Monday, September 15, 2008

The moment we've all been waiting for!

Well, we had our ultrasound this morning. M&B got to be in the room with me, which was awesome. The room was small so the monitor was turned towards the tech and they were standing behind her. I couldn't see anything! I laid there patiently, waiting for the tech to say something...ANYTHING. Eventually I just said "Well is there one or two!?!?" And the tech said, "It looks like there are two sacs here." I said "I KNEW IT!". I just knew it! She had to check and make sure both sacs had babies with heartbeats and they did.




Baby A's heart rate was 138 and Baby B's heart rate was 156. Nice and strong! They gave me an estimated due date of May 3rd, but since its twins they will be born in April. M&B were absolutely thrilled. It seriously made my day...no, my whole YEAR...to see the looks on their faces when they saw their BABIES on the screen for the first time. Now they get to do all the fun planning and shopping, and choosing names. The names part wont be easy but I'm sure they will choose SOMETHING before the babies are born. ;)

So today was an awesome day. M&B got to meet my doctor and she answered all of our questions and let us know what to expect with monitoring and such with a twin pregnancy. I need to gain 35-45 pounds (yikes!) and M wants me to start NOW. haha

We need nicknames for the babies so they dont have to be known as Baby A and Baby B for the rest of the pregnancy! Anyone have any suggestions? :)

7 comments:

Sanda said...

Oh wow! 2 heartbeats in there - that is just amazing. I definitely agree they need nicknames besides A and B, but that's a tough one! I saw a blog recently of someone with twins who nicknamed them Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss and I thought that was super cute. But I'm sure you'll get lots of good nickname suggestions! I hope you have a very smooth and healthy pregnancy! And I can't wait to read more!

Jamie Koluch said...

I KNEW IT!!!!! I think it's going to be a girl and a boy. :) That would be so awesome for M&B!!

As far as nicknames go...how about Kit and kat??? lol I don't know...I think I want some candy right now. lol

Loree said...

i'm so incredibly happy for you all. it's going to be an amazing and wonderful ride!

Kim said...

Just wanted to say I think you're an amazing person for carrying these twins for someone else.

Kim

Betsy said...

Hey Jen! I'm so happy for you guys! What awesome news! :) Here's wishing you a PERFECT and BEAUTIFUL 9 (8)months and the journey of your dreams!
Betsy
PS Thanks for making your font bigger so old ladies like myself can read it! HAha

kd said...

Hi Jen!! Congratulations. I am so happy for you and M & B!! They are going to be amazing parents. Thank you for carrying the twins :-)
How about Minnie and Napa (for Minneapolis and Annapolis!)

Anonymous said...

Huge congratulations!