Finally!!!

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 22^nd 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!! 

 Baby A profile

 Baby B profile

This pregnancy has been very different than when I was pregnant with Wesley.  I was starving in the beginning and was nauseous at the same time.  Thankfully this stopped about week 14.    We will continue to post pictures of each sonogram so keep checking the blog.