As I lay on the table with jelly all over my belly the ultrasound tech asks me, "Do we want to know the gender of the baby if I am able to tell?" Finally I say "sure." She puts the tool on my belly and up pops a grainy black and white image of my uterus and baby. It took about three seconds when my heart dropped and I said, "I see two heads......or the baby's tummy is really far away from the head" To which the tech replied "No, no, oh, wait a minute, yep there are two heads."
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had an ultrasound at 12 weeks with just one little baby. (see last post for proof)
From that moment on most of ultrasound is one big blur.
We laughed, we cried, then we continued to laugh and cry some more. The amount of emotions we felt in next hour is really indescribable. In the course of an hour we were; shocked, scared, excited, scared, overwhelmed, scared, happy, scared, amazed, and completely freaked out!
After we were able to think straight, we did see very clearly that we are going to be having TWO little baby GIRLS. Even still as I type this over twelve hours later my eyes fill with tears of emotion.
The babies heads are on opposite sides so it was hard to get a good picture of the two of them together.
I have a lot to learn in the next couple of months, I am taking a trip to library today. I feel like I could go on and on but, I will stop for today. Stay tuned for nore info, I am curious to see how my Dr. appointment goes on Wednesday since she will be finding out on Monday that I am having twins.
***From the beginning I had a feeling a was having twins. I was sooooo super tired and I would always say "There is no way I can be this tired pregnant, with just one baby!" When I had my first ultrasound (internal) at 12 weeks I asked the doctor to double check because I had a feeling it was twins. "Nope, there is just one in there." Boy is she in big trouble :) I can't really say I am mad that I just barely found out because it did save me over two months of worrying! This pregnancy has been different my other two. I have had; extreme fatigue, major heart burn, headaches, and already a feeling of a lot of pressure really low, and of course I can't forget to mention that I have been HIGHLY emotional. I feel like I can go on forever, but I will stop now. I hope the Lord know what he is doing, because I certainly don't.
12 comments:
OH MY GOSH!!!!!! Congratulations!!!! I cried when I read this, right when you said there were two heads. I just am speechless right now. It's exciting because that is not what was expected. Wow!! Well, congratulations again!! I can't imagine how I would feel. Probably the same emotions you guys went through.
I have not stopped thinking about you. I am really excited for you guys, and I have every confidence that you will be such a great mom to twins (and Jaxon and Ashlyn). Fraternal twin girls are the best. I would know. :) But maybe you'll have to talk to Annie, and she could give you the real scoop on twins.
See, you're already doing great--going to the library to get all the info you need. You will be so ready. And, at least you know now that you just weren't having this absurdly hard pregnancy!
Oh my! I am super excited for you guys...how much fun will that be? Do you know if they are identical or fraternal?
Good luck in your upcoming months...
That is so exciting!!! I know you are feeling over whelmed and have lots and lots of questions so please feel free to email heidijogoody@hotmail.com any time or even call me if you would like, I can give you my number if you email me or whatever. I am a very open person and would love to answer any questions you might have! And believe me I think that the lord only sends multiple babies to those that can handle it! I will look foward to talking to you
WOW! I'm so happy for you guys. Just think, (on the bright side) that's one less pregnancy you would have to go through. Little girls will be so fun, dressing them alike, bows, shoes, dance classes, braclets. Fun! Fun! I'm sure it will be hard at times but really you're so blessed!
That will be so fun for you! I think the reason you are probably emotional is that there are 2 girls. I was way more emotional with my girl than my boy and you have 2. How exciting!
I can't believe this! My mom saw Doug's post on Facebook and told me, and I flipped out! Wow, talk about a surprise. That's amazing Liz, I am so happy for you. Can you believe that this was going to be your last one, and it was supposed to only be one? How exciting. Keep us posted on how everything progresses. Good luck!
Congrats!!
A funny thing is that in one of our presidency meetings we were trying to guess how many babies to plan gifts for for next year and I said "who do you think will have the twins?" because in the 5 years we've been here there have been twins born every year or so (3 sets so far), so it was time for twins to be born in the ward! Looks like you're the lucky winner :)
Congrats again! Let me know what you need help with. By the way, you look GREAT!
Holy Freak'n COW!!!! LIZ....TWINS!! I tell people all the time that I've already had twins once. You were around so much you might have felt that way too. What you wrote about your pregnancy made me smile, I'm so terrified of having twins that I always think I'm having twins :) You'll be great! I'll try calling sometime in the evening. Good luck!
Wow how is that possible! Liz I am so excited AND so nervous for you! Congrats girl! That is really so exciting!
Wow...oh wow!! Maybe it's a blessing in disguise one of the babies was hiding the first time as far as the worrying. There must be something in the drinking water here. Seriously, let us know what you need help with!! You have the most beautiful family!
Holy COW!! Liz, that is so completely awesome and exciting, and I am sure incredibly overwhelming. What a neat experience! I can't wait to hear more. Congratulations!!!!!
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