Inside Out

Friday was a big day for the Peppers.

Although they were found out on ultrasound and have been sighted there since, Friday was their first official measure-everything-and-take-a-good-look-at-those-babies encounter with the wand in the dark room.

They were excited.

I was nervous.

So many of the women I have come to adore have received bad news in that dark room. Life altering, staggering bad news. And as much as I wanted good news, their stories all weighed heavily on my heart as we headed into Maternal Fetal Medicine. (Hereafter MFM, also known as the high risk office with the super dee duper ultrasounds.)

Because Leo isn’t here, the family gets to take turns peeking in on the babies at appointments and the lucky draw winners last week were my Grandma and youngest sister. Boy, were they in for a treat.

Red and Green put on quite a show. We had a fantastic tech who filled us in on every detail she saw, and they were all good. She even said because I’m so tiny (Hear that? TINY. Next time I’m bringing cookies, girl knows how to work the patients.) she could see things she normally wouldn’t be able to see yet, like several of their internal organs. All where they belong, all forming normally. They are exactly the size they should be, and both doing really well. Separate sacs, placentas and identical measurements all around. Also, they dance, kick and spin rather well. I’m seeing family DDR championship matches in our future.

We saw their little brain hemispheres.

We saw their little arms.

We saw their little legs.

We saw their little hearts just beating away in exact matching rhythm.

We saw their little profiles.

        Green

        
 
        and Red   
        

I think they look like their brother already.

And just to let us know they appreciated us, when we tried to get a shot of both of them, the one whose head we were staring down on decided to wave hi.

        

From the outside it isn’t quite so exciting. As of this morning, here’s the view. 

            

By evening it’s about twice as big. I love it.

Posted by Sara Joy at 3/1/2010 7:39 PM
Categories: The Peppers

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