A delectable assortment of Frosted Mini Wheats and 2% milk followed by the scriptures. Breakfast was early this morning!We made our way to campus, into the parking garage, and across the walkway:
It was a brisk morning. Not one that you lollygag around outside standing like a flamingo fishing in, if you know what I mean. We entered the building, talked to 3 receptionists, and found a couple of pleasant and large waiting room chairs. Nicole had to use the restroom:
The bathroom wasn't very far away from our chairs. Nicole was pretty sure that it was connected to an exam room, but nobody was using it (the exam room or the bathroom), so she was safe. They called our name and we went into the exam room. It was dimly lit so that we wouldn't snoop--they don't know us too well. There was a big machine with buttons and knobs and hardwired instruments and a viewing monitor. A lady came in and asked Nicole to sit on the big chair, and we saw the most amazing pictures come up on the monitor:
"Baby A" decided to show us his 1" long foot and then do a faceplant. Crazy little guy. "Baby B" decided to just chill out, relax, max out, and cool showing us his little handsome profile:
In the end we found out that there are 2 identical twin boys living inside of Nicole right now that weigh in at 1/2 lb each. Crazy stuff. Monochorionic diamniotic. They appear to be as healthy as can be. Nicole is doing about as healthy as can be. No sickness or nausea to this point. Nick is about as healthy as can be...he weighs 165 lbs. It's really cool to think that identical twins occur completely spontaneously, so no genetic factors had a hand in this--not that they would since twins don't run in Nicole's family. Although, it should be noted that Nicole's brother has identical triplet boys, which of course is also spontaneous, so family photos should be pretty fun. Thank you everyone for your prayers and rejoicing with us.
8 comments:
YAY!!! Congratulations, you guys!
Congrats to you both. It is good to hear that your boys are healthy, including Nick. :)
BOYS! IDENTICAL! Oh my goodness. Congratulations! My little boy and your little boys can play together! Yah!
So so so excited for you!
Wooohoo!! That's so awesome! Glad they were cooperative so you could find out.
Have a fabulous day.
Congratulations! So, how can they tell they are identical just by the ultrasound?
Only identical twins can share one placenta -- which is the case with my twins. Fraternal twins always have separate placentas. So on the ultrasound they can see if there are two placentas or one. That's how!
Oh and Christina, I must be an internet stalker as your profile suggests, because I don't know which Christina friend you are! Sorry, I know a few. =)
Christina Allen. From YW. Tanya alerted me to the existence of your blog. Ha Ha! I stalk you!
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