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Today's appt was long, but so fun!!!

It was our NT scan, and their measurements were: Alpha- 1.2, Beta- 1.2, and Elly 1.6. basically, we are not at risk for Down's or heart disease!!! Anything above 3.5 is considered "abnormal" and puts the baby at risk. The heart issues were more of a scare to me b/c Luis was born with a hole in his heart (they found it when he was 2 or 3 days old) and he had open hart surgery when he was 2. It's genetic along his mom's side of the family, so that was a MAJOR relief to us!!!

Alpha was such a good piggy!!! He let himself be measured in spite of my non-stop laughing!!! He had the hiccups the whole time, and I found it so amusing!!!

Beta was pretty good. At first he hid from the wand, but once he heard Luis talking he started waving and dancing and sucking his thumb. Luis seriously almost started clapping when he saw Beta do that!!!

Elly was our little stinker for the day!!! She was wiggling all around, jumping... NOT cooperating!!! She kept turning her back on the U/S tech which I found amusing, but the poor tech just kept pressing harder, apparently trying to keep Elly in place!!! Elly fought back though!!! You could see where the wand was pressing in on her, so she was swinging with both fists and kicking at the indentation!!! Luis almost fell out of his chair laughing!!! Seriously... that kid's a fighter!!!

They are all (individually) measuring the same as a singleton. Alpha was 5.73cm, Beta 5.83cm and Elly 5.70cm. HBs were all really strong!!!

The Peri was funny. He was giving us his evaluation of how things are going... including the basic "doom and gloom" of possibilities, but he kept going back to how great they were looking. He's funny b/c he tries to be so stoic, and he really is... very matter of fact, but then he does things that are too sweet, and you see that he's a great doctor. Stuff like putting my leg, rubbing my belly - almost like he's trying to re-connect to each piggy. Honestly it feels like he's trying to keep some distance until the day they're born. But, not in a bad way, kwim???