Rob and I were trying to get hospitalization insurance and so on the 12th of March I took a pregnancy test to prove that I was not yet pregnant. It came back negative of course.
But low and behold after being 3 days late and not being able to get an x-ray on my shoulder (the nurse asked me if I was pregnant and I hesitated because I was supposed to have started that day but had not. So no x-ray) I said “what the heck. All the online tests say I could be pregnant, so why not take another test.”
So March 21st I bought a pregnancy package with 3 in it and took it to Rob’s work. I took the test there and it came back POSITIVE!! I showed Rob and was so excited! I looked up due dates and was told by the internet that we are due November 25th!
I don’t feel pregnant so it is hard to imagine….
However, just this last weekend during Priesthood Session of General Conference I went to the bathroom before leaving for girls night and saw blood! I asked my mom if that was ok and she said let’s watch it and see.
We left and headed to Gardener Village but had to stop at a gas station because I could tell that I was still leaking and I was cramping quite a bit.
After walking around for about a half hour I was worn out and needed to sit so I went back to the car and waited for everyone else to be done.
When we got home Rob gave me a blessing and I went to bed. I pretty much lied around most of Sunday as well. At that point the bleeding had stopped. All in all I only bled about 2 tablespoons but was still cramping quite a bit.
Monday we already had a nurse appointment so when we went in she asked if we had seen Dr. Lind yet. Rob chaimed in “Nope but we were hoping to see him today”, and then told her about the weekend. She then left and came right back and had us go get an ultrasound.
The ultrasound tech was asking us questions and showed us our baby. She measured it and we could hear it’s little heart beat!! .. She then continued to look for what was the cause of bleeding. She stopped mid sentence and a few seconds and looked at the screen and then continued to talk. She then asked me if we had used anything to get pregnant. I replied with “well we got off the pill.” She then asked, “anything else?” I had no idea what she was getting at but responded “nope”.
She then moved around and said, “well here is your other yoke sac”… yes my friends, we are having twins!!! They couldn’t tell if they were identical or fraternal that day but both had cute little heart beats, beating at 117 per minute. We had to meet with more nurses and got my blood taken.
We pushed up our Dr. appointment from 2 weeks from that day to two days (Wednesday). The Dr. told us again (like every Dr.) that we are extremely high risk but that we have 80% chance of having them. He then did another ultra sound and confirmed that they are identical. This causes a lot more risk and possible complications but will be so rewarding in the end!
