Wow.
It's crazy how quickly things change.
This morning I couldn't eat breakfast because I was so nervous about the ultrasound. I left work at 8:30AM to head to the clinic and Lenny called me. He sounded cheerful and excited and I told him that I was so nervous that I was going to vomit. We met in the parking lot of the fertility clinic and I can say that I have never been so nervous in my life.
We went in and the nurse brought us into a room and asked me to get undressed. The door opened and I saw that it was my favorite technician! She is the same one who did the ultrasound when my lining bumped up to 8.1mm and she was the technician that was with us during our transfer. I was so happy to see her-- she is our lucky charm.
When she started the ultrasound I couldn't look at the screen. I closed my eyes and held Lenny's hand. That's when I heard her say, "I see two sacs." My eyes flew open and I could see two dark ovals on the screen. OMG. But I knew that sacs can be empty. A few seconds later she said zoomed in on Baby A and she said, "I see a yolk sac... wait, I see a heartbeat." She asked if we could see it and all that I could do was nod. There on the screen was this tiny little flickering spot-- one of my baby's tiny beating heart. My mind was blown. Tears started to roll down my cheeks and I squeezed Lenny's hand so hard.
The technician said that she'd try to get the heart rate and asked me to hold my breath. She did it twice and said that Baby's A heartbeat was at 112bpm, which was great. I was smiling from ear to ear. Next she moved over to Baby B and she said that because it was farther from the cervix, she couldn't see much. After moving the ultrasound probe around she said, "I see something.... Another heartbeat!" My heart could have exploded.
She had me hold my breath again and Baby's B heartbeat was 109bpm, which she said is great too. Both babies were measuring at 5 weeks 6 days, which is 2 days behind where I thought I was, but she said that it wasn't anything to worry about. After she was done she printed out the ultrasound pictures for us and it was a HUGE moment for me. For so long I really didn't know if I'd ever be able to experience this joy. I didn't know if I'd ever see my child's beating heart or be able to see our little ones growing in me. And now, here we were with two heartbeats and pictures of our little beans.
I can say that I was honestly in shock a bit. We knew that twins were possible and our hcg numbers were pretty high, but for some reason I really didn't think that we'd have twins. We joked about it all the time, but holy crap, things get very real very fast. Doctor V popped in her head to say congrats and she told me that I could stop the estrogen injections and that she'd have her team order me progesterone suppositories so I can stop my progesterone injections.
They took us into a room and gave us a release paper to sign. I asked, "So now I just see my OB?" They said, yes-- you are finished with us! Such a crazy journey. Nine months ago we had our very first appointment with Dr. V and she said that she'd get me pregnant. I remember being so skeptical and she said, "I will have to prove it to you." And she did. I know that we are not out of the woods yet but seeing two heartbeats was incredibly encouraging.
I called my OB and made an appointment for September 10th. I'm not sure what to expect-- I don't think that she'd do an ultrasound again, but that would be fantastic. All I know is that I have about a million questions for her about twin pregnancy.
Holy crap. We are having twins!
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