Say What!?!?!?!?!?

I think deep down I knew something just felt different. So the first week of August I decided to confirm. And I have always been really good at taking tests :)

The next 4 weeks were some of the longest of my life. I am not a patient person, and since I lost the first baby I was very nervous going in to the first dr appointment. Shortly after I took the test I started to get really sick really fast. Sure do LOVE morning sickness......On August 31st I had my first appointment at what would have been somewhere between 8 and 9 weeks along. Miguel wasn't able to go to the dr with me, and I was NOT going to go alone, so I took my mom with me. We patiently waited for the best OB ever to come in and do an ultrasound. I was very apprehensive since the first time I had an ultrasound the baby didn't have a heartbeat at all. The dr got a VERY strong heartbeat right off the bat!!!! I was so excited!!!!!!!! SUCCESS :) He did some measuring and found the baby to measure just over 9 weeks. But he also seemed concerned about something.....So he started poking around. All of a sudden he stated, "do you see that?" My first thought, what is that a tumor????? You have to be kidding me. But then he said, "see, the other heartbeat?" THE WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Babies only have 1 heartbeat right??? So if I have 2 in there, then that means.......no......twins?? And sure enough....................2 little jelly beans growing side by side.

Of course my supportive Mom was in about as much shock as I was, so her first comments "TWINS?? You aren't going to sleep for 2 years!" Thanks Mom......I was more concerned with how I was going to tell Miguel that not only was the one baby doing fantastic, but so was the second one! And yes, I asked the dr if he was going to be the one the call my husband to tell him, to which he just responded with a laugh. 

So after some poking we got baby "A" to move so we could measure baby "B". The second measured at just under 9 weeks and heartbeat was just as strong as the first. I was given a due date of April 7th but was told that with twins I would definitely not make it that long. I would be lucky to make it to about the first week of March. All of this now explained why my morning sickness is so bad. I actually have to be medicated in order to keep enough food down for me to not loose a ton of weight.

So yes, I freaked out. I have to admit I was probably more nervous and scared then excited right at first, but the idea of twins is becoming more exciting every day. When I called Miguel to tell him that both heartbeats looked great he could only respond with "ok". I think he was as shocked as I was. Apparently you are more likely to have twins if the mother's family history has twins or if you have already had quite a few kids. However, there is only 1 set of twins that are in my family anywhere and it was my Mom's aunt who already had a few kids and these are our only children. So we aren't really sure how this happened......except divine intervention :) Everything happens for a reason right?

I am a person that has to have a plan for everything. Having 2 kids at the same time is going to be VERY expensive. I have always wanted 2 kids, I just wasn't planning on taking care of it with 1 pregnancy. So yes, I have already started planning ahead. I sent my Mom and Grandma out on a Labor day shopping extravaganza and this is what they came back with..................



Gotta get started as soon as possible right??

So I am now nearing the last week of my first trimester. Every day the morning sickness seems to be getting better and better. Hopefully it will be gone soon so that I can at least enjoy some of this pregnancy. We will have our 2nd appointment in about a week. I am just praying that both are still doing amazing. For those that know my husband, he has always said "I don't like kids" but he did state to me a week or so ago, "I am actually excited to be having twins". He also seems to like to tell people that he is having 2 kids at once. Maybe it is because he will only have to deal with a sick, fat, moody wife once :) (but he probably will never admit it). Wish us luck!