OMG!!?!

So, today (after much delay--my first appointment was cancelled because of the snow, then my doctor had to cancel the second) was my first prenatal appointment with my doctor's office. They called it a "confirmation" appointment, but to be honest, I had no idea what to expect--would they do blood work, a urine test, would I get to hear a heartbeat? Unfortunately, Daniel couldn't come along on this appointment, so I was on my own. My appointment was in the afternoon, and I had to get back to work for a 4:00 meeting--and the doctor's office was running late, so I was a little bit annoyed. They finally called me in, and I started going through routine questions and answers with the nurse--first day of last period, medications I'm taking, etc.--and I had my blood pressure taken.

The nurse told me my due date is October 3, 2010. AAhhhhhhh!!!

So, I'm left alone with instructions to undress from the waist down (yipes) and to cover myself with a paper napkin (ug). Dr. Hibshman came in--I'd never met with her before, but she was young and fun and very friendly. She told me she was going to (TMI) do a pap smear--I asked, are you sure? Are we here for the same kind of appointment?! She basically said that since she was going in there anyway, she might as well...

So after that fun (note: speculums are NOT fun), she grabbed the sonogram wand (not as bad as a speculum, thank goodness) and took a look at what came up on the machine. She smiled broadly, patted my leg, and told me it isn't very often that she gets to tell someone that they're HAVING TWINS!!!! What?! I almost fell off of the table. I was crying, with tears running down my face--and then I was laughing uncontrollably--I'm sure she thought I was nuts. I also think she was a little bit worried because I was crying, but I reassured her that it was a good cry, if a bit overwhelmed and WAY unexpected. So, she showed me the two little peanuts (to which I exclaimed, TWO KIDNEY BEANS, because that's how big they are this week--once again, I think she thought I was nuts) and their individual little heart beats. She said they each have their own sacs (?), which is a good thing, and that one was measuring slightly larger than the other.

Then came LOTS of information--things I can do, things I can't do. And being pregnant with twins puts me in a high-risk category, so there are all kinds of additional restrictions I will eventually face before we have these babies (What?! Plural?!? BABIES?! I know!!). I also have to start regularly seeing a specialist, as well as frequent visits to my doc. She wrote me out a prescription to see the specialist, and I was officially diagnosed with twins :) She also told me twins deliver at 36 weeks instead of 40 weeks, so I may be having August/September babies instead of October babies!

So, the first thing I had to do was call Daniel. Of course, he was at work--so I call and, with a quivering voice, ask him if he's in a place where he can talk. He said he'd call right back. I instantly felt terrible, because I was sure he was thinking the worst. As soon as he called, I assured him that all was well--in fact, all was well times two! If we were dazed with the news that we were pregs with one baby, you can imagine how dazed we were with the news that we would be having two. Dazed--and overwhelmed and happy and excited (although I still wonder what we're going to do with TWO BABIES!)! I love Daniel so much--and we love these little kidney beans :)