The little ones are doing great according to the doctor and the ultrasound technician. They are positioned one on top of each other as you can see in one of the pictures below. Each baby is approximately 4 inches long and everything looks great with each of them! The ultrasound technician determined that they are each in their own placenta so they are most likely not identical twins. The doctor said today that they will not let us deliver beyond the 38 week point which is April 7, 2009 so there is a chance that the babies may be born on either their grandfather or great-grandfather’s birthday as previously requested.
Telling the Family
October 10, 2009
This weekend we began spreading the news to the family. Let's just say everyone was very excited and very surprised. Below are some of the memorable comments:
Grampa Jeff: "I'm glad I was sitting down. I need to pour myself a scotch."
Grampa Gary: "When it rains it pours!"
Uncle Ryan: "I am still in shock....can you believe it?"
Gramma Linda: "Is this one of your buy one get one free deals?"
Gramma Janie: "Still has her mouth wide open in disbelief"
Great Gramma George and Jean: "Yes, twins run in the family. We haven't had any in the family for a few generations. We are probably due some soon." (Information that may have been helpful previously.)
Surprise!
On October 8, 2009
At 8am we went to the ob/gyn for our 12 week check-up appointment. We were very excited because at this appointment we would be able to listen to our baby's heartbeat for the very first time. After this appointment we were going to begin to tell our family that we would be adding ONE person to our family.......or so we thought!
Our appointment was going as planned that day. We were called by the frontdesk to go back to the examination room. Before we entered the examination room I had to take care of a few routine things such as being weighed by one of the assistants. We were placed in the examination room which just also happened to be the ultrasound room. The doctor entered the room and began discussing how the pregnancy was going. She also inquired as to what I had been eating recently because the scale read that I had gained 8 pounds in the past month....Ooops.
After the lecture concerning proper diet concluded the doctor placed the doppler on my stomach and we heard a loud and strong heartbeat. We listened to the heartbeat for a minute or two and then the doctor said "So it seems you are in the one and only examiniation room with the ultrasound machine. Would you like to get a sneak peak of your little ONE?" Jeff and I replied "Yes."
So, with the monitor facing Jeff, the doctor turned on the ultrasound machine. All of a sudden, I heard, " You've got to be kidding me!" and I turned to Jeff whose mouth was hanging open in disbelief, and then I turned to the doctor who flipped off the monitor. She then said, "Well it looks like we have a surprise for you two." Apparently, I was the only one in the room who did not know what we were talking about. The doctor flipped on the machine again and showed us two little blobs with heartbeats. She said "Looks like you are having twins!" After that I don't really remember too much of what was said. The doctor scheduled an official ultrasound for the next day (see pictures below) and we both left the doctor's office with a whole new found respect for how life can change in a heartbeat.
