30 Days old

Well the girls are 30 days old today. They are both doing fabulously. We all had a great Christmas, it was really great having Ali and Lisa here for the holiday. We took Mia and Lily to church on Christmas eve. It was really important to me and I'm glad we did it, I'm also glad that Pete came. When I took the girls up at communion, father Randy was totally shocked to see us and got emotional. It was really nice. Now we have to start planning the baptism.

The girls have they're one month doctors appointment on Tuesday and they'll get their first shot then, the hepatitis vaccination. I'm really worried and scared for my girls and I will NOT be in the room when they get the shot.

I took Mia out today for the first time to a public place. We went to target. It was a quick trip and Mia LOVED the baby bjorn. Next time I get the chance, I'll take Lily with me alone. I work very hard to make sure all things are equal for the girls. I feel like Lily doesn't get as much mommy time as Mia does because Mia is such a fussy pants. I know that as mum said, they don't know the difference but I do and they will eventually.

I'm attaching some new pictures from Christmas eve and Christmas.

3 weeks old

The girls are 3 weeks old today. They are both doing fabulously as am I. We are still both breastfeeding and formula feeding as my boobs are defective and I never got a full milk supply. I am taking herbs and a special tea which are helping, but I don't think it'll ever become enough to feed the girls full time. I am still working on it, nursing and pumping but i think as it gets closer to time to return to work I may go to full time formula feeding. It's really upsetting to me as I never even considered feeding my kids formula, but I'm killing myself at this point, it's stressful, and going back to work is going to be bad enough without that added stress. We shall see.

Here are some new pictures...

Much overdue update

OK, so Lily Marie and Mia Grace were born on Friday December 1st. Lily was born at 11:10 am weighing 6 lbs, 3 ounces and measuring 18.5 inches long. Mia followed close behind at 11:11 am weighing 5 lbs 6 ounces and measuring 18 inches long. After a couple hours in recovery I was reunited with them and it was wonderful.

We were released from the hospital this past tuesday, the 5th and happily came home together. My mom stayed with us to help since tuesday and left this afternoon. It was great to have her here and we were all sad to see her go.

I am still having to bottle feed the girls with formula since my milk hae not come in. I am pumping regularly to try and help it, unfortunately i'm seeing little progress. It is so frustrating and i'm trying really hard not to let it get to me. Really really hard. The girls however are doing great. As of their doctors appt. yesterday morning, the were both back to within an ounce of their birthweights and had gained some more length as well.

They are the best thing to ever happen to me and I ask my self all the time how i ever got to be so blessed to have these 2 beauties.

Pete's been doing great as well. I knew he'd be a great dad but it's still really nice to watch the transition. To see him with them, the awe and love in his eyes. He had to work Wed. through Fri this week but will be home with us most of next week.

Mia's Umbilical cord stump fell off today. I was very excited!

I am now easily able to tell the girls apart. Mum was as well. Everyone else still has a problem. It's one thing if they are right next to each other, then you can see it in the size difference. When they are not right near each other though most everyone has no idea who is who.

I'm attaching some pictures, first of the nursery and some of the girlies first week.

36 weeks, 6 days

So tomorrow is the big day. I cannot wait. Not much new to report. Yesterdays appt went well, both girls are still doing great and i'm all registered with the hospital.

Here are my LAST belly pictures as well as some pictures of the nursery..

can't get the nursery pics up right now, will add them later...

36 Weeks, 3 days

Had what was to be my last doctors appt this morning. Mia and Lily are both weighing in at 6 lbs. Scary. Everything looked great. I am going back on Wednesday morning for a quick sonogram. I mentioned to them that the girls movement has slowed a little in the last week. They said they really are not concerned, it's probably just cause there is really no room left in there, but just to be safe, i'm going to a quick sono wednesday to check their heartbeats and fluid levels. From there i'll head to the hospital for my pre surgery testing. After this, we go to the hospital Friday morning. We've got to be there at 8am, C section scheduled for 10AM. I can't beleive it's actually here! I can't wait to meet our girls!!!!!

