The Adoption Chronicles

This morning we got to our u/s appointment at the Maternal Fetal Care Center at 8 AM. We only waited a few minutes and were called back to our room. The ultrasound went well and they mostly measured each babies anatomical parts - femurs, head circumference, counted fingers and toes, stomach, kidneys, cerebellum, both sides of their brains, female and male "parts," and their spinal cords. Each baby weighed 7 ounces each! They are so tiny still!!! I'm just really glad they are all still growing bigger and that they are all the same size! It was interesting to see each detailed part of their bodies, but poor Clint I think he'll need a massage after having to hold his head and neck in an awkward position for so long. I was on laying on the table of course with a nice pillow and great view of the monitor which is mounted (like a flat screen) on the ceiling pointed down for perfect viewing. Clint was in the (probably uncomfortable) chair to my left and the sonographer to...

Baby B looking a bit "alien-like" from this view. I love when they move their arms and hands around. They seem to have their hands by their chin a lot or close to their head like in this photo. The three bambinos all together!!! Well, their heads at least!

Baby B's right hand and fingers. Her thumb is tucked, but we did see it. They all have 10 fingers and toes. A cool shot of baby B looking down at her sister. You can't see baby A in this u/s photo but she is below baby B. I don't have a picture of it but during the u/s we got to see baby A and B head to head looking like they were loving on one another. It was really sweet. Their heads were both in my lower abdomen on the left side, closer to my left hip. I could feel them (lots of pressure too) as the sonographer used the u/s machine to wave over them on that left side. They move around a lot though. It's just so fun and interesting to see them in real time on the monitor. I might feel something but to be able to actually see what is going on and what they're up to in there is really neat. There was a lot of movement I didn't feel. Our sonographer said it's because when they're punching or kicking a lot of times it's within the amnioti...

Photo showing baby B's a girl Little feet :)

Just look at him stretch out his back and neck! Wow! Just wait little guy, its going to get a lot more crowed as you three grow!

They were right even at 13 weeks! What we thought were girls are still girls! Yea!! Video shows baby B (girl parts) and femurs .

Video of Baby B's legs (she crossed them for us - so cute!) and her feet and toes! Video goes on to measure other things but notice starting about 1:25 we caught her having hiccups. She is so adorable!