Ultrasound at 21 weeks

Today we did an ultrasound and an echo-cardiogram on the babies. Everything turned out to be fine. Thank God! The echo on both babies came back normal, as far as they can tell their hearts are normal, with all chambers, normal blood flow and formation.

They did a extremely detailed ultrasound and echo, that it took 3 hours, they've checked their hearts, kidneys, brains, heads, eyes sockets, skeletons, bones sizes, their weight, everything possible and all of these things came back normal. They are growing and developing well.

The only thing they found was that Nicholas has a Single Umbilical Artery. Most babies have 1 vein and 2 arteries and Nicholas has 1 vein and 1 artery and based on the information we got from the Radiologist, Pediatric Cardiologist and my Obstetrician this itself is NOT a problem. All babies need 1 vein and 1 artery to develop normally, so the second artery is kind of obsolete, the same blood flow circulates as if he had 2 arteries.

The only thing this means is that when they find that a baby has SUA it can be a sign or indicative that the baby has some kind of abnormally like on the heart, kidneys or head, but it is NOT determinant nor certain that the baby has anything wrong with him. All it means is that when a baby has SUA needs more testing to make sure everything else is okay.

And like all the doctors said SUA alone is NOT a problem, they checked both babies thoroughly with the Ultrasound and Echo-cardiogram and did NOT find anything wrong with them, so there is nothing to worry about. So far everything looks normal.

The next LONG ultrasound will be in 7 weeks, (I'll be 28 weeks pregnant) and they'll double check everything. We are very happy and excited that both babies are developing well. Nicholas weights 1 Lb and Nathalie is 13 ounces. They are growing nicely, especially for twins, their weight is correspondent to Singleton pregnancies!!!

Keep praying for us!!!

Thank you,
Juliana, Leonardo, Nathalie, Nicholas, Stitch and Oreo.

Gift!

A lady from Macy's (cashier/manager) gave Nicholas and Nathalie these gifts. Look how cute. It is a Keepsake giftt box set, it has a keepsake for their picture, first tooth, first curl, and their first piggy bank. Beautiful!

Nicholas and Nathalie's closet!

Nicholas and Nathalie's closet. Their closet is full, somethings were gifts and some Juli and Leo bought it.

Nathalie's clothes!

I bought a couple of clothes only for Nathalie since I bought some blue outfits that are more for Nicholas...

Nicholas!!!

Here is a picture of Nicholas at 20 weeks! He was very outgoing didn't have a problem showing off on the ultrasound, so his pictures are clearer and nicer than Nathalie's pictures. He didn't have trouble showing that he is a boy!!! Leo and Fernanda didn't see his "thing" but I saw it clearly!!!

Nathalie!!!

Here is a picture of Nathalie at 20 weeks! She was very shy and didn't want to show off on the ultrasound, so her pictures aren't as clear as Nicholas' pictures. She didn't have trouble though showing that she was a girl!!! Leo and Fernanda saw clearly her "thing"!!!

It's a boy and a Girl!!!

It's a boy and a girl!!!

Juli

One more picture...

Juli

One more of me showing of my belly...

Juju

Can you see the belly now? They say that little orbits on pictures can be spirits that are around you, so maybe one of the babies was around when we took the pictures...

Can you see the belly?

I don't know if you can notice the belly yet, but it it getting bigger, little by little...

Juli with new clothes

Juli.

Juli with new maternity clothes.

Grandparents Regina and Celso gave the babies these beutiful outfits! They'll look great on it! Thank you very much!! 

Grandparents Regina and Celso gave the babies these beutiful outfits! They'll look great on it. 

Auntie Tati gave the babies these cute clothes and 2 pack of diapers!!! It's perfect! And we thank you very much!!! 

We are not here yet but we are already very polite and we say Thank you very much!!! 

Gift from Auntie Fernanda and Uncle Carlos for the babies. Wishing them lots of health and happiness! These are the clothes that they'll leave the hospital with!! They probably wear some kind of overall or blanket too in case they feel cold! It will be Summer time!!! Very cute!!!