Surprises

Please watch the video and then read the post - don't worry, it's not too long!


On Wednesday we went for our first ultrasound. A bit later than most people's which are at 18 weeks - ours was at 19 weeks - and many people are having an 11 week ultrasound these days, though they are done along with blood tests to check for markers for Down's Syndrome. We decided that we didn't want this early ultrasound as if there was anything wrong we wouldn't do anything with the baby anyway and the chances of a false positive are high and who needs unneccessary worry for the remaining 6 months or more of your pregnancy. All this to say that we had not yet had an ultrasound.
So I went in for the u/s and the technician asked if it was my first one with this pregnancy and I said yes. We got all ready and she put the wand on my tummy and within the first 30 seconds said "You really should have had an early ultrasound."
"Why?"
"Because there are two in there."
"WHAT!?!?!"
And she proceeded to turn the screen towards me and show me that, yes, there were two little heads and bodies there!

WE'RE HAVING TWINS, PEOPLES!

Two babies, dos bebes, deux bebes... it's exhilarating and scary any way you say it. We are feeling so blessed by this, yet all the things that you have to think about with one - the swing, the car seat, a stroller, etc. - are doubled when you are having two. As well as the fact that my new-to-me Subaru (which I love, have I said that lately? :) will have to be sold to get a minivan as there is no conceivable way that three carseats will fit across in the Outback. That is a must before the beginning of June. We also have to think about how long our house will work for us - we only have two bedrooms - R's and ours - which will work for the first while, but not in the long run.

On the other hand, we are pumped. I will be getting my three kids, which I always wanted. DH has always said we will take them one at a time, but boy, God had other plans! :) So I am back on track with my goals. (Ha, ha!) The great thing will be that we will have no middle child, really. It will be R and the twins. We do not know what they are, so don't ask, and if we do ever find out I will not be telling before they are born anyway. We are so excited about the joy that they are going to bring to us, tripling the love, laughter and love that we already have in our home and our family.

I will be moved from the Low Risk Maternity Care office that I have been going to, to an obstetrician who specializes in twins most likely. I am excited about this as well, as I will have all my care from one practitioner and he will deliver my babies as well. More personal - yeah for me! - I have been a little envious of the care that my friend has been getting with her midwife and now God has taken care of that as well. We would have gone with a midwife if we could have afforded it. And I couldn't go with a midwife now with a high risk pregnancy, so God took care of that too. He is good and there are so many things to be thankful for. Oh, and according to the doctor at LRM that I talked to the OB that they are referring me to (which I don't know if he will take me on yet, so please pray about that for me!) is Dr. Stephen Wood and two of my friends, one who was a delivery nurse in L & D with him and the other who worked in records at the hospital said he is so nice. In fact, C said that he is the nicest OB she knew from there. Another blessing. God is good, that's all I have to say!

To finish off, I will leave you with some pictures of our little people. The radiology office that we were at has 4D and you can get video, so we did. We won't with all our ultrasounds - apparently they do one a month with twins - but we did with this one. I guess we will be finding out all about twins over the next years...