Ultrasound of the Twins

November 2011

Next step…. find an OBGYN.

We wanted to deliver at the Intermountain Medical Center (“IMC”). Why you might ask…because they saved my life in 2010 and they are the best. The Utah Fertility Clinic recommended Dr. Terry at the IMC.

Kim and I were like two giddy schoolgirls. We didn’t waste anytime. On our way home from the UFC we called Dr. Terry’s office and made our first appointment!! Oddly enough my cousin and her family all went to him and they had nothing but good things to say. It took about 30 minutes to explain our unique situation, and I still don’t think the front office really understood. I don’t blame them. This wasn’t a normal typical pregnancy that you hear about everyday.

 I kept thinking to myself, “Wow, is this really happening”? “Kim is really carrying our twins”?! It still all felt so surreal. “We are going to have twins”, I kept repeating in my mind!! Yay, we all were overwhelmed with excitement and pure joy. Jay, on the other hand was shocked. For the first few minutes he didn’t even move. All he could think about was “How was he going to afford twins, and their college and etc.…”.  I have to laugh because I don’t think Jay moved for a solid minute when we first found out…Lol

After all the months of praying, fasting, driving to the clinic everyday, planning, getting prepped, poked and prodded, medications, injections, thousands upon thousands of dollars, getting OHSS (ovarian hyper stimulation syndrome, and feeling miserable). We were able to get pregnant with TWINS.

Our first Appointment with Dr. Terry was when we were about 12 weeks along. As they took us back they were dying to know why Jay, myself, and (pregnant) Kim, where all there. What a weird place for a family reunion they must have thought. I just had to laugh. I began telling the nurses all the horrible events that had happened in

September and October of 2010 and then explained to them that now Kim was unselfishly carrying our twins for us. They all began to cry and were just in awe.

We then met with Dr. Terry and told him our whole story again and why we were there today. He was a very nice, positive, experienced doctor, and we loved that about him. We were in good hands. At the end of the first appointment I asked if we could have an ultrasound at 15 weeks to see if these babies had Potters Syndrome (no kidneys or functioning lungs), like baby Cord had. Dr. Terry said usually they don’t do the big ultrasounds until week 20 but in this case they would do a big ultrasound at 15 and then again at 20 weeks. I was scared but also set at ease. If our twins did have Potters Syndrome we would find out at 15 weeks instead of 23 weeks when we found out with baby Cord.

The next few weeks were torturous. I couldn’t sleep and I had no appetite. I prayed, and fasted that our twins would be ok.

The morning of the exam I had a panic attack and Jay luckily was able to calm me down. The technician took us back and almost didn’t do the ultrasound because it was too soon. With my heart racing Jay told the tech what had happened to our last baby and that we were only checking to see if they had kidneys. She thankfully agreed and began the ultrasound.

And just like that there they were up on the monitor. I held my breath until the technician told us that our babies did not have Potters Syndrome. I think that was the first time I remember being able to breath for weeks. I was finally set at ease. It was love at first sight as we saw them turn, flip, hit each other(lol) and swam all around. I of course had to ask if she could tell us the sex of the babies. She said that it was too early to tell but if she had to guess baby A was a boy and baby B was also a boy. We all were ecstatic but I think Jay was a little more excited as he was already picturing coaching their baseball games. Lol.

Just before we left I asked the nurse one more question. “Can you tell if either of the boys have a cleft lip and palate”. Surprised at the question, she again said it was still too early to be for sure but she thought that baby B had a cleft lip…I couldn’t breath!!