It has taken me a few days to even have the focus to write about this monumental event. We have some extremely exciting (and scary) news to share!
Friday, February 27th was quite the eventful day. It started out with the armagedon of diaper blowouts followed by a bath, disassembling a highchair, and placing said highchair parts into the washing machine. From there, Evan and I had to rush to get ready for an appointment with a nice lady from an alarm company to bid a system for our house. And this was all before 10:00 am!
After the alarm lady left we quickly got ourselves together (again) and had just enough time to scarf down a speedy lunch. Kevin took half of a day off from work so that we could make it to our BIG ultrasound at 1:45. Of course as our luck would have it, the OB's office schedules the appointment at the fetal health center for you, and clearly does not take into consideration when your toddler's naptime is.
Evan fell asleep almost immediately in the car and we even sat in the parking garage for an extra ten or fifteen minutes to let him sleep a little longer. It turns out our extra efforts weren't really all that useful. He was a handful the second we walked through the office doors. We knew it was going to be an eventful appointment to say the least...little did we know!
We are called back and while on our way down the hall to our room, the nice lady informs us that she is in training and still a student. I'm not sure where she was from, but her accent was incredibly thick. In very few words she went on to state she would only be getting a few measurements and that her overseeing ultrasound technician would soon be in for the remainder of our ultrasound.
The warm jelly is squirted onto my belly and the wand is gently moved into position. There it is...our first look at our precious little baby up on the monitor. At this point it is clear the student is having a difficult time getting her measurements, but isn't saying a whole lot. I glance up at the monitor and see two large white circles. They appear to be heads, but I MUST be sorely mistaken as we KNOW there is ony one baby in there. The student is still quiet and concentrating intently. Surely she would have said something if there really were more than one in there...but WHAT IS that other circle??
At this point what I'm guesstimating to be about fifteen minutes have elapsed. There's a knock at the door and the overseeing ultrasound tech slowly steps into the room while glancing up at the screen. You can clearly see the shock on her face. That shock was immediately followed by reprimanding the student about how she should have come and notified her right away.
I quickly shoot my husband a concerned look and he reciprocates. What could be wrong with my baby??
The student is urgently rushed from the room as the ultrasound tech takes over the duties. She leaned over, and asked me in a flat voice, "Do you see what I see?"
I blurted out my suspicions. "There's two of them in there, isn't there?"
"Yes, honey, it appears you are having twins!"
So there you have it folks, we have two on the way in just a short amount of time. Kevin and I are scared out of our minds with worry, but absolutely thrilled.
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