Quick Note

Just a quick note about the blog. Since we are just posting the link to this blog and no one has actually been able to read it, you might want to click on it by posts on the left. We started this blog back when we first found out and if you want to follow along, it would be best to start from the beginning!!!

Thanks everyone-

Johnny & Tracy + 2

First Appointment with Dr. Peden

Hey everyone- Just a little update. We went today for our first appointment with Dr. