We are excited to announce that we are FINALLY
expecting. I took a test early in
November and it showed to be positive.
At that time we called the dr and did blood work and had an ultrasound
at 5 weeks. Everything looked great
and blood work increased as the week progressed. We also learned from the first ultrasound that we had two
sacs, yes I said two sacs. Mark
was not with me during this appointment so I had to call him at work once the appointment was over and let
him know. We were both in shock,
but very excited. Due to the three
miscarriages that we have had over the past two years I had to have my
progesterone levels tested every other day for a week at that point. We went back every week for a sonogram.
The week after Thanksgiving we went in for our 7-week ultrasound hoping to hear
two heartbeats. We were very
surprised when we saw two babies in one sac and then another baby in the second
sac. All had heartbeats; the two
babies in one sac were the same size and had strong heartbeats, but the single
baby was a little smaller and had a weaker heartbeat. The Dr. told us that the single baby could possible not make
it, but we were hopeful. After
that appointment Mark and I had a lot to take in; 3 babies all-natural that was
just crazy. At our 8 week sonogram
the single baby had caught up in length and heartbeat to the two babies and the
Dr was shocked but said that it still had a chance of not making it. We continued to pray that the babies
grow strong and be healthy. At the 10
week sonogram we found out that we lost the single baby at about 9 weeks, but
that the twins were growing perfectly and had strong heartbeats. Dr. said that my body would absorb the
third baby eventually and shouldn’t cause any harm to the twins. We had mixed emotions about this news;
sad because we lost another baby but relieved because now the twins get to
stay in longer. At this point we
were told that we would see a specialist along with the OBGYN.
On January 22nd we went to the specialist and
were told to expect to be there a long time due to the detailed
ultrasound. The technician did an
ultrasound and showed us all of the bones, brain, heart, stomach and much more
of both babies. Both babies were very active during this process and made it difficult
for her to get a few pictures, but she was very patient. The babies heartbeat
was right at 160 and they weighted in at 4 oz. and measured at 15 weeks. After she took all the measurements the
Dr came in and went over the pictures and told us that the babies shared the
same placenta. This could cause a problem
but at this time he saw perfect babies and didn’t see any problems. He did
tell us that we would be in every 2 weeks to get an ultrasound and make sure
there are not any complications.
We did find out today that they are identical twins.
Wesley is very excited that we are having two babies; he
prayed for a brother for a very long time and he now will have two. We are having twin BOYS!!
