My hubby and I met through MySpace. He asked me to be his friend, I looked at his page and didn't see him as a threat so I added him. A week went by and he posted a funny blog to which i responded, that broke the ice. We chated back and forth through the internet for about a month, then we xchanged numbers and once we talked on the phone we never stopped. A week after talking on the phone we met, he came over and helped me move out of my house back to my parents. I had decided that after living alone for 5 years that I would rent my house to make some extra cash. We instantly hit it off, love at first sight. Within two months we were engaged. We set the wedding a year out to give my tenants time to move out of my house. We got married in November 06. We new right away that we wanted a child so we stopped using birth control. We started really trying around Feb 07, month after month went by and nothing. I pulled my back out in April doing some yard work. It was so bad that I ended up having to get 2 shots one in August the other in September. However, in July I was late 10 days but the pregnancy test would read negative. I had to have an xray before my 1st shot. The 2 days following the xray i got a huge migraine that i could barely open my eyes, on the 3rd day i got my period my migraine was getting better. While I was in the shower this very wierd looking clot came out, Sorry TMI, it wasn't the usual monthly clot, it was red and beige and clumpy. I didn't think much of it but i told a friend of mine whose a nurse and she thinks it was a miscarrage. She says it was probably an egg that got fertilized but that it didn't develop therefore the pregnancy test didn't pick up any hormone change. After that my period was all out of wack. I didn't get it for 40 days for the next couple of months. We decided to just let it go for a while and let nature take it's course. I continued to do research on the internet and came across an article that mentioned some over the counter cold remedies that were used to dry up your snot not only dried up your nose snot but also your uterus mucus. Wow! I started thinking and realized that the Claratin D that I was taking for post-nasal-drip had that ingredient that dried you up. I continued to read on it and found that there is an ingredient in a certain type of Robitussin that lossens mucus, like an expecterant - I found out that Musinex also has it and that i only needed to take a pill for breakfast and a pill before bed. So I bought a bottle of Musinex in Nov. 07 and an over the counter ovulation kit, since my period had gotten wacko early in the year I waited to get my period. I got my period Nov. 18 and started taking the Musinex. As soon as my period was over I started using the ovulation kit, as well as started jumping my husband every day. As soon as I saw a faint line I made sure that we did it and I waited 30 min before getting out of bed. We both believe we conceived on Dec 1. It's a raunchy story which I won't tell. Within the next 2 days I new that I was pregnant, I don't know how but I just felt it. I remember going to a baby shower on Dec. 8 and I was talking to some woman and I almost told them that I was pregnant. What was I thinking, I didn't know for sure. I wanted to lose some weight before getting pregnant and had started my diet on Dec. 1. I took my lab, Daisy, walking with me everynight. One night while she was running toward me in the yard she stopped about 2 feet away from me like if she hit an invisible wall. She looked up at me as if she had smelled the most discusting thing in the world. I found it wierd but didn't think much of it at first. The next couple of days I noticed that she stopped jumping up on me. Instead she would walk up to me slowly and place her head on my lap. When I looked it up on the internet, whether dogs could tell if you're pregnant, the stories I read seemed to imply that they can. My husband thought i was crazy and told me not to get my hopes up, but I knew I was. I was expecting to get my period on Dec 16. I couldn't wait that long. I pulled out the handy lap top and did some research again, the best over the counter pregnancy test is clear-blue. Although many say that they can detect early the most accurate one is clear-blue. I also came across a website that sells the test strips that they use at the Dr.'s office for 15 cents. I bought 15 just incase i wasn't pregnant and it took me another year of trying. Of course I couldn't wait for them to come in the mail so I went to CVS and picked up a clear-blue easy that said on the box detects up to 4 days sooner. I did one on Wed. Dec. 12 and i got a faint light plus sign. I was so excited but didn't tell my husband. I did another on Thurs morning because the box said that your urine is stronger in the morning, another faint light plus sign. That night i told my husband, "what would you say if I told you you were going to be a daddy?" He smiled and said "wait til Sunday", not knowing what I was up to already. I pulled the 2 sticks and showed him. He didn't believe it, so he ran to CVS to buy 2 more. I did one on Fri and another on Sat. The plus signs went getting darker and darker. On Sat. I received the internet ones through the mail. So guess what, I did one on Sunday and got two lines. Yay! no period either. Since we had 15 strips he made me try 3 more. I had a collection of about 8 positive tests. He then thought they were all faulty and wanted to see what a negative looked liked, so he took a strip and went to the bathroom to pee on it. lol As he was I was reading the instructions that came with the 15 sticks, It said if 2 lines appear you may have testicular cancer. What?? They must have had a crazy husband like mine pee on one and it came out positive. I screamed out to him in the bathroom and told him what it said. He came out all worried, i found it halarious. Thank God it was negative. I made an appointment with my Dr. for the following Thurs. He checked me and looked at me and said "your barely pregnant, I can't tell your uterus hasn't changed yet." He sent me for blood work as usual. While in pillow talk with my husband we dicussed the possibility of having twins because there are 3 sets in his family. We joked about how nice it would be. At my follow up appointment he checked me and said my blood work confirmed i was pregnant. Duh! I already knew this. He asked me to come back in 4 weeks for an ultrasound. As I was leaving i looked at my bloodwork and noticed that the HCG level in my blood was elevated. I was 5 weeks and it was measuring as if I was 9 weeks. Oh well! i thought and left. When I returned 4 weeks later, I waited for the Dr. as he came in he said "well, let's see if you have 3 or 4 in there." I said "excuse me" and he proceeded to start the sonogram. He was in my way so I couldn't see the screen. He says "ohoh I see something here, not sure what it is wait a minute, oh yes, there it is again, you're having twins." "What??? that can't be you're kidding." He said, "No, look for yourself." OMG there they were. I couldn't believe it but at the same time I kinda sorda new I was. This whole pregancy has been so wierd to me. My husband couldn't believe it when I called and told him. He had wanted to go to this visit and I told him not to because it wasn't going to be a big deal. I felt so bad for him, but he's ok with it. He went with me to the next appointment and heard the babies heart beats. He was excited.

