It was immediate. It really was. As soon as the transvaginal sonogram wand (fun terms) brought the passengers into view, we also saw it. The Membrane. There it was, clearly visible between the passengers. Twin B actually smacked its little head against it as if to say, '"see, i told you we had one." The new twins specialist then typed the word MEMBRANE on the screen and printed out an image of just that, as if it were some precious third baby who deserved a picture all to itself. We looked at our precious membrane for a few seconds until TWIN B caught our attention. TWIN B is a total spazz. Oh my. So much jumping around, arms flailing, legs kicking, head knocking into the membrane between them. I felt like I was watching someone moshing or something. This baby was like... whaaaaaa! Then on to TWIN A. TWIN A was much calmer, a few arm movements, but a definate heartbeat, so no worries.

So, new diagnosis is just normal monozygotic twins, or idenitcal twins. It is still early of course, but the fearful original diagnosis of crazy rare, no membrane between them twins is gone.

Oh and it appears that the egg split after two days of conception. Which means that our one egg became two passengers while we were at Stonehenge on vacation. Freaky, weird. Perhaps they will have super powers too. I look back at that picture that Jeff told of me there and think... wow, my body was doing the weirdest thing right then.

Next week we get one of those scary 3D sonograms just to make sure things are still ok and look for anything else strange. But for now, we are so happy. Our passengers have arms and legs and a membrane between them and one is calm and the other is a spazz.

And now I know that when they tell me something, that I need to listen. They have told me two things so far before the machines could. First that they were twins and second that they had a membrane between them. I have a direct line to them and I will not ever ignore it. I can't wait to see what they tell me next.

Oh... and no, we couldn't tell the gender yet. Maybe next week.

Tune in tomorrow for the new sonogram pictures... we don't have a scanner at home.

********************************************* and earlier today...

Weighed myself this morning. 237.5 pounds. So I have gained about 10 pounds since I got pregnant and about 13 pounds since before Thanksgiving and vacation. It is funny because as "they" say, it really is a different kind of weight. I don't see any of it in my face at all. I just see it in my tummy and my bum. Oh and the boobs are huge. And my wedding ring still fits on my pointer finger, up from the ring finger when i was my fattest. I love the word fattest! So the kind of weight gain that would have totally freaked me out and sent me into a rage before pregnancy isn't bothering me too much.