It is a Boy and a . . .

who knows?! We had a an issue with the umbilical cord blocking the private parts of Baby A. Our wonderful ultrasound tech, Nan, spent a lot (I mean a lot) of time trying to figure out the sex of Baby A, but she was unsuccessful. So, we will just have to be patient and wait until the next ultrasound. I love Nan. She sent us home with 15 pictures today. I am sharing a small sample. Dave, Mom, and Jeff were all present for the ultrasound. I am 16 weeks, 1 day pregnant today.

This is Baby A. Baby A weighed approximately 5 ounces and measured at 16 weeks, 2 days. Baby A's heart rate was 155.

This is a group picture of the babies. Baby A is on the left and Baby B is on the right. Don't worry. Baby B is not squished. They were kicking each other back and forth during most of the ultrasound. They were much closer together during this ultrasound than they were during the previous one.

This is Baby B. He is definitely a boy. He was showing off for us today. He weighed in at 6 ounces and had a heart rate of 156. He measured 16 weeks, 5 days. So, he is slightly bigger than Baby A.

There was a little bit of disappointment that we were unable to determine the sex of Baby A today, but a lot of relief that both looked perfectly healthy. The only slight concern was that Baby B's placenta was very close to my cervix, but apparently that will only be a concern if that is still the case at 24 weeks.

My next ultrasound is on August 4th - at 20 weeks. I scheduled my 4D ultrasound for late September, too. I am very excited about that one.

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Mom had her weekly chemo again today. She also had a Muga scan of her heart again. Everything looked just fine on the Muga scan. There are no problems with her heart. That is such a relief. She has 5 more weekly chemo sessions. It will be a huge relief when it is over. I told her we should do something fun to celebrate.

Sometime very soon (if not immediately) after the chemo, she will start six weeks of radiation. She will do that daily, 5 days a week. So, we are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. By the end of September, all treatments should be completed.

Thanks so much for reading!