The Newell Family: 20 weeks and Baby Girls!!

It's official - Brandon and I are expecting two Baby Girls!! On Monday January 30th we went in for our Anatomy Ultrasound. Both of us were excited to find out the sexes, but more than anything excited to just see them. The ultrasound got started with Baby A. The first image we saw was the spine. About 20 minutes into the ultrasound I started to get very hot and dizzy. I thought it was just my anxiety. However, the room started to turn black and I thought I was going to pass out. I told the tech and he stopped the exam and let me sit up. Upon sitting up I decided to get sick so they grabbed the garbage can for me. The tech grabbed me some cold water and Brandon just held my hand telling me I was OK. The feeling passed and I laid back down and the exam continued. However, a short period went by when the feeling happened again so we once again stopped the exam. I apologized to the tech and told him I was embarrassed. He told me no need to apologize, this happens. Due to the fact I was laying on my back I was hitting a nerve and cutting off the oxygen supply to myself. The babies were taking everything. He told me to stop the exam as much as I needed to. I ended up stopping the exam about 6 times before the tech let me adjust slightly and roll a tad on my hip to get the oxygen back. I also ended up closing my eyes and just holding Brandon's hand to feel better. So I missed most of the ultrasound, but Brandon got to see it all. The tech also made a CD for us of all the images since I was unable to really see them. He was very patient and understanding. The funny part was during the exam the tech was having a hard time taking all the pictures because our baby girls were very active and would not stop moving around. As Brandon said it looked like they were dancing or conducting an orchestra with their arms. The tech said he had not seen such active babies. At the end he asked us if we wanted to know the sexes which we of course both said yes. We found out we were having two baby girls. Both Brandon and I got emotional and shared a very special moment. These two humans had turned from just babies to our baby girls. Of course Brandon predicted all along it was two girls while I thought it was one girl and one boy. The tech said both babies are doing great, very healthy, and growing at the same rate. They are now sitting side by side with Baby A on the left side of my stomach and Baby B on the right side. Baby A heartbeat was 149 and Baby B Heartbeat was 156. Two healthy baby girls. Brandon and I could not be more excited.
We are now 20 weeks and in a little over 3 months our baby girls will enter the world. In the meantime we are busy planning the nursery, registering, and thinking of names. We meet with our Obstetrician on Friday Feb 10th. We cannot wait. 3 months will be over before the blink of an eye. Watch out world- pretty soon there will be two Newell girls running around.