We went into the ultrasound room and the tech asked whether we knew what we were having yet. We told her no but we were hoping that she could tell us. Within 30 seconds she said, It looks like 1 and 1. Ben said, yeah, we are having twins. She said, no, I mean it looks like one of each. See... and she proceeded to show us! :-)
This was by far our longest doctor's appointment to date. The ultrasound tech proceeded to measure arms, legs, heart, lungs, bladder, head, brain, hands and feet, etc. for each of our beautiful babies. We spent almost an hour watching her work! Our little boy proceeded to spend an hour kicking his sister, while his sister stayed all curled up in a little ball, snug and cozy looking. When she finished the measurements for each baby, the computer calculated the ages, sizes, and lengths of each of the babies.
Baby A (our little boy!!!) is measuring 16wks4days, and is 6 oz, and 5.7 inches long. His heartbeat was 159BPM.
Baby B (our little girl!!!) is measuring 17wks2days, and is 6 oz, and 6.3 inches long. Her heartbeat was 145BPM.
When the ultrasound tech finished with all of her measurements the specialist came in and took a look for herself. She said she was not concerned about the slight differences in the babies sizes (less than 8% and they dont worry unless it is 20% or more) and that everything looked good (No concerns about the need for bedrest!!!). We scheduled our Level 2 ultrasound for the end of the month. This will be an indepth ultrasound that they said would take twice as long as usual due to the indepth look at both babies anatomy!
As an added bonus, the ultrasound tech told me that I look small to be 17 weeks with twins... so Ben let me celebrate with a milkshake on the way home :)
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| The tops of their little heads! |
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| Our Baby Boy (Baby A) |
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| Our Baby Girl (Baby B) |
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