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Click the pic for a better view...March 11th 2004 was surely a day to remember in our lives. I went to my first doctor appointment, 8 weeks pregnant with what we thought was our third child. Everything about the appointment was routine, until I asked for an ultrasound (not normal practice that early for my doc). A nurse took care of the ultrasound and confirmed a healthy heartbeat, suddenly without warning she announces she thinks she sees two babies! She is not sure and calls the doctor to confirm. So.... I wait for 20 minutes alone, millions of thoughts are racing in my mind. Two cribs, two babies, I am not sure I could ever be a mother of twins which equaled four children 5 and under. The doctor strolls in and confirms he sees two babies! I am in the most shock you can imagine, alone and emotional. Twins are not in my family, and were not anything I would have expected to happen to me. The doctor mentions in passing that he doesn't see a membrane between the babies but explains nothing. I question if most babies need membranes and he says very seriously yes. Don't worry he tells me he hasn't had a patient in 20 yrs of practice without one, and its like 1% of pregnancies. I forget about all that for now, I am just in total shock. I leave the office and call Alan. I can hardly talk through my tears, he assumes the worst, a miscarriage, when I explain the twins news he is shocked but very excited. This day will remain a big day in my memory, it was truly the day my life changed forever! Here is my scrapbook page of the day, the first ultrasound photo on the page is of the girls who would someday mean everything to all us. The trials, worries and struggles of their pregnancy have made them so much more precious to all of us, they are miracles. More later....
4 comments:
What a beautiful page and blurb....August 1st is our day of infamy! :)
That could have been written by me. My story is nearly identical. I, too, went to my first OB appt at 8 weeks (alone) and had an u/s where the tech found twins. I called Brian crying hysterically. Too strange! I love your scrap page. I really wish that I would start scrapping!
I love your story. I know moms of twins will always remember that day. Ours was April 14, 2006. I had an 8 week ultrasound already which showed one baby. This was an ER visit at 14 weeks thinking I was miscarrying. I remember Michael's eyes mostly.. they were so huge!!! LOL And I almost fell off the table because I sat up so fast to see the screen. LOL Having twins was NOT in my plan at all, ever, not even a thought. I was stretching myself having the 4th one. It was all God's plan!
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