It's a Girl!!! It's a Boy!!!

Amy and I went to the doctor today with hopes of finding out the sex of the babies. We were ready for a long appointment where the sonographer measured all sorts of baby stuff.

It's a Girl!
We started with baby A. Baby A would not sit still (or lay still or float stilly). Baby A really made the sonographer earn her money. Every time the image was in place, the baby would move. Eventually, it came time to check the sex and baby A was very cooperative. It did not take a trained eye to see that baby A is a girl. Another interesting thing we saw with baby A was she was smacking her lips. We could see her opening and closing her mouth quickly.

It's a Boy!
After examining baby A, it was baby B's turn. Throughout the exam, baby B was slightly more cooperative than baby A. About halfway through the scan, we had a full body side shot. I quickly noticed something and so did the sonographer. It was obvious that baby B is a boy. Amy didn't see it at first. The sonographer told her to look at the thing that looked like a turtle.

All the measurements turned out well and everything is good. Our little girl weighed ten ounces and our little boy weighed eight ounces. Both were about a week further along than they should be.

The exam was much faster than Amy and I expected. We thought it might take an hour or two but it was over in around thirty minutes. The exam was really cool. They zoomed in so far you could see the babies brains, hearts (and all the heart chambers) pumping, and internal organs. Multiple times, the sonographer said our babies were by far the two most active twins she has seen in a very long time. I actually thought the twins were acting quite a bit calmer when compared to our sonogram at the emergency room.

After the exam, we called our parents and siblings. Both of our moms squealed.

We have a VHS tape** of the entire ordeal. We need to come up with some way to get that up here. Also, we have a quite a few sonogram pictures that we need to scan and post. I tried to scan them at work today but they did not look good at all. We need to find a better scanner to try out. We'll get them up here some day.

**Amy and I just donated a dozen VHS tapes to Good Will. Then we found out we needed one for this so I went to Walmart. Walmart only had five packs for $7. We will probably just donate those tapes to Good Will in a couple months only to find we need another for some reason. I wish the doctor's office would upgrade to DVDs like the rest of America.