Two!

Two lines!

There must be a mistake, I had forgotten when my last period was, but it felt like it had been a while. It must be a mistake- so much so that in the coming days I would take a total of six pregnancy tests (just to be sure). I remember the girl who worked at the CVS shook her head and said, "I'm sorry but if you've already had one that says positive, you probably are." I remember correcting her and saying, "No! This would be a good thing!"

Two lines!
At that moment I started to dream. I was going to be a mom and my life at that moment changed. I looked in the mirror and I swore I looked different and I wondered if others could see it too. I wondered if they looked at me and could hear my mind as every few seconds it screamed, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A MOM!!

Two lines!
I kept my news quiet until it no longer let me. I was sick morning, noon and night and nothing stayed down. It wasn't long before my coworkers noticed 'the flu' I had wasn't going away. One of my friends said, "I bet you're going to have twins!" Ya right, I thought. This is just the way my pregnancy was going to go and truthfully, being sick didn't bother me- it was just proof to me- yes, someone was growing inside of me.

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I had lost 13 pounds that first trimester which was a lot on my five foot two frame. I was sick, but so happy. With each flush I remember saying, thank you God, thank you baby.

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I remember us walking hand in hand to the doctor as others smiled probably aware as to why a husband would be accompanying his wife into the OBGYN. I remember my husband standing at my side and what we saw took our breath away. There on the screen was a little peanut with little arm and leg buds and in the very center there was a flickering light- a heartbeat that made mine stop. Suddenly it was official, if the getting sick every day didn't cement it, this did.

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The doctor took pictures and printed them out for us- the first pictures of our child and she printed a lot! The doctor made a comment about how full my bladder was and I remember thinking we must be getting done soon but still she kept looking for something...
-or someone...

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And then she said, "Look, there's the other heartbeat." My eyes widened as my husband said, "Why does our baby have two heartbeats?" She said, "There's the other baby." I looked to my husband as the words she spoke registered in his mind. His face went white and I remember the doctor quickly pulling a chair for him to sit in.

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I couldn't wipe the smile off of my face. On the ride home I told him, "We're having two babies." "I know."
"We're having two babies."
"I know."
I said it over and over and over again until it sounded real. We got in the house as our dogs greeted us. "I'm having two babies." I told them.

Two lines!

Two babies!

Two.