Growing babies!!!

Today is a VERY good day. The usual commotion of non-stress tests, heart rate monitoring, fluid levels, etc did not change, but we (well, really just Erin and the babies...) had a much anticipated ultrasound today. So they did the usual ultrasound, and the doctor from the MFM (maternal fetal medicine) group that came to read/interpret the ultra sound happened to be an acquaintance of Erin's family, which is fun. He was absolutely fantastic. Answered so many questions, explained SO much, and made the experience positive for Erin... which we are grateful for.

So, the big news was they were able to measure the babies... little sister is now 2 lbs 13 oz and her brother is 3 lbs 12 oz!!! That's about a pound they've both put on since the previous ultrasound about two weeks ago. And just in case we would have been worried about the difference between the two, the Dr said "you have one normal sized baby, and one huge baby!" :)

What wonderful news, we are humbled and grateful that they are both doing well. The sonographer, and subsequently the Dr will try to look at as much as possible, and measure/record many features of each baby... they only ran into trouble briefly when measuring little girl's stomach, because her brother had his head/face shoved RIGHT in her belly!!! ha! And so the teasing begins...

The Drs have said that our next milestone is 32 weeks (July 31) - this is a date at which point numbers go way up in terms of baby survival, and way down in infections, problems, etc. So we'll let the countdown begin!!!