Since this is such a long post, I'll be splitting it into two portions: Finding out that I'm pregnant and the first ultrasound will be part one and our specialist appointment through today will be part two.
I left work a little early on that Friday and stopped at Target to buy an early detection kit and ran a few other tests. Once my husband was home, I took the test and within minutes saw a faint pink line that meant I was pregnant!!! Within minutes I was on the phone with my mom and sister to share the good news! Finally, after 32 years, I was going to have a baby.
The next few weeks flew by and we kept the secret to ourselves since it was still early. I had some nausea and had to miss a little work, but figured, of course, I'm pregnant, I'd just have to deal with it.
A few weeks later, I went to my eight week appointment and took another pregnancy test which confirmed that yes, indeed, I was pregnant. The doctor answered my questions and I set up my second appointment for four weeks later where we would be able to see the baby for the first time through ultrasound.
Oh how those four weeks dragged on! My nausea got worse, not better, just like my doctor said, and all I wanted to do was sleep. I had a hard time thinking of food because nothing sounded good except toast and smoothies. I missed some more work and started coming in around 9AM instead of my usual pre 8AM time and I felt miserable most of the day. I could not WAIT to get out of this miserable first trimester and into the glorious second trimester and leave the nausea and appetite loss behind.
June 25, 2013! The day had finally arrived for our ultrasound and I could not wait to see our baby! We were the last appointment for the day and had to wait for another ultrasound to finish, so we were a bit restless when the doctor finally came to get us. I was a bit nervous, because since it was so early, I was praying everything was ok with the baby, but still had a bit of fear going into it. What if something is wrong? What if the baby isn't okay? Thankfully my husband was there to hold my hand and assure me it was going to be fine.
I lay down on the table and the doctor put the gel on my stomach. Once he found the baby, he told us both to look at the screen to see our baby. As we were looking he continued to move the wand around my stomach and then told us there were two. "TWO??? WHAT? Stop joking with us, Doctor!" My husband said. No, he told us, there were two in there.
WHAT?? Did the doctor just tell us we're having twins?? After I was worried there might be something wrong with one, I'm now looking at TWINS??? And they're both moving their tiny hands and feet around? Oh. My. Gosh. How do I digest this SHOCKING news???
Seriously, I think all of those things and more went through my head after the doctor told us that. Then I laughed for over an hour because I did not know what to do with the news that suddenly our little bundle of joy turned into TWO bundles of joy.
The next few minutes of our appointment were a bit scary because the doctor told us that I may have a very rare pregnancy where the twins share not only a placenta but a sac. Knowing nothing about twins, I wasn't sure what he was talking about, but he referred us to a specialist to check everything out and make sure our babies were ok and hopefully they would find a thin membrane separating the sac into two so that my pregnancy would not be this super rare one he mentioned with so many possible complications. We were both shocked and also worried at the same time because this was so much information at once and we still couldn't believe we had just been told that I was carrying TWINS! Talk about an instant family!
We then called our family to deliver the good, but also serious, news and prepared ourselves for our specialist appointment which I was able to set for two days later.
