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17 Weeks

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As many of you know, there’s a small child growing in my belly. Since we found out the girls’ genders at 14 weeks, I was confident that we would see his/her ‘parts’ (or lack thereof) at my appointment yesterday… seeing as I’m at 17 weeks now.

17 weeks {Sawdust and Embryos}

HOWEVER, I never considered the fact that our small-town hospital would have less-than-stellar technology compared to what we experienced last time with twins (at a different, more fancy, clinic). Take for example this ultrasound photo of one of the twins at 14 weeks gestation. Perfect little profile. Adorable.

The twins at 14 weeks {Sawdust and Embryos}

Now, let your eyeballs struggle to determine if I’m even pregnant in this ultrasound pic from yesterday… 17 weeks gestation.

17 weeks {Sawdust & Embryos}

SO LAME.

The Dr was like… ‘oh honey, it’s far to early to see sex organs at this stage.’ And I desperately wanted to scoff, because I knew this wasn’t true. Dear sir, it’s just that your equipment was manufactured before the dinosaurs were extinct. That’s all.

I’m over it really, it was just a disappointment. But only a teeeeeeeny microscopic disappointment compared to other bad news that I COULD have gotten. I still know I’m one of the lucky ones.

Sawdust and Embryos

The good news is that I’ve been feeling lots of little flutters and kicks that past few days, and it’s the most magical feeling. The absolute BEST part of pregnancy!

We’ve got some fuuuuun projects coming up next week… stay tuned!

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  1. 13

    So I lost my twin inside my moms tummy at 5 months along. Then 10 years later in celebrating my 10th birthday with my family and my moms brother sayd hey guess what were pregnant and with twins I thought no way and immediatly got upset and jealous bc my twin didnt make it . well 17 years later I have a 6 year old boy and I found the love of my life and were trying to get pregnant but no luck so we finally kind of give up trying so hard and we start going threw some difficulties and a week later I go into the doctor to get my meds and I give her a urine sample and shes like YOURE PREGNANT ! WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN YOUR MEDS so we did just so then when she sends me to the obgyn they do an ultrasound and the lady looks at me and says are u ready for this this is going to be a lot of work and she turns the screen to me and their are two sacs with two baby heads and little flutters in their chest (heartbeats) I’m like omg theirs two !!!!! No way … I finally got my twins i am now 13 weeks and high risk but following doctors strict orders anf me and my fiance arr loving every minute of it and btw… Twins are passed down … For anyone who thinks their not me and my children are living proof … I love being pregnant … #twins

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  3. 16

    Same thing happened to me: doctor checks my tummy, says you are big for dates or it’s twins. I thought he just wanted to ruin my long weekend. But at the ultrasound the tech says OMG it’s twins (and said tech a twin too!) I was in shock as then hubby and I had had numerous arguments about twins and what “identical” actually meant. Guess what: IDENTICAL TWIN BOYS! And we spent years mixing them up. To this day (they are 22 on Oct 10) when they cut their hair (or shave the beards) I have to do a double-take! I too had baby A (Andrew) and baby B (Alex) and they had the very same profile and only differed by an ounce. Today they wear the same size clothing and shoes.

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  4. 17

    There is quite a difference between those pictures! But still how wonderful to feel those flutters and know that life is growing within you. Amazing, isn’t ti? All parts of it. You look great, btw!

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  6. 19

    Can you tell which girl is which on the 10 week US? On our 11 week US, Gabi already had the head shape she had as a baby. By 16 weeks, their profiles look exactly like they did as babies. No mistaking who’s who!

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  7. 20

    AWWWWW MAN!!! How disappointing!

    I had somewhat of the opposite experience… When I was pregnant the first go-round, my doc’s office and equipment were waaaaaayyy outdated. I’m talking peach and seafoam color scheme, floral wall paper, peach colored pot holders that covered the stirrups, pencil and paper appointment book, and Home Alone: Lost in New York-style credit card machine (with carbon copy). It was rocking. But she was THE. BEST. DOC. so I didn’t care. Even though she wore socks with Birkenstocks.

    I digress.

    As you know, we struggled with unexplained infertility for almost 2 years, then became pregnant on our own 2 months after our last testing. I had some bad cramping at first and had high blood pressure before I got pregnant, so I was considered high risk from the start. I had ultrasounds at 5, 7 and 10 weeks and heard the baby’s heartbeat on every doc’s visit as well. At 10 weeks, the ultrasound looked like a little mermaid-alien baby and was wiggling all around. It was magical. So then I didn’t have another ultrasound until it was time to be seen by the Perinatologist at his big, fancy-schmancy office uptown. I was 18w5d at that appointment and as soon as that wand hit my belly, the picture came up on the big screen tv (yes, it was THAT drastically different than my OB) and I immediately saw TWO HEADS!!!!!!!!! I gasped and said “THERE’S TWO OF THEM!” and the ultrasound tech said “Yeah… hehe… Oh wait, you didn’t know?!” Me: “(bursting into laughter and tears) NO, WE HAD NO IDEA!!!” It was the scariest and most awesome moment.

    The next question the tech had was “Have you had previous ultrasounds?” “Yes, 3!”… “Hmmm… who is your doctor again….?” HAHAHAH! I immediately got on the phone to my OB and say “Hey guess what? YOU MISSED A BABY!!!!!!!!”

    It was incredible. M&P will be 3 in December. I still love to tell that story.

    Can’t wait to find out what your little love nugget is!!

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  9. 25

    Oh I miss those flutters–so great to hear all is well! Not knowing the sex (when you thought you would) must be a little frustrating! 🙂 Hope you guys have a great weekend!

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