34 Weeks

Yesterdays appointment went Great!! We have postponed the C section to Friday December 1st. The girls are weighing in at 4 lbs 9 ounces and 4 lbs 12 ounces. The doc said he never even imagined that they'd be doing this well. Although, he recognized that I knew it all along. Wise man. They are both head down now and they are both doing great. This time Mia was hiding, not allowing any pics to be taken, but we got a couple of Lily. The new place is really coming together, and the nursery is almost finished.

Lily in 4D:

Putting their heads together:

Me today, 34 weeks:

33 Weeks 4 Days

Nothing new to report on the baby front. We have moved and are in the process of settling in. Here are the pics from my last appt. Next appt is this thursday..

Mia in 3D:

Lily's Profile:

32 Weeks, 1 Day

Had my latest appointment on Thursday. First my doctor gave me my first of 2 steroid injections to help mature the girls lungs, just in case. It was the most painful shot i've ever had in my life. Seriously big needle and bad burny steroids. Wouldn't do it again for myself, but it's for the girls. Had my 2nd one yesterday. It was just as bad. Then I had my ultrasounds. As I thought, Mia caught up to Lily. Lily is now weighing in at 4 lbs, 5 ounces; Mia at 4 lbs. Both girls are still doing great. Good fluid levels, and blood flow in the umbilical cords. I was disturbed to find out that at some point in the past, they thought they had seen an abnormality in one of the girls abdomens. It is no longer there and they thing it was probably just the bowel or something, but i'm really bothered by the fact that they did not mention it to me. Needless to say i'm not going back to THEM. That was the high risk people. I'm going to still with the ultrasound tech with my doctor for my final 1 or 2 appt's. My next appt is on Thursday the 9th of November. My C section is currently scheduled for 10 am the following tuesday, the 14th. If all is still going great at the next appt, we will cancel that c section and reschedule for 10 to 14 days later. Either the day after thanksgiving or the following tuesday. We really cannot wait to meet our girls.

Luckily however we do have a little time left because we have yet to move. The painting in the new place is being done as i type this. Should be finished tomorrow. My bedroom furniture is being delivered on Monday, cable/computer/phone installed on wednesday. We are hoping to get the movers for wednesday or thursday. I really cannot wait to get in and settled. Then I'll finally be able to take a deep breath and have nothing more to worry about except meeting our beautiful little girls.

I'll post the new U/S pics as soon as I get to scanning them.

29 weeks, 6 days

I had my 30 week appt today. Both girls are doing good, however the size discrepancy has increased. Mia is 2 lbs, 13 ounces; Lily is 3 lbs 10 ounces. That is a 13 ounce difference, there was only a 5 ounce difference 2 weeks ago, and for the past 2 months. Both girls have good fluid levels and good flow in the umbilical cords, so the doc isn't too concerned at this point. I go back in 2 weeks for my next appt and sono and i'll also get my first steroid injection at that appt to help mature the girls lungs.

I spoke with my doc about my discomfort with delivering the girls on 11/14, as i feel it's too early to do it for no reason. He agreed. Basically he's going to schedule the surgery for that day, then when I go the week before, if all is good and there are no issues, he'll call and push the surgery back 2 weeks.

No pics this time. Lilly was sitting on Mia's face. They didn't want any photo's taken..

Belly Pictures

So I originally did not plan on sharing these pictures publicly. However, lisa did point out that this IS supposed to be a journal of my journey through pregnancy. So here they are..

6 Weeks

13 Weeks 18 weeks 23 weeks

28 weeks

I'm going to be Fat Bastard for Halloween. I need to find a red head wig.

