The story of our twins. Here's how we found out:
We have two beautiful, bright, funny little girls. This spring we got a surprise that we were pregnant again. My response, "Really? REally? REALLY?!?". A little panicked at the idea of having 3 kiddos under the age of 3. As my pregnancy progressed it turned out to be a lot harder than my first two. I was much sicker than I had ever been with my girls, I was soooooo tired, and I was bigger faster. My husband and I thought, "okay, must be a boy this time around". The doctor said, "Well, it's your third pregnancy and the normal pregnancy symptoms may be increased".
Finally, at 20 weeks, we were scheduled for our gender reveal ultrasound. Since my pregnancy had been relatively healthy up to this point, this was our first ultrasound. Upon laying down and revealing my very round tummy, the tech asked if this was our first ultrasound. Yes. Then she put the wand to my tummy to be able to see into the world known as my belly. I couldn't see the screen, but my husband could at the start. I watched him as his expression became one of confusion. He is really good at picking out what's what in an ultrasound (me, it takes a while to figure it out). So his look caused some alarm. Then the tech asked again, "Are you sure this is your first ultrasound". Ummm, yes! Who would forget an ultrasound? "Is everything okay? Is the baby okay?" Then the tech threw out the news, "You know you're having twins, right?" Shock! "Are you kidding?" No, she doesn't joke about that kind of stuff. Then my dear husband said, "I thought I saw two heads!" That explained his confused look. He gave me a kiss, squeezed my hand, and the tech turned the monitor so I could see that sure enough there were two little babies inside my tummy. I laughed, I cried, I asked, "Really?" like a thousand times...that seems to be my word for this pregnancy.
During the ultrasound we found out that we were having 2 little boys. Now we'll be parents of what most people keep calling, the "perfect" scenario. Two girls and two boys. We are over the shock period now and are just elated. Not niave though, we're semi-aware of how much work it's going to be but are still looking forward to the arrival of our boys.
Telling our family was the really fun part...
