(Baby-filled post) It's a...

Boy and [a baby who does not care to reveal its sex at this time]!!!

Most importantly, both babies are doing great.  All measurements were excellent.  Baby A is measuring at 17w0d and Baby B is at 16w5d.  (I was 17w1d, so we're good.)  It's so cool that they now base the measurements off of girth, bone length, head size, etc. and not CRL.  Heartbeats were strong and beautiful in the 150s.  All the measurements of femur length, head size, etc., etc., indicate healthy babies with no indication of Downs or other Trisomy.  Hearts had four chambers and brains had lobes and cerebellums.  Babies were both waving at us and we saw adorable fingers and toes and noses that I just wanted to gobble up.

One of the best parts was that she was able to confirm where the two babies are located.  So, now I really feel like I am interacting with each one specifically.  It's a wonderful feeling.  And, it confirmed that I think I have been feeling one of them (Baby B) moving a little lately.  By the time I notice something and stop to think about it, it's gone.  But, I do think it's there.

Now, back to the sexes.  Baby A -- our normally stubborn little one who made us wait 45 minutes to get an NT scan -- gave us the Full Monty leaving NOTHING to the imagination!  When the sonographer showed him (HIM!!!) flashing us, all three of us went "Whoa!"  Because, yeah, that was a boy.  :)  When the MFM came in to go through the pictures with us later and got to that slide he said "Yeah, there's no doubt in my mind, that's a boy."

As soon as the sonographer confirmed what we were seeing, my eyes teared up.  It was like suddenly I could see a future son.  It was amazing.

Baby B, on the other hand, wanted nothing to do with the whole "flash your parents" thing that his/her brother (BROTHER!) had going on.  The sonographer kept trying.  She zoomed in, zoomed out.  Did all her measurements.  Came back to the legs.  Scanned at a different angle.  No dice.  Try again later.

My cervix is long and closed and narrow -- super, duper yay!  It was so bizarre having a transvaginal ultrasound again.  It felt like old times.

We go back in 2 weeks for another cervix scan -- this will be the normal schedule for the rest of the pregnancy.  They'll also scan the babies quickly to make sure stomachs, etc. are still good.  Hopefully Baby B will be a little more revealing then.  Then, 2 weeks after that (at about 21 weeks) will be the big anatomy scan.

We spent the rest of the evening talking about names, seriously, for the first time.  My DH was so funny -- he's had a boy's name picked out for years.  I'm not sure if it will definitely be used, but we're pretty happy with it so far as I think about it identifying this particular boy.  (Crazy!)  But, then he said "but, what if there's another boy?  I've never thought about finding a SECOND boy's name!!!"

Definitely taking a step toward this feeling more real.

(Still don't think I'm going to that birth group this weekend, though.  Maybe next month.)