The past week or so was rather busy for us and I totally forgot to post on the day that it was a year since we found out we were having twins. So - this is a week or so late, but oh well. For those that might not know, or want to hear it again here is the story: :)
Mike and I got off of birth control in July and got pregnant in August (our first big shock!). I went to my doctor - the best in the WORLD (if anyone in Louisville needs a doctor go to Dr. Nett at Advocates for Women's Health). She said that my hormone levels came back high and that I was VERY pregnant and she scheduled an ultrasound the following week to determine what uterus the baby was in. For those that don't know, I have two of those! :)
Well, the day of the ultrasound came and I was talking to my friend Laura and told her that I thought I might be having twins. I had no reason at all to base that on, just that I felt more pregnant. To be quite honest, I thought I was just joking! Also, that same day a family that was in the preschool had two cribs available and asked if I wanted one of them. I gladly accepted and she asked if I knew of someone that needed the other - jokingly I said "If I have twins can I have the other one?" and she said "IF you have twins, I have everything you need" - you see, she also has twin boys!
Well, Mike and I drove to our appointment and on the way I told him about the conversation with Laura and asked what he would think if we had twins! We both agreed it would be exciting but never, in our wildest dreams, would have guessed it to be true!
We got called back to the ultrasound room and the tech got us set up and the first thing on the screen that I saw were two black dots! I was not sure what I was looking at because you never know with your inside stuff what things could be. So, I said "That's two!" The tech would never confirm that I was having twins. I had to keep asking things like "Typically when you see two sacs that means twins, right?" and She would say "typically." I was overjoyed! Part of me was just so shocked by the conversations I had earlier in the day. While we were in the waiting room waiting to see the doctor to confirm the ultrasound Mike didn't say a word! He was so shoked and was hesitant to get excited since it wasn't confirmed yet. I called my friend Laura to tell her that I was right (She thought I was joking at first) and then we were sent in to see Dr. Nett.
The first thing she said to me was "Are you wanting to give me a heart attack?!" Because, remember the fact that I have two uteruses? That means my one uterus is half the size of an average one, so there is not alot of room for one baby, let alone two! She just kept saying that if one uterus can hold six babies, then a half of a uterus can hold two!
Our next conversation was about the risks of carrying two and she discussed with us that the babies were measuring smaller then what they should be and we needed to prepare to possibly miscarry the babies! Imagine our emotions, one minute we are told that I am carrying two lives, and the next we are told that we might lose those two lives! After more examination of the ultrasound she came to the conclusion that the boys were not as far off as originally thought and she seemed optimistic about the pregnancy!
We left the office in tears! Joyful tears!!! We called everyone we knew to share the exciting news! I don't think anyone believed us at first - it was such a shock!
We knew the risks of miscarriage yet we knew that God had already ordained the future events and He was and is sovereign over our lives and the lives of our children! The day we told my mom she said, "You have to learn early on to give your children over to the Lord." That has been a lesson that since day one we are learning over and over again.
How thankful we are that he ordained Michael and Jeremiah to come into this world and the he entrusted Mike and I to be their parents!
