"Well-Behaved Babies"

That is how our doctor introduced us to a visiting OB who sat in on our visit today... "Meet Sara and Nate Vander Ploeg and their well-behaved babies." I LOVE having well-behaved babies!!

You're probably sick of reading the same things each week lately, but I'll NEVER get sick of writing it, so here goes...

• Babies A and B have normal fluid levels
• Babies A and B have normal bladders
• Babies A and B have normal bloodflow (until today, Baby A's was always on the high end of normal and Baby B's was on the low end of normal... today, they are both much closer to the "average" normal value. YAY!)
• We can tell the girls are growing, even though we won't get official measurements again until next week.

Baby A - profile view

Baby B looking straight at the camera!

My doc was happy to hear me say that I'm getting more and more uncomfortable and that it's getting harder and harder to move around. In her words, she loves seeing me "super pregnant," and I have to be honest, I love BEING super pregnant, considering a couple months ago we were just praying our babies would live. We only have, at the max, 7 1/2 weeks left before our little bundles arrive... I am so excited to hold them!

The nursery is coming together. The cribs and dresser are assembled, and we just picked up our chair today. I had to do some work when we got home, so I decided to set up in the nursery and break in the new chair. I'm still sitting in it right now, and I'm imagining what it's going to be like with two babies in this room. I have a feeling I'm going to want to sit in here and stare at them while they sleep... good thing this chair is comfy!

My friend Mandy from work arranged for everyone who was interested to buy a "Fight TTTS" bracelet to support TTTS awareness and research. About 30 people bought bracelets, and even more are interested now, including lots of family members! I'll be putting in another order for more bracelets, so if anyone wants one, let me know (they're $5)! We think it's such a cool way for people to support us and our babies, and parents who have been and will be in our situation.

Our next appointment is next Tuesday, 3/11. We will keep you posted!

Thanks, as always, for all the thoughts and prayers!

Nate & Sara and the babes