A day to Remember...

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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, 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.