Finding out you’re carrying twins is a wild feeling. For me, my husband and I had been trying to get pregnant for over a year. I felt like our family wasn’t complete. I kept holding off on applying to grad school hoping I’d see those two pink lines. Well time was running out so I bit the bullet and applied to school. I got into graduate school and decided to postpone trying to conceive. Well life had other plans. Two weeks after starting graduate school, I felt this urge to take a test and boom, those two pink lines. I was shocked! I was excited, I was scared, I was going crazy! I looked at my period tracker and realized I was only 3 weeks pregnant. I called my OB and made an appointment for 8 weeks. Those were the longest five weeks ever. I was the sickest I had ever been in my life. I couldn’t get out of bed at times, lost some weight, had no appetite, was so tired I could barely function, vomited constantly and felt nauseous 24/7. My mom said “you’re so sick, I bet it’s twins”. I laughed it off and thought there’s no way, it’s probably just a girl. I downloaded a Doppler app on my phone and swore I heard two heartbeats. I convinced myself my mom was just in my head and that it was just one baby. Well the doctors appointment finally came and my husband and I were so excited to finally see the little one growing inside. Well I remember seeing the screen and thinking my uterus looked strange. And then she said it. “So this is your uterus….” and I immediately saw it… “and this is baby A…” my husband turned white as a ghost and I just said WHAT! “And this is baby B!” I just busted out laughing as my husband, with the widest eyes ever just says “fuck”. The sonographer said, I’m guessing y’all weren’t expecting that. I couldn’t stop laughing the whole time. We left the doctor and my husband had some drinks to ease the shock and we went home after calling our families. The shock lasted a few months honestly. The sickness lasted the entire pregnancy. But every second of it was a joy.
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