Girl Power

I am currently 21 weeks pregnant now and not sure where in the hell the time is going to be honest. It feels like yesterday I was sitting in my RE's office being told our fertility procedure didn't work (yet again) and my pregnancy test was negative (yet again)...tears flowed first, then flowed the wine, then along came the dreaded be-otch Aunt Flo and then finally came our decision to get right back in the game and not give up! And here I am 5.5 months later with 2 little bambinas on the way. Thank God for modern medicine, and thank God for answered prayers!!

We had another ultrasound yesterday and met with a Perinatologist, which is a specialist for high risk pregnancies due to multiples/age, or in my case...drumroll please...a combo of both. You see, last time I met with my OB they had to call in the order for me to see the Perinatologist. They gave me a slip of paper to take with me to my appt and it had on there AMA and mandatory consult with the Perinatologist. If you are not familiar with the term AMA let me tell you what it doesn't mean in the medical world:

Awesome Mothering Ability
Amazing Mom Anatomy
Adament Maternal Awesomeness
Ambitious Matriarchal Attributes

Nope, my friends, it means this:

Advanced. Maternal. Age.

Lovely, huh? They could have just come right out and told me like it is ,"Maam, since your ovaries are definitely aged and your eggs clearly nearly retirement we need you go see this really expensive dr that your insurance may or may not cover so our asses here at our clinic are covered in case something goes wrong later!" Perfect. Gotcha. Set me up with that appointment Doc!

In all honestly, joking aside, I was really happy to go and get this consult with the specialist despite my wrinkly ovaries or not. Any chance to see these chicquitas and know they are doing well is A-OK with me. So off we went yesterday.

Our appointment went awesome and we learned a few things:

1. Both babies are definitely girls!!

2. Baby A weighs 12 oz now and Baby B is at 13 oz

3. Both of their measurements on brains, hearts, kidneys, etc. all looked awesome so there is no reason for any concern at this point which is a huge relief!

4. Baby B was loving having her pic taken, Baby A not so much - we got a good 3D image of Baby B's face...only b/w images of Baby A

5. Since everything is going seemingly awesome the specialist did not forsee any reason we'd have to go see them again so should only be seen by my regular OB moving forward which is great news!! AMA what??? Take that wrinkly ovaries!

6. Each girl has 10 fingers and 10 toes - always a good thing right?

I can't believe we get to meet them in just a few short months!! In the meantime, I am feeling great and rested courtesy of my best-invention-ever Snoogle pillow so really can't complain. Even if I could complain, I have said from the beginning I wouldn't. I am honestly just already so amazingly thankful for these two little ladies who I can't beleive are gonna call us Mom & Dad soon!!! Holy-Effing-Schnikeys!! WE CAN'T WAIT!!!!

And finally, here's a pic of us stupidly-excited-and-proud-parents-to-be...we celebrated our wedding anniversary last week. Our last one when it's just the two of us!

Happy Tuesday!