One BIG Surprise

On Wedneday, December 19th I headed into a scheduled sonogram with my excited family to find out the gender of baby #3 and got the surprise of my life.  When she placed the wand on my stomach to begin the sonogram the technician said "Oh, you're having twins." I had seen the two perfectly round circles before she spoke and knew it before she said it.  Needless to say we were very shocked to learn the news!  We were all speechless in the room except for Addy who exclaimed "Two babies is too much!"  The technician felt awful that we learned about our twins in this nature but carried on with the procedure like a champ.  Next, I asked her if she could tell us the gender of each child.  After just a bit of exploring she declared each baby to be a boy, which sparked another statement from our dear Adalyn, "TWO BOYS?!!"  Needless to say she was a bit disappointed that there wasn't at least one girl in there. 

As anyone can imagine, we were in a state a shock from the news as my 8 week ultrasound had only showed one baby. I have the evidence to prove it!  One little guy must have been hiding behind the other.  After the ultrasound Derek's mom took the kids to the house while Derek went with me to run some errands.  As I was walking through Wal Mart, I couldn't even focus on my list because I was in such a daze.  I had to pinch myself several times to make sure it wasn't a dream.  In the meantime, the results of the sonogram were faxed to my doctor and she immediately called us into the office 45 minutes after the sonogram.  She answered our questions and was apologetic about the fact that she misdiagnosed the pregnancy at 8 weeks.  She said that I was her first twins misdiagnosis in her twelve years of practicing!!  She also explained some changes in the ways we will be handling the pregnancy from here on out and used the term "high-risk" pregnancy, which struck a chord in me. 

I didn't sleep so well that evening and for several days following.  It took us a good week to get over the shock of the twins.  We are very excited to be welcoming two little boys into our family and know that we will be very busy, but our hearts will be full.  Addy and Carter are excited about the them coming and Addy has warmed up to being the only princess in the family. For now, I will take my advice from a wise aunt and get my rest now:)