28 Weeks

What a difference a week makes! So I am officially on Disability. No more working for this girl. Well, not for a while anyways. I got one of my "episodes" at work on monday. Dizzy like crazy, thank god i didn't hurl. I went home in car service and called my doc who said that he thought it's about time I stop working, it's not worth the chance of one of these episodes happening on the subway or at some other really bad moment. So here I am at home. It's quite nice. I had another "episode" on wednesday night, this one did involve puking. Fun stuff. I also came up with a lovely "PUPS" rash on my stomach which has since gotten worse. It's another "one of those things" that can happen in pregnancy, and basically there is nothing they can do about it. Fun stuff. I'm so lucky. I get all the fun stuff. So I had my scheduled doc's appt. yesterday. The girls are still 5 ounces apart. They are weighing in at 2 lbs and 2 lbs 5 ounces. They both look great, Lily is still head down and Mia has her butt in Lily's face again, she's butt down. And the big news is, WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY!! I will be having my scheduled C section on Tuesday November 14th. That's 35 weeks, 6 weeks from now! The doc feels that I won't make it to 37 weeks anyways, and he'd rather me have them in a controlled setting that to have me go into labor and have to have an emergency c section. They are going to give me steroid injections in 3 weeks to help mature the girls lungs. Also, we are closing on the co op either at the end of next week or the beginning of the following week. By the 10th at the latest. Good news since we've only got 6 weeks till the girls join us!!!

That's all for now, time to make a PB and Fluff sandwich and watch days...

27 Weeks, 1 Day

OK, so first off, all of my tests came back negative. Which was quite a releif, but also meant that I get to keep on going to work. Yeah.

The girls are doing great. Both Mia and Lily are moving, dancing and kicking like crazy. I've been really glad that Mia has been much more active the past couple of days. Lily is always very active, but i've worried about Mia because she's very docile. Well not anymore! Also, because they are growing and starting to run out of room, they're movements are much more pronounced. You can easily see my stomach jumping and the girls moving around. It's really cool. Pete is so freaked out by it.

Not much else new. My next appt is this coming thursday, the 28th. I plan on discussing with my doctor when I will stop working. It really is getting to be too much for me. Luckily we have the nurses office and I take naps at lunch. I have started having contractions. Not a lot. But at least a couple a day, so i'll discuss that with the doc as well. Maybe it'll help my case.

25 Weeks, 3 Days

So my shower in MA was this weekend and it was fantastic. They managed to surprise me and have it at the best ice cream place ever, Putnam Pantry which is a make your own sunday ice cream schmorgashbord.. haha, i butchered that. Then we all moved on to my Nana's house for a BBQ. I got so much GREAT stuff and it was really a great day and night. I got to see all my family and friends out there, eat a yummy sunday and eat candy, then BBQ food. They even managed to keep the place a surprise from me until about 5 minutes before we got there. At that point there would have been no way TO get me there without me figuring it out.

Today was my doctors appointment. The girls are still measuring 5 ounces different, but they have both grown 5 ounces as well. They both have great fluid levels, strong heartbeats, good movement and good umbilical pulses. Both girls are now head down. They turned together. I think it was last night, I was feeling movement that was unlike any i've felt so far, it was more or a turning type of feeling than a punch or kick. What a releif to know once again that both of our girls are doing well. I also had the glucose test and fetal fibronectic (pre term labor) tests. I'll get my results by friday. If the fetal fibronectin comes back positive, they'll pull me out of work immediately and start me on steroids to help mature the girls lungs. It'll mean that there is about a 25% chance of me going into labor in the next 3 weeks.

Overall I had a great weekend and a great appointment today.

24 Weeks 4 Days

I am getting big. Sunday, the woman at the deli asked me when i was due. I told her december and this look of shock and disbelief came across her face. I told her it was twins. She said "Oh, that explains it, I was going to say your way to big to not be due till december".

Another person, whom I know quite well took a mini bite sized twix out of my hand and said to me "do you know how long you'll have to work to get this thing off of your stomach"?. She did live. Barely.

