Update on a "Couple" of Things

I have to admit I'm lacking in my blog posts.....about a month behind to be exact. At the end of June I went back to the clinic in Toronto to have our first ultrasound. I was 6 1/2 weeks pregnant and already feeling some of pregnancies lovely effects on my body.

When I arrived the night before the appt in Toronto I was really feeling the love of my IP's and their families. Our plan was to go out for dinner....I thought it was just going to be the three of us but both sets of grandparents were there at the restaurant to surprise me. And since my flight three hours late coming in, I was really surprised that they were still there waiting for me. Everyone was just so excited. You could see how finally they're dreams were coming true and they were are so thrilled to be going through this with my IP's. I felt like a member of the family. They have truly embraced me and I love them all.

Ok, so Saturday morning comes and we head to the clinic for the ultrasound. As we are sitting there we are looking aroud at all the pictures of babies that the clinic helped to create. I had told many people since the transfer that I thought both embryos had taken. I started feeling pregnancy signs right away, my belly really "poppd" fast and besides, I have a top shelf uterus as my friend Liz likes to tell me. I had this in the bag. So for fun we counted how many pictures of twins were born with the help of the clinic. Just from the pictures we could see the number got upwards of close to 40 sets of twins and 1 set of triplets that I noticed. I mentioned to my IP's that my mind was ready for us to be told that they would be expecting twins, but if by some chance an embryo had split and there were more than two it may take me a minute...and a couple of tears to let that information sink in. After all, I was a twin pro, not a triplet or more pro!

Once we had sat in the waiting room long enough and the nerves were starting to take effect we were called in to the ultrasound room.

I'm going to fast forward here and get to the point....the tech started the ultrasound and right away we saw THEM! TWO BABIES! I was right, both embryos had taken and up there on the screen were two little peanut shaped babes with perfectly strong heartbeats.
That's when the tears started and for some they didn't stop for days. The tech continued to take measurements and pictures, give me some trouble for not laying still and even after that I didn't listen. How could I, we were all just too excited.
After we left the office the calls to family, texts to friends and updates on Facebook started. The outpouring of support, like always, was amazing. This was it....what everyone had waited and wished for for so many years was finally coming true....times two!

I can't tell you how happy I am for my IP's. I was thrilled for them when we got the positive pregnancy results but to have two babies at the same time is such a blessing. I also welcome them to the exclusive twin parent club. Let me tell you, I love being a twin mom myself but there are days when I wonder if I will survive it....but don't tell my IP's that....let them figure it out for themselves!