Up until now, the pregnancy has been fairly (thankfully) uneventful. Diane has gained about a pound a week--just what the doctor has told us she wants her to gain. We finished the first trimester with no morning sickness, and except for some fatigue and being hungry most of the time, this experience of first-time motherhood has been a total delight.

We went to the doctor for Diane's third visit yesterday and had another ultrasound performed. We still are clinging to our desire not to find out the sexes of the twins before delivery but were able to see quite a bit during yesterday's performance. Baby A decided he (or she) wanted to let us know he (or she) was in control in there and kept kicking Baby B. Baby B seemed to take it in stride but finally delivered a kick back to Baby A and then they both calmed down. The doctor says they both look good, similar in size and are growing at the proper pace.

Diane now thinks they are two boys because they were fighting, but Craig still feels it's a boy and a girl and that the boy was picking on his sister until she shut him up by kicking him back where it hurt. Actually, it's probably just part of the bonding among twins and they really weren't fighting.

We're still maintaining a schedule of monthly visits to the doctor although that will change after the next visit (in the second week of February) and the visits will be bumped up to bi-weekly. Before that next visit, however, we will get to take a full ultrasound where we will measure all the baby's organs and actually get to take home a video.

We're hoping that before the next doctor's visit, or even in advance of the full ultrasound that Diane starts to feel more fetal movement. But our doctor told us not to worry--typically the moms don't feel movement by the twins until sometime between weeks 18 and 20.