Another woman i know quite well mentioned to me how i was carrying everything in my bottom half. I told her that i was ALL BELLY. MY JEANS STILL FIT ME I JUST CAN'T DO THEM UP.

Honestly? It amazes me that people feel as though they can say ANYTHING to you when you are pregnant. Don't they know that it is NEVER ok to say these things to people? Don't they know that we are HORMONAL.

And as for the unsolicited advice? It's almost unbearable.

On a happier note, I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL THIS WEEKEND!!!

CHUCK-E-CHEESE HERE I COME!

23 Weeks, 3 Days

I had an appointment yesterday. During my sonogram, the tech noticed that baby B (Lily) is smaller than Mia. Mia, Baby A is measuring 23 weeks, 3 days and is 1 lb, 10 ounces. Lily, Baby B is measuring 22 weeks, 2 days and is 1 lb, 5 ounces. At my appointment 3 weeks ago, the girls were almost exactly the same weight, which is how they should be. They told me that at this point, we shouldnt' start to worry too much. Both girls have plenty of fluid around them and have strong heartbeats and good movement. They will however be monitoring me every 2 weeks now to ensure that they both continue to grow properly.

Dr. Hirsch said that the likely worse case senario would be that they would have to deliver me earlier than planned, possibly around 32 weeks, and the girls would have to remain in the NICU for a while. This is only if it becomes clear that we do have a problem, and Lily is not getting the nutrition she needs from my placenta. I keep telling Mia that she better start sharing better or she is so grounded for like 18 years.

We are definitely not at that point yet. There is a good chance that i'll go back in 2 weeks and they will be closer to equal again. Or maybe Lily is just smaller. As long as they both continue to grow then all is good. The good thing is that this is happening now, in the later stages of my pregnancy, when the girls have gotten past viability. They would have an 85% chance of survival, if delivered today. That goes up every day that they stay inside of me.

So any prayers anyone can spare would be so much appreciated.

She's gone

Shadow died yesterday. She waited for us to get home then she died in my lap about 20 minutes later. It was really horrible and i'll save all the details. I keep telling myself at least she didn't suffer long and it wasn't a long drawn out illness. I really wasn't ready to let her go though.

Here are some pictures of Shadow..

The good and the bad

The good things first. We signed the contracts on the Co op on Friday! Writing that check for 10% was so scary!! Hopefully we'll be closing by the beginning of October and moving by the middle of the month.

The girls are moving so much lately! It's really amazing! Pete got to feel a kick for the first time the other day. He was really excited by it. I told him how they are moving and kicking me all the time and he said "those are MY girls, I knew they'd be cool".. lol.

Lisa and Ali spent the night on Friday. Ali never ceases to amaze me with her whit. At one point Lisa told her to remember to be careful around me and she said "yeah yeah i know, Aunt Julie is getting Fat", then looked at me with this evil little grin. She's too cute. She talks to and about the girls all the time and she read a story to them, a book she picked out just for them because she knew it so she could read it to them.

For the bad news, Shadow is sick. She is dying. The vet thinks she probably only has a month or so left. She's got a mass in her abdomen which they think is a lymph node tumor. She 's also got fluid in her lungs which tells them the cancer has already spread. We could go forward with treatment, which would involve hospitalization, a biopsy of the tumor, a chest X-Ray and then Chemo. Because I'm pregnant I couldn't be anywhere near her because of the chemo drugs and there is no guarantee that she would get better. Plus the cost would be anywhere from $3,000 to $10,000. So we're not going to put her through that. She's going to go on prednisone, a steroid that will help her feel better for now. The vet says we'll know when she's in pain cause she'll stop eating. As much as I want to hold on to her for as long as we can, i don't want her to suffer. so for now we are just spoiling her rotten and loving her to peices. I can't beleive the girls aren't going to get to love her too.

