Ultrasound Number Two!

Well, there are definitely two babies in there! Today was our second ultrasound. We started to get a little nervous (me more than Dennis… unless he just said that he wasn’t that nervous to make me feel better), but overall very excited. Right away the ultrasound tech told us that she picked up both heartbeats… this made mine slow down a little, I think. Baby A’s heartbeat was 172 and Baby B’s was 168. The doctor told us that at this ultrasound they look for the heartbeats to be anywhere between 160-180… they were perfect! Both of the twinks looked adorable and are starting to look more like babies. Right now they are at more of a shrimp looking stage, but still really, really cute!

After the ultrasound we went in to talk to the doctor. He told me that I could go off some of the meds and I held my breath hoping he would say we could stop the injections. Not quite yet. Eight more days of injections. I can do it!!!  I’m going to stay on a few of the other meds for 22 more days, but those aren’t a big deal at all. I can’t wait until these meds are done! Then, he told me he was releasing me to my regular OB. Instant relief. It’s real. It worked.

As we all stood up to leave, the doctor shook Dennis’s hand and hugged me. Here came the tears. In that instant I felt so much happiness and relief and at the same time felt all of the pain from over the past year. It was an incredible feeling. I was leaving a fertility clinic and I was leaving pregnant. How awesome is that?

Being able to leave for our little vacation tomorrow with a relaxed feeling that the babies are doing well makes me really happy. Hopefully, we’ll both be able to relax and unwind and start focusing on the fact that we ARE having babies… not just TRYING to have babies. I can’t believe our family is going from 2 to 4 within a matter of months. Actually, from 3 to 5 including our sweet Ivy girl. She’s definitely part of our family. She’s in for the shock of her life. I think we are, too!