4 more weeks!

With just 3 weeks 6 days to go until the scheduled c-section, the fact that we are going to have 2 babies is finally settling in.

Today we went to the hospital for another NST. Just like last week, Addison showed up just fine. Lily, however, was non-cooperative. Or should we say her position was non-cooperative. First the nurse spent a while trying to get the doppler monitor situated to catch her, then Mike spent a while just holding the darn thing to try and get her heartbeat on the monitor long enough to show that she was doing what she was supposed to. Finally Dr Broecker who was over at the hospital delivering a baby came in to check on things. She tried getting Lily on the monitor to no avail and finally said, "let me just do a biophysical profile." Basically this means an ultrasound where we look for a good view of the heart, watch Lily for movements and watch to see if Lily is taking practice breaths. But we had to wait until the other baby was delivered. Luckily that was imminent.

In the mean time, Mike and I were in a labor room and had access to a TV, so we turned on the Brazil v. Croatia soccer match. Dr Broecker returned not too long afterward and did the scan. It took a while to discern exactly where Lily was...she's apparently kind of curled up under my ribs along the right side which explains why it was so difficult to monitor her heartrate. We watched as she moved around and saw her chest move with practice breaths. Dr Broecker also checked her amniotic fluid and proclaimed her to be perfect. We expected nothing less.

After an hour in a labor room, we were fairly happy to get out of there. We'd hate to give these 2 girls any ideas about coming too soon.