Double Blessings

I know that good news travels fast so just in case you didn't hear five minutes after we found out........

WE'RE HAVING TWINS!

We are overjoyed at finding out today at our first ultrasound that both of our embryos are now little babies with heartbeats:)


(I know it's hard to tell what you're looking at but the two large circles have tiny babies in them)

I had no idea what to expect today. Different people had asked me in the past couple weeks if I thought I would have one or two. I honestly couldn't think that far ahead. I didn't feel strongly either way. I guess it's hard to really wrap your head around this whole concept of everything we've gone through so far. So when the ultrasound came up and our doctor immediately said "I see two somethings...and there are their heartbeats" it took my breath away. I remember being in a room just like that four years ago, having the same ultrasound and they couldn't find anything on the screen. What an empty feeling. Today, we were so blessed that we couldn't even contain it!

Onto the official "medical stuff". We have another ultrasound scheduled in two weeks where we will check in on our babies one more time before being released to my obgyn. There is a 40% chance that on our next ultrasound, we might only see one baby. There is something called the "vanishing twin". Alot of times women are pregnant with twins but one stops developing and reabsorbs back into the uterus. This happens so early that you might never even know it. You don't go through a miscarriage so there are no signs of it even happening. Since we had our first ultrasound so early, there is a chance that could happen.

We believe that we were blessed with twins and we saw two tiny heartbeats today and we will see them again in two weeks. We prayed today that if it be God's will for us to have these twins that He would allow for us to see two healthy babies on that screen next time. We ask that you would all pray that in agreement with us.

I just remembered something today that I hadn't thought about in a really long time. In 2004, when we first decided that we would try to start a family, we went to the store and made our first baby purchase. This is what we brought home.


Coincidence? I think not!

God has given me the greatest gift this week. He made me a Mom. I have dreaded Mother's day for many years and I couldn't be more excited about this coming Sunday. At our church, they always have all the mother's stand to be recognized. You better believe that I will be the first one up, with a tear stained face, thanking God for making this dream come true.