We have BIG news...TWINS!!
As many of you know, we've been on this baby journey for a year and a half and were so excited to find out we were finally pregnant in November! We told family right away and a few close friends before sharing with our church small group and Sunday school group. So many have prayed with us through this journey and have encouraged us when I was feeling warn down emotionally. We couldn't wait to share the news with our friends! I have been a bit more cautious this time around and we waited until about the 8 week mark to share with our group of friends and then waited until after my first OB appointment to share with the rest of the world (aka Facebook and Instagram). I'm so glad we did because we discovered that there are not one, but TWO BABIES growing in there! During the ultrasound, the conversation went something like this:
OB: "Well, you're having twins!"
Me: "Are you kidding me?!" (cue sobbing for the remainder of the appointment...)
I remember the morning I found out I was pregnant - there were a lot of tears then too! Tears of absolute joy and praise to the Lord! The tears at my appointment were very much the same - full of joy, excitement, and you betcha - fear!
Let's back up a bit to my OB appointment in October. It was then that my doctor decided to try 3 months of a high dose of clomid to increase our chances of getting pregnant. I was to take 3 pills each day for 5 days then wait - if it didn't work then I'd do it all over again the next month then the next. With clomid there's a small percentage that you could end up with multiples. We were totally aware of this and were completely fine with it because there's always been a possibility we could have twins - my family has two sets of twins and Richard's family has one. We went ahead with the plan for clomid. I took the pills for 5 days and experienced hot flashes like a lady going through menopause. I spent a lot of time praying that month that we would get pregnant. Aside from wanting this to finally happen for us, I didn't want to have to take these pills again (and possibly again). I hated the way they made me feel and not to mention our insurance didn't cover the cost for the prescription and they were not cheap pills to purchase. A few weeks later I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative. My heart sank. I waited several more days and when I was late I took another test on a whim because I had an extra and figured "why not?" I just knew I wasn't pregnant, but there was still a little bit of hope that maybe, just maybe I was. It showed up positive right away! I could hardly believe it! I called Richard right away sobbing (pretty sure he thought something was wrong).
One of my prayers recently has been that when we found out we were pregnant we would rejoice in the Lord for what he has done. That is exactly what I did when I read that pregnancy test, before I called Richard, or did anything else. I sobbed in the bathroom and gave him all the glory. HE did this! HE answered our prayers! His faithfulness and steadfastness just astounds me sometimes. So when we found out it was twins - can you imagine? We are elated, shocked, joyful, and slightly afraid, but He has taken care of us up to this point, He won't leave us; He is still very much here with us in this journey because it has only just begun!
I've decided I'd really like to continue documenting this journey through this blog. I want to remember everything He has taken us through and will take us through. And if others can relate or feel encouraged by it then that's great! So, I will be giving weekly updates as we go through this new adventure of waiting for our TWINS (I still can't get over that - hehe!). My next blog post will be up sometime this week starting with a confession then a brief fill-in of my week 11 pregnancy with twins.
May you all have a Merry Christmas!