I ended up loosing 8 lbs before I confirmed I was pregnant. Of those 8lbs I've gained back 7lbs so far. I hope to not gain much with the twins. With my daughter I gained 80 lbs. I don't want that to happen again. Thank God this time around I am turned off to sweets. I'm having a good pregnancy, just the usual morning sickness the first 14 weeks and now the usual heartburn. But I'm so happy, no mood swings or craziness like that. I do get emotional when watching sappy girly movies but that's it. I'm so excited about having twins. I can't wait. I've got the nursery theme picked out - Pottery Barn A to Z Nursery Bedding. I have the Baby Shower theme picked out - Two Peas in a Pod, just waiting to find out what they are so I can add some finishing touches and finalize the invites. I've prepared my registry list with all the things I think I need for twins. I hope I didn't miss anything. There so much more stuff on the market since when I had my daughter 10 years ago.

That's My Story!

Dec. 12

Found out we are pregnant 4 days before my period was due.

January 23

Found out we are pregnant with twins. What a surprise. I didn't know that twins ran in my family until my grandmother called me to congratulate me and told me our family history.

February 13

Heard the heart beats of each baby. Can't wait to find out what they are so I can stop calling them Twin A and Twin B.

February 18

Had an ultrasound done today to rule out downsyndrome (nuchal), routine. Baby A was very cooperative but Baby B wasn't so I have to go back and have the ultrasound redone on Wed. Baby A has a heart rate of 152 and Baby B has a heart rate of 161. Baby A is measuring 2.8 inch and Baby B is measuring 2.9 inch. Still to small to determine their sex.

February 20

Had the nuchal redone today for Baby B, still no cooperation. Heart rates today were 151 and 152. I was also told by the Dr. that she was 95% sure I was carrying boys. Wow! Two boys. I'll wait for confirmation from my next u/s on March 21.

We are having fraternal twins. They are each in their own sac and have their own placenta.

March 5

I am confused. I was told by the Techs I was having fraternal boys because they each have their own sac and own placenta. My Dr. told me he couldn't make sure until he delivered the babies but according to emedicine.com

http://emedicine.com/ped/byname/Multiple-Births.htm#Multimediamedia1

Dizygotic twins, which sometimes are called fraternal twins, are produced when 2 sperm fertilize 2 ova. Separate amnions, chorions, and placentas are formed in dizygotic twins (see Media file 1). The placentas in dizygotic twins may fuse if the implantation sites are proximate. The fused placentas can be easily separated after birth.

Monozygotic twins develop when a single fertilized ovum splits during the first 2 weeks after conception. Monozygotic twins are also called identical twins. An early splitting (ie, within the first 2 d after fertilization) of monozygotic twins produces separate chorions and amnions (see Media file 1). These dichorionic twins have different placentas that can be separate or fused. Approximately 30% of monozygotic twins have dichorionic/diamniotic placentas.

Does this mean I have a 30% chance of having identicals. In my dreams they look exactly the same, could this be a sign? lol. Either way I can't wait, i'm so excited!

March 6

Just came back from my Dr. visit, I'm measuring 28wks and I'm just about 16wks. Wow! He was surprised at how big my uterus is. Heard both heart beats - babies are diong well. I've only gained 3lbs so far. Yay! less to take off later.

March 16

I ordered a Baby Beat Fetal Heart monitor and today I checked on my babies. They were very active, moving and flipping around. The sounds were amazing. We were all so excited to hear them each individually. Twin B even kicked the microphone which was cool because it was like the first time that i felt an actual kick. The baby felt so small. It's amazing, the whole pregnancy process, the growth of the babies. I can't wait to start feeling them all the time.

March 21

I had my 18 wk ultrasound today. Still Boys! They are doing great. Actually, they are in the 90% for their gestational age. Big Boys! There is also only a 2% difference between them in size which is great. Baby A is very well behaved and Baby B is the naughty one; he's sitting on top of A's head, jumping up and down on top of him. My cervix is good measuring about 5. They also did blood work today to check for DS and Spinebifida (sp?). I have my next Dr. Appt on April 7 and my next U/S on April 18.

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