4 feet, 4 hands, 2 hearts

So we have 2 very healthy perfect little girls. They both have all of their limbs and all of their organs. 4 chambers in each heart, stomach and bladders full of fluid. The are both in a "footling breach" position right now. Meaning the are both heads up feet down, directly on my bladder. They are still staying together, on my right side. My cervix still looks great, so no threat of pre term labor. My BP is 112 over 70 which is fabulous. They were both very shy, and put their hands in front of their faces or turned around each time she tried to snap a picture. So here are the pics, they are 3D of their faces, but as I said, they are doing their best to hide themselves..

I LOVE PINK!!

Hey Mum, bet you NEVER thought you'd hear me say that one.

We are BUYING A CO OP! We made an offer and it was accepted. We are now in the process of reviewing contracts, finalizing a mortgage, having inspections, etc. It is VERY stressful. BUT we love the place, it's a good size, 2 bedrooms and it's in the neighborhood. The price was unbelievable which is also a big draw!

I also finished my baby registry this weekend at babies R us. Can you say PINK? I really love the stuff we chose (we being Me with Jeanne-Marie's help). Pete did say he'd come, but really, he hates shopping and what fun would that be. So now i know that the walls in the Mia and Lily's room will be PINK. Pale pink to be exact. The set that we chose is mostly pink and green with some other colors splashed in there. Lots of hearts and ballet slippers and crowns... It's great. Check it out.

One thing i cannot beleive? How freaking much breast pumps cost. Seriously. It's insane. But the thought of using one that someone else used, really scheeves me right out. And being that i'll be back at work after 2 months means lots of pumping in my future. So I got the double electric. Does both at once. I'm all about being efficient.

Work

So I've been having discussions with my boss about after the babies come. It looks like, we are going to try for 3 days a week, 60% salary with full benefits. That is what my boss is going to go to his boss with. Who will in Turn go to HR. I can't even imagine having to leave them 3 days a week, but i guess it's so much better than full time! The salary cut will suck as well, but as most of you will hear about soon, i've begun a new business venture that is totally working from home, so depending on how much that brings me, it'll definitely help! Also, the cost of full time day care is rediculous, so this will help with that as well.

Everyone keep you fingers crossed that HR approved this!!!

We're all Perfect, but we already knew that..

The girls are perfect. Yep, that's right, the girls. It's definite! Both girls heart rates and movement are perfect. Size? Perfect. Also, my size, weight gain and blood pressure are perfect. Monday went really well. I'll be having my level 2 sono at my next appointment in about a month.

I discussed my birth options with the doctor and he once again has stressed that he feels that the safest route with twins is a scheduled cesarean so that is probably how we're going to go. He did say however that we should first worry about getting me past 34 weeks. THEN we can worry about the birth. So that's where i'm at. Putting my feet up as often as possible and drinking LOTS of water. I'm just so happy and releived that they are both doing great.

Here are the latest pics, check out baby A sucking her thumb. She kept trying while we were watching and kept missing at first. You can't tell in the pics, but the U/S tech couldn't get over how they are staying so close together. They've got all this room to move around still but they choose to stay right on top of each other..

God Bless AMerica

Cause I really love 4 day weekends, 5 actually. I"m leaving for MA tomorrow AM. I took tomorrow off. The thought of spending another long weekend bored. Sitting out on the pier at the club listening to music I don't like and hear ALL THE TIME. With my book. All of this was simply unbearable for me.

I do have a doctors appointment on Monday morning at 10am. So I will be returning to NY on Sunday evening. I wanted to try and reschedule my appt to friday AM then head to MA until tuesday, but pete claims that he will not survive that long with me gone. I beleive it would be a combination of starving to death, alcohol poisoning and depression that would eventually do him in. And really, how in good concience can I let him have a free for all 4 day weekend? My job as wife it to ensure that he keeps in line. or at the very least to nag and complain on a regular basis. I would be doing an injustice to my babies if i didn't.

