GIRLS!!!

We went in for another ultrasound on Thursday at 18 weeks 5 days. We decided before this ultrasound that we were going to find out what the little ones are. So when we got in the room, Ben told the tech that we wanted to find out. It was a different tech than we've had the other times we've been there- and a different room. That was fine, though. This tech was really nice and talked us through everything.

First she measured my cervix. She said they like the measurement to be over 2 and mine was measuring 4 something, so that's great! My cervix is still doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing, thank goodness. Of course, they'll keep checking that every 2 weeks to make sure it continues to do its job. Then she measured the fluid in the babies' sacs. They both looked good, too. It's amazing what you can see on the ultrasounds. We clearly saw all 4 chambers of one of the babies' hearts. That was so cool! We didn't get a picture of that, though. She also pointed out some of the other body parts, but none looked nearly as cool as the heart.

Baby A has turned head down since the last ultrasound. And Baby B is still breech. Baby A is on my right side and Baby B is on my left side. The tech also showed us where the placenta is and told me that I may not feel much in that spot since it's padded by the placenta. It's on my left side right below my rib cage for now. I still can't feel them. I think it's so crazy that Baby A flipped all the way over since our last ultrasound and I didn't feel a thing! Hopefully I'll start to feel them soon.

Then it was time to try to find out what they are. First she asked us what we thought they were. We both thought they were boys. So she moved the ultrasound wand so that she's got a shot of Baby A's legs and what is between them. She moved her little arrow and asked us what we saw and what we thought it was. Well, neither of us could tell anything. We couldn't see what she was looking at. Turns out she was basically looking at nothing- they're GIRLS! She showed us how you can actually tell- they look for 3 lines to see if it's a girl. Well, that and the lack of boy parts. And there were definitely no boy parts there!

She then went and checked Baby B, just to be sure. Baby B was being a good girl, and had her legs closed, but the tech could still tell that she was a girl.

So we're having two little girls. And everything looks great with them and with me for now. All good news from the appointment! Just the way we like it.

Here are a couple of shots of Baby A:

And here's is Baby B:

This is what will probably be the last picture we have of both of them together until they're born. They're getting too big to fit together on the ultrasound screen.