Sweet Sounds

Today Wes and I heard our babies' heartbeats for the first time.  The nurse had told us at our last appointment that we would get to hear them when we came today and that we would have an ultrasound at every appointment.  The doctor said that it was maybe too early (11 weeks today) to hear the heartbeat and that she wasn't going to do an ultrasound either.  We were a little bummed.  She did the exam and when she was finishing up she asked if we had any other questions.  Wes looked sad and asked if we couldn't just try to see if we could hear the heartbeats.  She just didn't want us to get worried if we didn't hear them because the ultrasound portion of the office was closed and it could just be too early.  She didn't want us to get worked up over nothing.  But then she said "oh alright, he looks so sad".  I was glad because I wouldn't have asked but I was bumming.  She brought the sonogram machine over and after a few second she found a heartbeat.  It was the sweetest wooshing sound.  Then she said it may be hard to pick out two different heartbeats.  She moved it to the other side of my belly and that heartbeat was much louder.  It was such an amazing feeling.  We had seen their hearts beating at our previous ultrasounds, but hearing it is so much better.  It made everything even more real for us!  

The other good news is she decided to do an ultrasound on Monday, just to have a baseline for the size of my uterus.  So we will get to see them one day before 12 weeks.  After that she said we will have an ultrasound at every appointment after 20 weeks.  So I'm thinking we won't be having the BIG ultrasound until the end of January......that's sooooo far away.  I'm so curious to know what is growing inside of me.  I have a feeling that there is at least one girl in there.  I have no idea why, I just do.

The other thing we discussed is how long I will carry  the babies.  She said I need to get to 24 to 26 weeks for a chance of survival.  After 28 weeks their odds are much better.  If I get to 32 weeks we can breathe a sigh of relief and if I get to 35 weeks we are "golden".  She also said that if I would happen to get to 38 weeks she would say enough and we would have the babies then.   She slightly discussed c-sections, but said we had time to think about that.  I really didn't want that but the odds are I will have to.  She said if both babies are head down and ready to go,  I could still end up having one by c-section.  My thought is why have pain in both places?  We will see as time goes by what the babies will be deciding for me anyways.  It is just crazy to think that in 6 months I will be a mother of 2!!!!!!!!  Life is great!!!!!!!!!!!