two little buddies

so i had my first ultrasound here today- there was a mix up w/the appointment time and i missed it because i worked last night.  so lucky for me, as a labor nurse who works on a floor w/an ultrasound machine readily available and a husband who has spent the last year of his residency focusing primarily on ultrasound, i was able to sneak up to labor and take a peek at these little beings that are very busy sucking the life out of me.  i wish there was a nicer way to say it, because they need the life more than i do right now, and it's getting me ready for a lifetime of non-selfishness, but wow!, these babies take every ounce of anything i have: energy, calories, etc.  and after roughly two years (give or take a few months) of waiting for them, they can have it! so we went up to our antepartum unit, i had called the charge RN there and she had a room set up waiting :), and took a look... 

two little buddies

baby left (we couldn't tell which was "A" or "B") :)

baby right

we were also able to hear their little heartbeats, which might have even been more amazing than seeing them and their arms and legs moving around.  although we couldn't measure exactly and we'd been in there awhile and i didn't know if they were going to need the machine (they have 8 antes- 2 w/twins and a 50 year-old G7P6 w/triplets!!!!!!!!!!!!), they both looked like the same size (kumquats is what the book says at this point), about 3cm long, and heart rates of maybe 150s-160s.  so pretty much perfect. :) it was a good day.  i can't wait for all of you to meet them!