What a great day today was...my mom and dad came down to my weekly appointment with me and sat in on the ultrasound. The best part was that this was the most fun ultrasound yet! The tech was patient and awesome at explaining everything she was doing. And...she even put it in 3D and 4D for a while. HOW COOL, oh my gosh, we got to see what the girls looked like! Baby A was able to stay still for us to get an AMAZING picture on print (unfortunately I couldn't get these on digital...but I think I'd rather keep from showing their cute faces until they are born).
I haven't posted a ton of ultrasound pictures during the pregnancy because they don't show up very well if I only get a printed copy which would mean I'd have to scan them. But...today I asked the tech if I could get a few digital images and she got me some, even though I guess the perinatology clinic isn't supposed to give those out.
A quick recap of the ultrasound; baby A is vertex on my right side (or head down) with her butt up near my right rib and feet curled under my left rib (super cozy for me, I know). Baby B is breech but sits a bit lower under A's feet and then her feet go under A's head near my bladder (again, super comfy!). I've been getting what's called weekly BPP's (biophysical profiles) and NST's (non-stress tests) for about the past month now. The babes each need to score an overall score of at least a 6 out of 10.
-6 points are derived from the ultrasounds: 2 points for movement, 2 for breathing on their own-this can take a while to observe which is normal and 2 for fluid in their bladders and bellies which means they are swallowing,
-The other 4 points are regarding the non-stress test which is when I get the 3 sensors put on my belly-1 monitors each baby's heart and the other monitors contractions) I think 2 points is for reactive movement (meaning that they need to observe several heart rate accelerations which then return to their average heart rate) and I can't remember what the other 2 are for.
Anyway, each appointment both my little sweethearts have scored 10 out of 10! Sometimes it takes a while to get the heart rates captured because they'll kick so hard that they will literally knock the sensors off and then we have to start all over...but they always have came through getting it recorded in the allotted amount of time.
Not to start any self-fulfilling prophecies but Baby B has always been my little trickster (aka original given nickname, "Trixy"). She is is my little Houdini and moves CONSTANTLY when being monitored making it very hard to track her heartbeat. Often times the nurses will have to hold the sensor down with their hands because she'll kick the straps right off. Baby A has often been bossy, (aka original given nickname, "Sassy"). We've observed her on ultrasound with her fist right up against Baby B's face and hogging the womb. I wonder if this is what they'll be like when they get out?
Here are a few pics from today...
This first one is looking at a bird's eye view of baby a's face. You can see her forehead, right eye socket, nose outline, chubby little cheek and blurry mouth.
This next photo is Baby A again kind of looking up from the bottom of her face. In the center of the photo you can see the bottom of her nose and even cute little nostrils! I think the mouth shot is pretty cool too...
Obviously, this is baby a's profile :-)
Now here is baby b's profile...
And a similar face shot of the bottom of her nose and mouth. (She is flipped from a...with her nose being more to the left whereas A's photo was taken of her nose more to the right to help you identify between the two.
And...just for fun...here is what they looked like not so long ago back in the beginning of April! Look at the little peanuts, now they are almost fully grown infants!!!!!
Hope you enjoyed the photos. Again, when I get the energy to blog, I just tend to spill it out. I don't really check for grammar or spelling errors because I'm tired once I've typed everything. Bear with the run on sentences :-)
Also, I think the next 2 posts I never emailed out or put the link up on facebook. Click the "older posts" button on the right hand side to go back and read if you are interested.
Thanks everyone for all the prayers and support! 32 weeks will be here on Monday! If I can hit that goal, great! Then the major goal is for me to get to 34 weeks!!!
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