Double the Good News!

It’s been two days since M and I have been absorbing the shocking, yet blissful news that our “little bean” is after all TWO little beans!!!  Sitting together in the ultrasound room in complete stupor, looking at the monitor and listening to two strong heartbeats made this real for us.

Each, just a tiny ½ of an inch long and yet 2 strong hearts beating away at 150 beats per minute!  It was the most beautiful sound to hear!  As the pictures on the right suggest, from now on you guys are not “beans” (although you are each the size of a kidney bean now) as far as our doctors are concerned, but Baby A and Baby B.

You should have seen M’s facial expression when I said out loud as soon as the first image came on the screen: “Is that TWINS?!”   He was literally picking up his jaw from the floor. 

  

While I thought I might have read enough baby books and prepared myself enough by making a baby registry and designing the nursery, I left the doctor feeling like I am in no way prepared anymore. Back to square one!! Now, it’s all about the Mothers of Multiples Club, parents of twins message boards online, and all about twin books. We are scared, but thrilled! We can do it!

The doctor won’t let me go past 38 weeks and over 50% of all twins don’t even make it to 37 weeks before birth, so chances are we’ll get to meet you guys in late September / early October! Now, the guessing game begins about the gender. Girl/Boy fraternal twins are the most common, but I have a suspicion that you are both little girls. We’ll see if my instinct is right!  I claimed that I had a feeling about there being two of you, but M doesn’t seem to believe me! So, I am putting my gender prediction in writing! Never discount a mother’s instincts! J

I still haven’t gained any weight really. I eat the same amount as before. 8 weeks along and 112.5 pounds with a flat tummy!  As I type this, M and I are sitting on a plane on the way to Las Vegas for a long weekend and I plan to get plenty of pool time. I bought some maternity clothes in case I blow up all the sudden and need to take them on this trip, but I packed some sexy “party” clothes instead because 1) they fit the same and 2) they will be missed for a long time when you two start growing & competing for space in this tummy!  :-)