My Blue Princess

After a horrendously nauseous day yesterday, I was glad to see the sun and warm temps today - along with minimal nausea most of the day. Josie spent some time at her friend's house and came home a blue princess with the eye shadow and full attire to share. Admittedly, I've been sorely delinquent in taking any sort of pictures lately, so here's what came home to me today :)

The blue eye shadow really took it over the top....

And it is indeed true, not an April Fool's joke, these two babies are due to arrive in late August/early September and we couldn't be more nervous and more excited at the same time.  Next week I'll be in my 17th week and will thus be on an every two week frequency up to Chicago to check in on these two.  They will be very closely watched until they make their debut.

These are now "old" ultrasound pictures from 10 weeks, the last time we could get both babies in the the same shot.  Thankfully, they've since grown exceptionally well and are too big to photograph them together.  Baby A is on the right and baby B on the left.  These shots were snapped at 10 weeks, a few weeks prior we had found out they were identical when we saw two beating hearts in the same placenta.  Same placenta = identical twins.  Specifically, these two are monochorionic diamniotc twins.  In other words, they're one egg that split and now reside in the same placenta, but are protected in their own amniotic sacs (the faint circles around the babies are assurance their sacs are indeed present).  By contrast, Fraternal twins have their own placentas and generally grow in a more protected environment. While identical twins come with their own set of risks, and the reason I'm seeing a maternal fetal specialist at one of the best hospitals in the country, we have a good feeling that these two are meant to be a part of our family. 

While I continue to twincubate and grow faster than I thought possible, we're anxious for our next doctors appointment to make sure they're both growing right on track.  We might even get lucky and find out if they're boy/boy or girl/girl!