28 week ultrasound pics!

This is Baby A's face in 4D!

More of her face

Baby A's profile

Baby B doing her best to get away from the tech's wand!

Both girls had turned breech at this point, and their backs were to my tummy. Our ultrasound tech was amazing and she switched the screen over to 4D and we got one really awesome shot of Baby A's face! We have yet to even see Baby B's face, she is quite the stubborn one as you all know! Enjoy the pics!

My first hospital experience!

Yesterday was the scheduled non stress test at our delivering hostpital. I had to be there for a 1:00 appt. I had only a small idea what to expect. I knew I would be have 2 moniters hooked up to my belly one for each girl. Those moniters were hooked up to a machine that printed out some type of charting. I also had a third moniter hooked up to see if I was having contractions. Needless to say those things were hooked to me with these tight elastic bands, that were not comfortable. The first 40 minutes or so the nurses thought things were going well until they realized that they were tracking MY pulse for baby B rather than the babies. You ask how.. well for this entire pregnancy my heart has pretty much raced, so all 3 of us have similiar rates, I guess the nurses were kind of suprised by that. So we started the test again, and Baby B just was not easy to track, she required a nurse to sit on my bed and hold the moniter so that they could get any type of results, well after the first round of a nurse doing so, they sent the test strip to my doc, he said it was a "no go" and wanted to see more. So we did it again, same thing with Baby B not being easy to track. The nurses again sent in, and again got the "no go". By now I am getting ansy.... the hostpital bed was SOOO uncomfortable for me, I am kind of sad about that, I think of hostpital beds as big and comfy for OB patients, well did I have something to learn! I will definiatly be bringing my own pillows for the next time! The nurses were all very nice and friendly and that made my experience a little more comfortable too! Anyway by my 3rd go around and Baby B not giving the results we need, my doctor ordered a biophysical ultrasound. I was starved by this point and started asking if I could eat the crackers I had brought for a snack... the nurses asked me to wait until they asked my doctor, because if he felt that the babies needed to come out, then eating was not allowed.... I was a little shocked to hear them even talking about babies coming out!!! About 20 minutes later they came in and told me it was alright to eat! WOOHOO that means the babies were staying in and I was going to feel a litte bit better! After I finished my crackers the ultrasound guy came in. He was there and down to business! He timed each babies lungs and their breathing for a good 15 minutes each, he then watched their head, arms, and leg movements individually for quite sometime. After he was finished he documented all of his observations and then measured the amniotic fluid the girls had. He was very optomistic and made me feel good about the test. After a bit my doctor came in the room, and said both babies had passed the test and everyone looked good! He said the problem was essentially that we have one very stubborn baby. She was not cooperating for the orginal tests, so he just wanted to be thourough and check everything out. I told him I was very happy with that philosophy! So after a 7.5 hour stay at the hostpital I got to come home! Baby A has changed positions and she is now head down again.... I wonder if she will stay like that???? We have our next appt a week from today, it will be a regular dr. appt and ultrasound! I love getting to see our girls, yesterday they were moving around quiet a bit, especially Baby B when it was her turn. I think she just wanted to be on camera! Thanks so much for all of your prayers!

A fun video!

When I was approx 26 weeks Nanna (david's mom) and Grandaddy took this video....
How fun!

Lots going on

My dad has arrived with the JEEP and the remaining amount of babies stuff from our Texas shower. We are both soo excited. Once we get the JEEP cleaned up and the car seats installed we will definiatly post some pictures. David says our house looks like a Babies R Us threw up in it! We are in the crazy process of moving 3 rooms around in the house, plus adding in all of the girls stuff too! Yesterday we had another doctors apt and ultra sound, we were both so happy to see our little girls! We loved our ultrasound tech, she was the same as last time. She was so kind to us, she put the machine onto 4D and printed a few pictures out! Both babies are breech and their heads are facing my butt! They must like the darkness in my tummy! Baby A is still on the left hand side, and Baby B on the right hand side. We were able to get a great 4D shot of Baby A's face, it was amazing, and I really felt like we were kind of meeting her! She was beautiful and would like to say I think she looks like me or at least my baby pics! We also got to see a hand too in 4D, all 4 fingers and thumb just waving around, we couldn't get a good picture because the baby was moving it alot, it was kind of like she was waving to us! Her fingers looked long to me, which is great because that means she will have her daddy's hands which I would totally prefer! Baby A weighed in at 1100 grams and Baby B at 1000 grams, those are equivelant to approx. 2.25 piounds and 2.2 pounds! So in the last 4 weeks they have almost gained an entire pound! At the doctors apt, the doc really studied my charts and the measurements from the ultrasound and it appears that Baby B is starting to fall behind a little bit, her stomach and legs are measuring a full 7 days behind her sister, but her head is measuring on target. The doc seems to think that she is probably so squished that her umbilical cord is getting squished at times and compromising her nutrient and blood flow, he says this is a cause of concern. We knew that this was definiatly a possibility, I am classified a high risk pregnancy just because we have multiples, but because they are sharing the placenta, it makes it a little more challenging for the girls. There is not really anything we can do to help Baby B, just moniter it and make decisions based upon what we see. On Wed. I am going to the hostpital for a non stress test (NST) to see exactly what is going on when the babies move around and when I have contractions. Hopefully it will be good news! Please pray for the BELL BUNCH, and of course our lil girlies! I will definiatly keep you all posted and I plan on putting up the new ultrasound pictures really soon! Love to All!

Indiana Baby Shower

Hey guys! This is a few weeks behind, but I was really busy those last few weeks of work, and also wasn't feeling all that well. Things are looking up now though! The shower was a blast! Curly Cristi threw my the shower with the help of Crissy, Vickie, and Lora. Crissy hosted at her house and it was a perfect spot for the party!Tricia was even able to come in from New York! The decorations were done in pastel polka dots, peas in the pod, and baby bottles that were filled with pastel M&M's with quotes about TWINS on them. One of my favorite things were the polka dot lanterns that they used to decorate with, I am hoping I can use them in the girls nursery! We got alot of wonderful gifts! I was lucky to have my Grandma Many, both my Aunts, and my cousin Deidra at the shower too!  We got both strollers we needed, a ton of wipes, lots of cute clothes,both bedding sets for the nursery, and the crib mattresses from Davids' dad and Kim!