2 Babies?!?!?!

I haven’t blogged much this summer. But if you have seen my facebook any time recently you’ll know that we’ve had quite a bit on our minds lately. We’re expecting. Not one, but two. That’s right- TWINS! We are excited, scared, and feeling so blessed all in one. This was quite a journey in the making and now all at once we’re getting two for one, hopefully not double trouble, and Michael, Dudley, and I will be no longer a household of 3 but instead a household of 5 in just a few months. WOW!

Getting pregnant was not exactly a piece of cake for us. Michael says it best when he says that all his life he was told not to even look at a girl because it could get her pregnant, but he quickly learned when that was the actual goal that they had lied. It took us about a year, lots of doctors appointments, lots of new diagnosis, and an incredible amount of patience before we found out about our little bundles of joy. Surprisingly my MS was not a problem at ALL in the whole process. I was off my medication for 10 months with no symptoms, flares, or activity, which was an incredible blessing. We worked closely with my neurologist and OB to make sure my MS was not a problem, and believe it or not it ended up helping the whole situation. After a few months with no pregnancy success, my OB decided that because I was not on any of my disease modifying therapy that she wanted to get to bottom of our “issues” and not put me or my MS at risk. Lots of tests later I found out I had PCOS, and Hashimoto’s disease (thyroid dysfunction), both things that would severely affect my ability to get pregnant. After starting the right meds for those things, BOOM! Twins! J

I found out I was expecting a few days before we left for Florida. I was in complete shock. However, I knew I had to keep my little secret under wraps for a few days. We were headed home to Seattle before we flew out to Florida and I was sure my parents would be asking about the whole process. I didn’t want Michael to have to keep a poker face (he’s not always so great at that) so I figured I should wait a day and surprise him before our trip. Saturday morning July 14^th in the SeaTac airport I handed Michael a blank white box and said “Here, a present to start out trip out right.” Inside was a pair of little baby booties (he thinks baby socks, shoes, and booties are the cutest thing) and a positive pregnancy test. He was SPEECHLESS. If you know my husband you know that doesn’t happen very often. It was a great way to start out our vacation and we were both elated.

Our vacation was full of excitement, fun, and no roller coasters. But at that time we couldn’t predict the roller coaster of emotion that was to come just a few short weeks after. On August 7^th, one day before our 3-year wedding anniversary, we headed into the doctor for my 8 week appointment. Michael turned his iPhone recorder on for the appointment because we were sure we’d be so wrapped up in excitement that we’d likely miss something. This came in real handy when the doctor started the ultrasound and said “Ok here is what we’re looking at- this is the baby. OH there is TWO”. The recording caught both her words and my gasp absolutely perfectly. Michael was silent and just kept shaking his head. 2?!?!? 2 babies? Us? HOLY COW! We were flat flabbergasted. What a blessing.

The skeptic in me asked the doctor if the Twins could have been caused by the route of fertility we took and she said that in 11 years with that method we were only her second set of twins, so it was possible but not certain. After we told our families later that week I learned I have twins on both sides of my parents family and that very well could have been the reason for our little miracles. Or really it just could have been God’s way of helping us make our dreams come true. We’ve always wanted two kiddos, and so now we just get to do it all at once. We both can’t help but feel so blessed.

 

 

Last week at our 12 week appointment we got to see our little munchkins. The doctors were having a hard time hearing both heart beats (I was of course freaking out) so they did an ultrasound. Currently the babies are stacked up like little legos. One has its head on the left and feet going right, and one has its head on the right with its feet going up. We had good strong heart beats, they are growing proportionately, and the doctor was very pleased with their progress. I start my second trimester tomorrow and I couldn’t be more ready. I have been SOOOOO sick for the last few months and had about the energy of a slug. But I am finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel. The nausea is slowly but surely decreasing, and I’m not napping every afternoon. This is a much welcome change.

With my new found energy and lack of feeling like I’ll have to run to throw up all the time, this is all starting to be so much more fun. And seeing them move and kick and turn around (at least one of them anyway) has made it so much more real for me. Michael says definitely the one moving so much definitely takes after me since I can’t ever seem to sit still. But still or not I am thrilled, and finally feeling like this whole thing is not just a dream.  I don’t have any other postable pictures yet, but my growing waistband is making it real too. I’m already into maternity pants (AT ONLY 13 weeks!) but I guess with 2 everything is different.

So that is all for now. You can be sure that there will be many more posts as we move along, and hopefully other fun stuff too. J Football season is in full force so hopefully I’ll have a blog about an fantastic Wolves win or maybe the Seahawks actually doing something great? FINGERS CROSSED!