first shot we saw.. its both of their heads. They are facing one another and Baby A (girl) is back by my spine and Baby B (boy) is more towards the front. I love this shot even thought you cant see their little faces. Knowing they are facing each other makes me think they are in there playing "patty cake" or some game... haha or just punching each other in the face hahaha! Either way I love them both and CAN NOT wait to give them kisses!

The images of the 4 pics together are a series of shots the tech was able to get... but she admitted it was hard to get a good shot of either of them b/c of how close they were to each other and how they were facing each other. The upper left corner of the series of pictures is what i think is a profile of Baby A's face and arm (she has her hand by her face maybe she is getting ready to suck her thumb or bop her brother on top of the head?) The picture in the upper right is the same as the enlarged picture to the right. The bottom left picture is our NOT shy Baby B. This is the shot where he showed us all what we can finally call him hahaha! (for those of you that still don't see it hahaha... its a butt shot... see his two legs and hinney? And yes that's his pee pee in the middle) The final picture lower right is a front view of Baby B. you can see his eyes, nose and mouth.

We hope next ultra sound we can get some nice pictures of Baby A since her brother hogged the lime light! I cant believe after seeing them how much i love them BOTH already! I thought i loved my baby before i saw the ultra sound but watching them wiggle and move and kick and seeing each of their little bodies has brought me so much closer to them!!! I cant imagine the feeling i will have when i get so see them for the first time!

WOw still in shock... but we are actually mommy and daddy to TWO babies!!!