Four & Five

My husband and I have for the most part planned all our children. One of his friends called it, “advanced form of adulting.”

We always seem to decide when the baby isn’t the baby anymore, looking like a miniature twelve year old strutting around with their new found 2-year old attitude that we want another baby! So our children are all three years apart.

We decided June 2020 to start trying for baby number 4. The timing was right in regards to the age difference but we were going through a hard time together. Two weeks before I found out I was pregnant we said we weren’t going to try anymore. Too late!

October 2020 I was for sure pregnant. I took several tests just to be sure and I was quite nervous to share the news. I walked downstairs where my husband was on a work call. He instantly took his headset off and said what do we have here? He wrapped me up in a hug and he said he was very happy for the positive test. My nervousness turned to excitement!

The next few weeks he had to travel. I had some very bad cramping particularly on one side. When I called the doctor I was scared. They wanted me to come in for a stat ultrasound to make sure I was not having an ectopic pregnancy. I quickly got my parents to watch my kids and went into the hospital.

I was called back and laid on the hospital bed silent and holding back tears I was so nervous I’d lose our baby. The ultrasound tech did her job and got all the pictures she needed and turned the screen towards me. Here is one baby and here is the second one.

What?! There’s two? Oh my gosh. I have 3 at home already!

I asked if they were healthy and she proceeded to show me two little heartbeats.

Now to tell my husband who was on a plane home but still had at least 5 to 6 hours from being home. He sends me a message just as I’m sitting in the waiting room waiting for the doctor to call.

How did it go?

I sent him this picture labeled 1 and 2.

😐

Twins?

Telling him through message I couldn’t tell his reaction. I was sure he was quite shocked but I cracked up at the emoji he sent.

I got the kids at my parents and told everyone and it seemed everyone’s enthusiasm over our babies went to oh no! Thats gonna be alot. Your gonna have your hands full.

I can understand the shock as there aren’t any twins in our families and I have three already.

Now at 18 weeks pregnant with my babies the shock has worn off and I do think about how I’m going to juggle all of them somedays. But, I’m very excited to meet them. We were given an unplanned bonus baby and I’m already in love!