It's Twins! How We Found Out it Was Double

The night before my first ultra-sound, my family went out for some Mexican food. If you know us, you know we love us some good Mexican. Unfortunately for me, I was already experiencing nausea around 8 weeks and could barely eat. I was dreading the next 32 weeks of pregnancy because things were just not off to a great start. I was only 12 weeks along and already showing. My oldest sisters are twins and my mom noticed that a lot of what I was going through was similar to her pregnancy. As we were eating my mom said, “What if you are having twins!?” I QUICKLY said, “Don’t put that on me mom! I only want one baby!”  Having double was the last thing on my mind! Out of all of my sisters, I was the one who said that I DIDN’T want twins. I wanted one baby to love on. I didn’t know if 1. I could handle two babies at once 2. I could love 2 babies at once. I wanted to just soak in every second with my first.

The next morning Jordan and I headed over to our ultra-sound.

Just like any other mother I had so much anxiety! I prayed over and over to hear a heart beat quickly. Our doctor started the ultra sound and almost immedietly said, “Oh….Oh…Hmmmm” My mom brain started assuming the very worst. I just kept praying while laying there that everything was okay. The nurse leaned in closer to the screen and asked, “Is that?”

“Oh yeah!” he said.”That’s not one baby in there! You are having two!”

I’m pregnant with twins?!

I’m pretty sure Jordan almost passed out.

I started crying.

We thought they were joking.

They were definitly not joking.

We could see our little peanuts wiggling around in my belly.

You know what happened though? The second I saw them on the screen, I wanted both babies. I knew I could handle both babies. I knew I could love both babies.

You know what else happened? I got a little pinterest happy and started pinning every cute twin onesie I could find on my private pinterest board. Follow me on pinterest Here!

So just like that we went from a family of 2 to 4! Obviously a million questions ran through my head like “how the !#$^%&%* are we going to pay for them?!” but I knew all would be well and that every miserable day of being pregnant would be worth it.

- Olivia

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