Dear Girls,
You give me a lot of heartburn, but that is ok because I love you. Hopefully you will both arrive with a full head of hair. Love Mum
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
April and May
So now that I filled in the gap between December and March, its easy to summarize April and the beginning of May, once that's done I can begin writing in the present. April and May were filled with excitement, a different kind of excitement than when we first found out we were pregnant. It is an overwhelming, all-encompassing feeling of love and anticipation for our girls. I can say I love being pregnant. I love having these girls with me, feeling their movements and trying to guess who is doing what and rubbing my belly. It is exciting thinking about -and praying for- their lives, how to raise them, what they will look like, what their personalities will be, and what talents they will have.
For my first mother's day we went, with my parents, into flour bakery in Boston (I really wanted a sticky bun), went to church, headed to a disappointing lunch at Salsa's in Hingham, home to nap with Dan and relax. It was perfect. As I type Lawrence Welk is on, yes, a perfect day.
For my first mother's day we went, with my parents, into flour bakery in Boston (I really wanted a sticky bun), went to church, headed to a disappointing lunch at Salsa's in Hingham, home to nap with Dan and relax. It was perfect. As I type Lawrence Welk is on, yes, a perfect day.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
a whole lot of updating
Since my last post on 12/1 when Dan and I found out we were pregnant a lot has happened! God is doing amazing things through this pregnancy and in our lives! I am so grateful to him. I'll give catch you up via time line:
As the appointment began the tech asked us if we wanted to know the gender and we told her our plan, but Dan and I also turned to each other and said "We only want to know the gender if its twins." At this point I forget the actual chain of events, I know for certain that before she got started she said "I'm always going to call it a boy regardless if it is or not, its just how I work and the entire appointment should take about 30 minutes." From here I don't know if she started, realized there were two babies and then said "And I do each measurement twice so I know I am getting them correctly" or if she said that even before she started because doing two measurements is the standard protocol.
After about 30 minutes she looked up at Dan and me and said "Well I have something to tell you" pause "you're having twins." At this announcement I began to laugh, scream and cackle and say things like "You've got to be kidding me". Poor Dan turned white a ghost and put his head down on the table. He was shocked and his face showed it, he didn't look pleased. The tech kept asking us "You had no idea?"
Because she was at a stopping point and before she continued I went to the bathroom; when I got back she continued, again because God had blocked out the 8am slot, to take more measurements. At that time she asked if we wanted to know the genders and we emphatically responded "YES!" Baby A- on the left was more cooperative and we found out it was a girl. Baby B- on the right was more difficult to get, I kept having to shift positions and it wasn't until the very last second of our appointment that we learned it was a girl too. Baby A kept getting in Baby B's way. While she was trying to get the gender in my head I kept repeating "please let it be a boy for Dan."
Once we finished the appointment we returned to the waiting room to wait for our appointment with Dr. Adelstein and Dan went to the bathroom. Later on he would tell me he went and argued, then apologized, with God. We went with the doctor and he was great, he spent the entire time reassuring Dan.
And we were scheduled for a level 2 ultrasound on April 3.
On the ride home we called our family and friends. So after learning about the girls we were quite shocked and excited. All our families and friends had some variation of the same response "no way you're kidding!"
- December 1, 2011- Found out we were pregnant
- December 3, 2011- We told my parents, it was awesome and it happened like this: We went to my parents house for dinner; my mom was standing by the stove cooking and telling us about her day, it wasn't a very good one. Dan and my dad were over by the table and I was standing at the kitchen sink when I interrupted my mom and said "Can you believe I am going to be 30 this year?" She responded "No" and I continued "How old are you going to be this year mom?" She responded "54" and I interrupted her to say "Can you believe you're going to be 54 and a grandmother?" She started crying and "awwing" and then my dad came over and we all hugged.
- December 10, 2011- Had my 30th birthday. When Damien came over he said "Dan you know its a girl right?"
- December 13, 2011- had out first doctors appointment, it was a quick one, basically all I did was pee and they tested the hormones in it to determine that we were due August 13, 2012.
- January 16, 2012- Had a doctor's appointment and heard a healthy heartbeat!
- February 22, 2012- Had a doctor's appointment and heard a healthy heartbeat! At this appointment we heard two things- a very clear heartbeat and some swishing. I joked to the doctor "That's better not be two babies in there!" and he said "Oh no that is just it kicking and swimming in the amniotic fluid."
- March 20, 2012- Had our 5 month ultrasound appointment (it was a Tuesday). We wanted to know the baby's sex but wanted to celebrate it at dinner so our plan was to tell the tech to write it in an envelope because that same Friday we had a dinner reservation where we would find out if it was a boy or a girl. We had the 7:30 appointment and the tech was booked solid all day long, except for the 8am slot, God is amazing he knew we would need the additional 30 minutes.
As the appointment began the tech asked us if we wanted to know the gender and we told her our plan, but Dan and I also turned to each other and said "We only want to know the gender if its twins." At this point I forget the actual chain of events, I know for certain that before she got started she said "I'm always going to call it a boy regardless if it is or not, its just how I work and the entire appointment should take about 30 minutes." From here I don't know if she started, realized there were two babies and then said "And I do each measurement twice so I know I am getting them correctly" or if she said that even before she started because doing two measurements is the standard protocol.
After about 30 minutes she looked up at Dan and me and said "Well I have something to tell you" pause "you're having twins." At this announcement I began to laugh, scream and cackle and say things like "You've got to be kidding me". Poor Dan turned white a ghost and put his head down on the table. He was shocked and his face showed it, he didn't look pleased. The tech kept asking us "You had no idea?"
Because she was at a stopping point and before she continued I went to the bathroom; when I got back she continued, again because God had blocked out the 8am slot, to take more measurements. At that time she asked if we wanted to know the genders and we emphatically responded "YES!" Baby A- on the left was more cooperative and we found out it was a girl. Baby B- on the right was more difficult to get, I kept having to shift positions and it wasn't until the very last second of our appointment that we learned it was a girl too. Baby A kept getting in Baby B's way. While she was trying to get the gender in my head I kept repeating "please let it be a boy for Dan."
Once we finished the appointment we returned to the waiting room to wait for our appointment with Dr. Adelstein and Dan went to the bathroom. Later on he would tell me he went and argued, then apologized, with God. We went with the doctor and he was great, he spent the entire time reassuring Dan.
And we were scheduled for a level 2 ultrasound on April 3.
On the ride home we called our family and friends. So after learning about the girls we were quite shocked and excited. All our families and friends had some variation of the same response "no way you're kidding!"
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