Day 276: Family ultrasound

Jamin, Mom and Zaria all came with for the big Level II ultrasound I had today. It was a long one-- definitely over an hour, but it looks like we have two healthy little boys on the way! Yup, it turns out X and Y both have both of their nick-namesake chromosomes. I still am not sure if we'll name each with a name that has an X or a Y in it, but we'll give it a shot. I've had trouble finding names with X that I like, but I'm open for suggestions. Anyhow, they're both about 9 inches long today and I'm feeling them move a whole lot more often. I also can tell which one is moving after all that time today determining where each sac is located and where their placentas are attached. X is in my lower left quadrant and Y is somewhat in the middle upper abdomen, and will be poking into my ribs more than his brother. I am a little scared about two little Jamins running around, but I'm trying to get used to the idea.

Day 218: Ultrasound 2

I just found out yesterday that they were going to do another ultrasound, and I was very excited to be able to see little X and Y again. The technician took lots of pictures of both babies, trying to get their extremities and little profiles. There's a fairly good profile of X on the right, and for both of them on the top pictures, showing their heartbeats. The bottom two left images show both sacs, along with a face shot of Y. I think s/he looks a bit like a kitty cat at this point. When we first started watching them, they were bouncing around-- more active than I had expected at only 10 1/2 weeks. Baby X seemed to "know" we were watching him or her because s/he kept waving a little arm as if to say, "Hi Mom!"