Thursday, October 17, 2013

Gender Reveal!

When we started our last IVF cycle we had NO IDEA both embryos would take, nor did we even allow ourselves to imagine a newborn baby out of it 9 months later. Now we are far enough along to find out the genders for BOTH of our soon-to-be Walkers (a day after Kinsey became a Walker)! Eric and Kinsey's final guesses were two boys. I thought two boys for months and then 2 days before the ultrasound I felt strongly we were having a girl and a boy. 

If you haven't watched the gender reveal yet, check it out here.

The first time we saw our babies they looked like this:
6 weeks 6 days pregnant
 Then 2 short weeks later we could see their little heads and arm and leg stubs. 
9 weeks 1 day pregnant
 SPOILER ALERT!!
Then on October 11th, at 19 weeks and 1 day pregnant, we went in for a very comprehensive ultrasound. By VERY I mean 45 minutes for each baby (Kinsey watched the screen like it was a TV show for a pretty long time for a 1 year old)!! I was soooo uncomfortable lying in the same position for so long, but everything checked out great which I am THANKFUL for. Both babies are growing equally and have all their parts. Speaking of parts...
Baby A: It's a girl!
 I was SO SURE Baby A was our little boy. Mainly because she is so active I just pictured a boy. Baby A (name pending) is our little firecracker. She is so low in my pelvis we couldn't get her entire profile. She also spent a good portion of the ultrasound kicking Baby B in the face. It was like watching a movie. 
 And when we checked out Baby B and didn't see any important male anatomy parts, I WAS SHOCKED!! Like, it's taken a whole week to sink in kind of shocked. Imagine telling Kinsey for months to give her baby brothers kisses. They were boys until proven otherwise. 
Baby B: It's a girl!?
 Baby B (name also pending) is our chill little girl. She cooperated during the ultrasound and fought back a little during her sister's kicks. Mostly she just rested her elbow on Baby A's head and went with the flow.
We know God is sending us the babies that are meant to be with our family so of course we are so excited about having two more girls. Kinsey is going to be an awesome and loving big sister and we can't wait. My second trimester has been blissful (I've only had the tired symptom but that's to be expected). My doctor won't let me go past 38 weeks so February is the latest I'll carry these little ones. Can you believe it's only 4 months away!?

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