I'm pretty sure i've felt the babies moving twice now. The first time i wasn't sure, although i thought that was what i was feeling, i had to accept that it could have just been gas gurgling around. When I felt the SAME thing again last night I concluded that it is in fact them. And it's amazing.

I find that as my doctors appointments get closer and closer I get more and more nervous. Scared that something will be wrong. That we have lost one of our precious babies. The stress and anxiety increases daily until i get to the doctors about to bust. I cannot WAIT to see their little heartbeats. Strong. and See them dancing around and beating each other up.

I finally bought them their first thing. They are called snuggle sacks. They are made of the same material as uggs. Natural in color, suede like outside and sherpa lining inside. The fit into the carseats and have an opening in the back for that purpose. You plop them into this when going out rather than struggling with coats etc. They were on sale. I did want to get them for like a month. I waited. Finally i caved and got them and I DO NOT regret it.

I really cannot wait until we know for certain if they are girls or boys. I see so much cute stuff on sale all the time. It's really difficult not to get them stuff.

NEGATIVE

I JUST spoke with my doctor and got the rest of the test results. Negative for Te Sachs and cystic fybrosis! YAAYYY! There is a little mix up with my blood type. They have it as A positive, I've always known it to be A negative. No biggie, they are going to RE-test me at my next appointment (July 3rd).

Also, I spoke with him about that appointment. I was a little bothered by the fact that I was not schedule to have an Ultrasound. In all my research I've read that with twins, you have an U/s every 4 weeks. I asked him why I wasn't having one, and he said that they would give me a quick one, just to see both heartbeats and make sure they're both OK, but I won't have a FULL one until my next appointment after that, end of July/Beggining of August.

I got pretty sick yesterday. Really nauseaus and EXHAUSTED! I'm pretty sure it was from being dehydrated, I definitely didn't drink enough water yesterday, and this heat has been torture. So, now i'm forcing down the water. I'll be floating away soon.

The doc also told me he doesn't suggest I bowl tomorrow night. (work outing). Basically, at 13.5 weeks with twins, you're more like 20 weeks wiht a single pregnancy. My center of gravity is off and so is my balance (hence the chopped up leg from saturday night). It's really OK. I'm just about the worst bowler in the world. So instead of everyone laughing at me, i'll just sit there and make fun of THEM!

1 in 3800, I'll take those chances

I got the final downs syndrome test results yesteday. While these tests only have a 70% detection rate in twins, they DID come back negative. The chances of the girls having Downs is now 1 in 3800, pretty good in my book.

We've got a crazy long weekend ahead of us! Tonight is the rehearsal dinner, tomorrow Mani/Pedi, and go get my dress and Saturday is the wedding. We've got to be at the hair place at 9am shampoo'ed, dried and ready to go. From there we get makeup, dressed, and the photographer arrives at 2. Church is at 3:30 followed by pictures. The reception starts at 7 i believe. I've already warned Jeanne that i'll likely be sleeping in the bridal suite by 9pm... I can't imagine how i'm going to make it through the day. I'm sure it'll all work out, I just want the day to go very smoothely.

My dress fits perfectly now after being taken out about an inch to accomodate the girls. There was an accident while it was being pressed last night so the dress people sent it to the dry cleaners. I'm picking it up tomorrow. Here's hoping they can get the water stains out!

It's GOOD for me!!

Well, sort of. In the past week i've actually been able to consume foods with some nutritional value! Now let's not get crazy, i wouldn't call it all health food, but Nutritional Value! YIPEEE!! The babies will now allow me to eat Cottage cheese with pinapples (1%)(HEALTHY!), YoCrunch (you know, vanilla yogurt with mini reeses pieces or crushed up oreo, yogurt has protein! And Calcium!), Salad! and Cucumbers! (of course they must be covered in a creamy bad for me dressing like ranch or creamy italian, but still! VEGGIES!!).

