Our Twins
"Pregnant"....confirmed by goodness only who knows how many home pregnancy test and a blood test at my Dr.'s office....I am for sure PREGNANT!!!
Still in shock and disbelief, we wanted to tell the world....but actually we didn't tell anyone for two weeks after we found out. We had an annual family trip planned to Dallas, Texas to spend some time with my mom and her husband and my sister in two weeks so I wanted to be with them when we broke the big news! They were without words...tears filled the room and everyone is in disbelief after waiting for this day for so long! Matt's parents were so excited that our dreams of becoming parents had finally came true!
We had several Dr. visits before our first ultrasound...we knew since I was on fertility drugs we had a chance it could be multiples, but so happy to be pregnant we just wanted a healthy baby! The ultrasound day came...and our sweet Dr. said "Look here is a baby and took a deep breath and said oh, here is another baby"! Tears ran down Matt and I's face, I just kept looking at the screen and said "God is so Good!" We left the office, while still in the parking lot we called and texted our family and friends the great news! There is no words to explain how happy, excited, and blessed we felt that day....
Soon into my pregnancy I realized I was very high risk, not only was I older, I have high blood pressure, and carrying twins. The joy, excitement turned into being very scared, and worried about the well being of the babies inside me! At 12 weeks into my pregnancy I started to bleed, I went to the ER where they did an ultrasound to find a hematoma on the placenta. The twins were not comprised at this time but could be if the hematoma became larger or did not dissolve on it's own. The ER Dr. told me that he could not do anything for me and I would probably loose the twins....with tears in my eyes I said to him and the ER nurse," I will do everything in power to keep these babies safe and God did not bring us this far to let me loose them!!!" So from that day forward, I was on total bed rest for about 4 months...I went to the Dr. every week and had an ultrasound every time I went. That was very reassuring for Matt and I to get to see our little angels growing every week. I spent alot of time sleeping, looking at nursery designs and baby items online, reading magazines, looking at baby name books and also reading up on my weekly pregnancy progress. Finally, after about 4 months on bed rest my Dr. told me he thought I could get off total bed rest and take it easy....I was able to go pick out material for the nursery, register for shower gifts, attend our baby showers, and enjoy being pregnant for a short while. After having so many ultrasounds, you would think our Dr. would have already told us what we were having but no, he waited until about 18 weeks or so and I said...."Can we find out what we are having?" He said, "Oh, I thought I told you.....No, silly you haven't"! As he was doing the ultrasound he said," Baby A is a boy and Baby B is a girl"!!! Oh, happy day.....we have names already picked out just need a girl's middle name and we will be set!! I was scheduled for a C-section on Oct. 6, 2010...I was not sure I was going to make it to my scheduled day. A month or two before I was due to deliver, my blood pressure was increasing so my Dr. put me back on bed rest until my C-section day. I get so emotional talking about the actual day they were born....it was such a huge blessing from God, two little perfect babies!!
Harrison Parker Hughes and Huntleigh Paige Hughes....Our Twins!!!!
Still in shock and disbelief, we wanted to tell the world....but actually we didn't tell anyone for two weeks after we found out. We had an annual family trip planned to Dallas, Texas to spend some time with my mom and her husband and my sister in two weeks so I wanted to be with them when we broke the big news! They were without words...tears filled the room and everyone is in disbelief after waiting for this day for so long! Matt's parents were so excited that our dreams of becoming parents had finally came true!
We had several Dr. visits before our first ultrasound...we knew since I was on fertility drugs we had a chance it could be multiples, but so happy to be pregnant we just wanted a healthy baby! The ultrasound day came...and our sweet Dr. said "Look here is a baby and took a deep breath and said oh, here is another baby"! Tears ran down Matt and I's face, I just kept looking at the screen and said "God is so Good!" We left the office, while still in the parking lot we called and texted our family and friends the great news! There is no words to explain how happy, excited, and blessed we felt that day....
Soon into my pregnancy I realized I was very high risk, not only was I older, I have high blood pressure, and carrying twins. The joy, excitement turned into being very scared, and worried about the well being of the babies inside me! At 12 weeks into my pregnancy I started to bleed, I went to the ER where they did an ultrasound to find a hematoma on the placenta. The twins were not comprised at this time but could be if the hematoma became larger or did not dissolve on it's own. The ER Dr. told me that he could not do anything for me and I would probably loose the twins....with tears in my eyes I said to him and the ER nurse," I will do everything in power to keep these babies safe and God did not bring us this far to let me loose them!!!" So from that day forward, I was on total bed rest for about 4 months...I went to the Dr. every week and had an ultrasound every time I went. That was very reassuring for Matt and I to get to see our little angels growing every week. I spent alot of time sleeping, looking at nursery designs and baby items online, reading magazines, looking at baby name books and also reading up on my weekly pregnancy progress. Finally, after about 4 months on bed rest my Dr. told me he thought I could get off total bed rest and take it easy....I was able to go pick out material for the nursery, register for shower gifts, attend our baby showers, and enjoy being pregnant for a short while. After having so many ultrasounds, you would think our Dr. would have already told us what we were having but no, he waited until about 18 weeks or so and I said...."Can we find out what we are having?" He said, "Oh, I thought I told you.....No, silly you haven't"! As he was doing the ultrasound he said," Baby A is a boy and Baby B is a girl"!!! Oh, happy day.....we have names already picked out just need a girl's middle name and we will be set!! I was scheduled for a C-section on Oct. 6, 2010...I was not sure I was going to make it to my scheduled day. A month or two before I was due to deliver, my blood pressure was increasing so my Dr. put me back on bed rest until my C-section day. I get so emotional talking about the actual day they were born....it was such a huge blessing from God, two little perfect babies!!
Harrison Parker Hughes and Huntleigh Paige Hughes....Our Twins!!!!
