A little boy and a little stubborn!

Our visit to Dr. McGee (neonatal specialist) on Monday was great! Both babies were active, had strong heartbeats and were growing exactly as expected. As we all watched them interact with one another, their little personalities are already being revealed. Even though it is early, Dr. McGee was able to get a great picture of one of the baby's little bottoms. I have that picture posted and it is clear that this baby is a boy! If you look closely at the sono picture, you can see his little bottom, his legs and evidence that he is without a doubt a boy! It may seem that he is mooning us all, but I choose to think that he is practicing football moves! The other baby is so much more calm and reserved. I am sure thinking..."my brother is already embarrassing me!". When Dr. McGee tried to determine whether Baby A was a boy or girl, he said, "Well, I know one thing about this baby...it is stubborn!". Karry said she had no idea where that baby could have inherited his or her stubbornness!! We tried and tried to see, but Baby A was dodging every attempt. I again prefer to think that Baby A is much more modest than stubborn! My favorite picture so far is the picture that I posted of the two of them together! It looks like they are in bunk beds! Baby B ( baby boy) is closer to the top and Baby A is on the bottom! We are going back to Dr. McGee on Monday, February 23rd and he thinks that he will be able to see the sex of Baby A. I still think there are two little boys, but almost everyone else thinks that Baby A is a girl. We will know in a week!

What a relief!

The cerclage on Thursday went well! Dr. Brothers was very confident and upbeat when we saw her in the pre op room. She told me that we were going to get these two babies here safe and sound. Her confidence made me feel a bit more comfortable but did not do much for lowering my blood pressure...very anxious! She told us that she would listen to the babies heart tones before and after the surgery. I asked if she would wait until after I heard their heartbeats to put me to sleep! Because I wanted to hear the heartbeats, I had to be awake for them preparing me for surgery....I saw WAY TOO MUCH! I did hear their heartbeats...very strong...about 160 beats a minute for both of them! Since the preocedure, I have been recovering from a not so pleasant reaction to the anesthesia. I am feeling better but still feeling nausious. I am not really sure if the nausia is still from the anesethia or from my morning sickness coming back with a vengance! I will have a post op visit with Dr. Brothers (Ob/Gyn) and Dr. Magee (Neonatal Specialist) on Monday. I think that Dr. Magee will be able to tell us the sexes of the babies in the next couple of weeks!!! I will also come home with new pictures of the twins on Monday!! I have been asked to post of picture of the pregnant belly...I will try to do that before long!

An Update for Aunt Chris!

It is 9:30 at night and I think this is the latest I have been up in last 10 weeks! I am feeling a little less queezy and getting my energy back. As I was driving home from work tonight, I listened to a voicemail from my dear friend Christine "Chris". When I tell the story, we met in the 7th grade and when she tells the story we met in the 8th grade. Either way, she has been with me during the very best times in my life and the most difficult...I LOVE HER! She was calling to tell me that she was following the blog and wanted an update (she lives in Houston).
So...for Aunt Chris...The babies are active and usually are ready to play about the time that I am ready to go to sleep at night. This Thursday is the surgery to stitch the cervix. I am pretty anxious, but trust that the outcome will be so much better this time! My waist is expanding exponentially! I think some of that has to do with the strawberry ice cream (I did not know that I liked strawberry ice cream), peanut M&Ms (never been that fond of chocolate) and queso! I have a follow-up appointment next Monday after the surgery and an apointment with my neonatal specilist the same day...so I will have new pictures to post then! I am getting closer to being able to find out the sexes of the babies....probably 2 more weeks! I think there are two boys and everyone else seems to think that would be statistically unlikely to have 5 boys in less than 2 years. We will know soon enough!

Chris...give Daniel and Sydney a big hug and kiss from Aunt Sugie