In case you haven't been privy to my eating patterns of the last 2 months or so, my diet has consisted mostly of the following: Macaroni & Cheese, Pizza, grilled cheese, cup-o-noodles, ice cream, pancakes & waffles, and chef boyardi beef ravioli & spagettio's.. Not exactly healthy. NOT exactly Ideal when you're trying to be the nutritional source for 2 babies! Thank god for prenatal vitamins! I am even able to drink milk now, sometimes.

It is still extremely doubtful that I will EVER eat Grilled chicken again, as just typing it out made me start gagging like a 3 year old when forced to eat peas.

Now it's back to my salad with cheddar cheese, egg, kidney beans & cherry tomatoes, drenched in ranch dressing of course..

the pictures

May 4th

May 22nd


June 6th


June 7th

In the beginning

Well, i guess it's not the beginning, but for the purposes of this blog it is. I figure it's a good idea to have a place to journal my pregnancy with all it's ups, downs and everything in between. Here goes..

On April 11th, the day of the Yankees home opener, I found out I was pregnant. I took a test early that morning. Being such a monumental day, the yankee home opener, I knew I'd be drinking like a thirsty sailor, and figured, while i didn't think I was pregnant, I'd just double check. Well much to my surprise and excitement. POSITIVE! And so was the next one and the next one. Yes, I took 3 tests that morning, much to Pete's prodding.

I went to the doctor on the following Thursday, April 20th and we saw a single little happy gestational sack. I was scheduled to return 2 weeks later for another U/S to make sure that things were progressing properly and being that that would be approximately 8 weeks, Pete came along cause we were expecting to hear the heartbeat!

We went to my appointment on May 4th and went in for the Ultrasound. Pete was extremely freaked out by the Internal Ultrasound equipment... AKA Dildo ultrasound, but he was good and got over it quickly. As we were watching the screen the tech asked us whether this was our first child and we said Yes. She said "OK, well.. There are 2." As you can imagine. We. Freaked. Out. There were many tears (of Joy) and many "Holy Shits" and "Jesus Christs" (sorry about that god). We saw and heard BOTH heartbeats that day and were informed that because of the fact that there had originally been only 1 sack and that they were still seemingly undivided in 1 sack, they were likely identical. Problem being they did NEED to be separated and hopefully a thin membrane would form soon.

Our next appointment was Monday May 22nd. Again Pete joined me. The FIRST thing we saw in the ultrasound was that the Membrane formed! What a releif! This time we saw and heard heartbeats but we also saw "Baby A" wiggling around and shaking her booty... It was so exhilarating. What a surreal experience! Once again we were told that both babies look great, and healthy and all my levels etc. are perfect. Next appt. with my doctor, Monday July 3rd.

On June 7th, i was scheduled to meet with a genetic counselor and the high risk docs. They were to do the Downs syndrome test and check my cervix. Pete could not join me this time, so Alicia did. Let me say in advance, she was on her BEST behavior. I was very impressed. The genetic counselor was very thorough and interesting and I was glad to have Alicia with me, because she remembered many things I didn't. Then came the tests. First of all, for this ultrasound BOTH babies were sleeping. Baby A was in good position so she did the measurement portion of the Downs test and it was small (which is what you want). Baby B was not cooperating so we had to wake them up by me flopping around and shaking my torso. Eventually they BOTH woke up and while we did get Baby B's measurement (also small) we also got to see them both going crazy. Kicking each other and spazzing out. They took a bunch of blood and are running tests for Te Sachs and Cystic fibroses, i won't have those results for a couple of weeks. The downs blood test i'll have tomorrow.

Much to our surprise the tech told us that while it is early, and we should not paint the nursery or buy wardrobes yet... She thinks they are GIRLS!! I'm very excited. Pete while a little dissapointed, is very happy they are both healthy and is coming around quickly to the idea of girls. He now asks me all the time "how his girls are".. I think he's just really scared of 2 teenage daughters...

I'll attach the pictures later, not working right now..

I will update when i have more to share..