A nice bonus of being pregnant with twins (and being of "advanced maternal age") is that we get lots of ultrasounds. (Folks, please note that Angelina Jolie is also of "advanced maternal age," so expect to see Christine in Tomb Raider IV any day now.) We had our fourth ultrasound last week, which was also our first HD ultrasound. Boy, what a difference zillions more pixels make. It's hard to tell what's going on in the attached picture, but the detail and the live-action really enhanced the experience for us. Twin A is the bottom twin, and Twin B is the top twin.
Anyway, during the fancy HD ultrasound, we got to see Twin A and Twin B wiggle around. They were mugging for the "camera," sucking their thumbs, rubbing their faces, and doing backflips. The "week by week" baby guide alleges that they can't suck their thumbs until week 14, but at 11 weeks and 3 days, our twins are proving that they're already geniuses! Even the ultrasound tech (named Brenda - good omen) was gushing about how cute they were, and she sees this stuff 24/7.
Although we could watch the ultrasound all day, we were really there for genetic testing. Deep breath - and - the twins are healthy and measuring normally. While it's a little complicated to explain how they conduct the testing, the result of the day was that Christine was told that she was carrying twins as any healthy 20-year-old would. She left the office singing, "I'm 20!"
Anyway, during the fancy HD ultrasound, we got to see Twin A and Twin B wiggle around. They were mugging for the "camera," sucking their thumbs, rubbing their faces, and doing backflips. The "week by week" baby guide alleges that they can't suck their thumbs until week 14, but at 11 weeks and 3 days, our twins are proving that they're already geniuses! Even the ultrasound tech (named Brenda - good omen) was gushing about how cute they were, and she sees this stuff 24/7.
Although we could watch the ultrasound all day, we were really there for genetic testing. Deep breath - and - the twins are healthy and measuring normally. While it's a little complicated to explain how they conduct the testing, the result of the day was that Christine was told that she was carrying twins as any healthy 20-year-old would. She left the office singing, "I'm 20!"
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