Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Echocardiogram

On Tuesday, the boys had an echocardiogram, which involved taking dozens of pictures of each babies' hearts.  They also measured the boys to get an estimate of how they are developing (head circumference, stomach, arm/leg length, etc.).  All in all this process took about two hours and required mommy to have to ice her back that night (ouch)!

It was another great check up as all the boys appear to be developing normally and ahead of schedule (Hallelujah)! The other good news is that the boys are all still really close together in size.  This is important because if one is developing slower/faster than the others it can cause one (or more) to have complications. Believe it or not, daddy was the more emotional one upon receiving this good news :-)

Baby A: Measuring 25w4d (I was 24w4d at time of scan), 1lb14oz, Head down with his legs kicked to the right (putting his bottom right in baby B's face - see pic below)
Baby B: 25w2d, 1lb12oz, Transverse with head on right
Baby C: 25w3d, 1lb11oz, Transverse with head on right

 This shows that they are all right above the 50th percentile and all growing together (all the symbols are right on top of one another in the graph).

Baby A Profile
Baby Boy A (or a Baby Frog whichever you happen to see here)
Baby Boy B
Baby B and C's Heads
Baby C Profile
Baby Boy C

The absolute best part is that after all the serious stuff, they put the ultrasound on a soft tissue setting so you can (kind of) see their precious little faces.
Baby A
Baby B (with the left of his face covered by Baby A's bum)
Baby C's face (with the left side of his face covered by his arm)

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