Our Ultrasound Appointment - and a big surprise!

Today couldn't come fast enough. It seems like this day took forever to get here. I have been nervous and anxious and excited, but mostly nervous. Over the summer, we never made it to our first appointment, so this is a milestone for me. I am 7 weeks and 6 days today; over the summer we lost our baby at 8 weeks. So I am feeling slightly more confident this time around.

The appointment was at 9:20am. After a painfully slow night at home for me and a long busy night at work for Jim, we were up and at 'em early for our appointment. So we were off, heading to the OBGYN office located just a couple miles down the road (and conveniently located right by a Cold Stone Creamery - yes, I planned that when I picked out my new OBGYN!)

I was a nervous wreck, and Jim said he was slightly nervous too. The Doctor (who I will refer to as Dr. D!) could tell my nerves were on edge, so she jumped right in and started the ultrasound without too much delay. She turned the screen so we could see too... but we didn't really know what we were looking at... well, except I kind of had an idea what the baby may look like at almost 8 weeks, since I have been on google every day researching pregnancy related topics and concerns (remember, I am type A!). So I kind of knew what we were looking at.

Well, Dr. D, did a quick peek and then moved the ultrasound around a little so we couldn't really see anything anymore. And she proceeds to say, "Did you see that?" Jim (told me later that he) couldn't see the screen, and I said that I think I saw the baby. Dr. D said, "Did you see what I saw?" So I said again that I think I saw the baby. She said, "there's two babies." AHHHH!! (She didn't say AHHH, that was all me!)

SURPRISE!! We're expecting TWINS!!

(I labeled the pics in case you can't tell what you're looking at!)

Dr. D continued with the ultrasound and showed us exactly where both babies were, pointed out their heartbeats, which I could barely see through my crying eyes, and measured each baby. Both babies are measuring right on track, at 8 weeks, 1 day (so a little ahead of schedule). (FYI: Baby B looks smaller because he/she is hiding behind Baby A, so it was hard for Dr. D to get a good view of him/her.)

We are beyond excited! I am still filled with nerves, as before I was only worried about one baby continuing to grow healthy and strong, and now I am worried for both babies and hope both babies continue to thrive.

Jim and I thought that twins were a possibility. Since I am a twin myself, we knew that the chance of us conceiving twins was slightly higher. And after googling the high beta numbers (see post below), I knew that they were pretty high compared to other normal pregnancies. Everyone always would say don't read too much into the actual number, and instead focus on whether it is doubling or not, so since mine doubled I was happy. But I always held that thought of twins with me, and now I know why - mother's instinct! AH!

So I am still unsure how exactly I am feeling. I mean, I am feeling many things - I am nervous, I am excited, I am happy, I am scared, I am worried, but mostly I am thankful! These babies are growing, and right now I am pregnant and I need to focus on that. One day at a time.

I will now leave you with the first pictures of our babies. How beautiful they are!