Could it really be TWINS?????

When my first HCG blood test came back the numbers seemed sort of high for barely being pregnant.  Then when my repeat lab was drawn several days later and the numbers were more than doubling every 48-72 hours, several nurses and doctor friends told me that they were pretty sure that it was TWINS.  We knew that this could be a possibility from the medications (and part of me thought, Oh how fun!) but I really thought we would just be having one baby.  We couldn't contain our excitement by telling a few very close family members and friends very early on.  A few weeks later, we were back at the fertility specialist's office who confirmed with ultrasound that indeed there were two babies in there but quickly gave us all the yucky medical statistics about how there is often a first trimester loss of one of the babies known as the "vanishing twin syndrome".  We didn't let this discourage us as we then knew how to pray specifically for these babies.  I also thought it was odd that our specialist was somewhat apologetic that we ended up with twins because her goal is always one baby at a time and not two.  We told her we were thrilled but would soon understand how valid these concerns were!

The beginning of my pregnancy was awesome and things seemed to be smooth sailing.  My specialist released me back to my OB at around 11 weeks for continued care.  As far as twin pregnancies go, I really couldn't complain because other than some pretty good fatigue and ongoing nausea, I was fortunate to not ever throw up and things were really pretty smooth weeks 1-20.  I hardly had much of a baby bump and I remember many people telling me how fortunate I was because I was so tall and carrying twins.  I soon learned that height has nothing to do with it!