23 Weeks

We had another ultrasound and doctor's appointment this morning. The twins are still perfectly on track for development and growth. They now each weigh 1 lb 5 oz and are as active as ever. Twin B, again, did not want to cooperate with the technician. I think that one is going to be a handful! We met with a different doctor, Dr. Palmer, today. Dr. White was unavailable, unfortunately. He did a belly measurement (my first!) and I am at 28 inches. He also listened to the hearbeats and both are strong and normal. Our next appointment is now only 2 weeks away instead of 4. They told me from the beginning that I would have to start coming in more often sooner than most, so I guess it begins!

We have signed up for a number of parenting classes already. Our first one is a birthing class the first weekend in February. It will be Friday night and all day on Saturday. We get to tour the birthing center and learn about different options available to us. We are also signed up to attend a breastfeeding class in February and a newborn care class in March. They also offer an Expecting Multiples class that we are going to take advantage of, but that is on an individual basis and we are going to try to arrange it so that we can take that class on a day that we also have an appointment. The less time we have to take off work now, the better!

The last couple of weeks, I have really started to be able to feel the babies move! I will get the occasional elbow or foot jab and I can sometimes feel them rolling around. Once, I even saw my stomach move! Talk about cool! Kory even got to feel them one night. They were moving around as we went to bed, so I put his hand on my stomach so he could feel. He was very impressed! He is so excited and keeps asking if the babies can come out to play for a little while and then be put back in!

It has been requested that I get some pictures of me, or should I say "The Belly", up on the blog. Stay tuned and I promise to get them up soon Uncle Hal!!!

The ultrasound tech was able to do a split screen shot of both of the babies faces for us! Twin B (on the left) has a longer, narrower face. Twin A's (right) face is a little shorter with chubbier cheeks! Twin A looks like it's smiling for the camera!!

Twin A Profile

Twin B Profile