Our visit with the passengers this week was fairly uneventful, mostly because the other two visits were so very eventful, I think. Visit one showed us there were two. Visit two showed us the precious membrane between them. The most exciting part of visit three was that we got to hear their heartbeats for the first time. Lovely, but not as emotional as the other two visits. As with last time, both babies are growing and seem happy. Twin A is still two days smaller than Twin B, which means that the egg split at two days if they are identical, which we still think they are. This is a good sign because problems start when one baby becomes markedly smaller than the other. Twin A was the star of the show this time, as s/he was in a better position for the camera. It is hard to see, but in the picture below, Twin A is the one on top and you are looking at a side view, with the head on the right and you see the spine. Twin B is looking at us straight on at the bottom of the picture. I think s/he moved so the face is blurred. Both babies were far more calm today than last time. I think it is because we weren't looking for the membrane between them, so they didn't have to jump around to show us anything like last time.

passengers at 12 weeks

Still no idea what they are. I thought we were going in for that crazy 3D ultrasound, but it was actually just high resolution. Oh well. Our doctor says in a few more weeks we will be able to see what they are.

I was just in a meeting at work and was asked when I thought I would be going on maternity leave. The date July 22 came to my mind immediately, even though my due date is Aug. 16th. It will be funny if they are born on July 22.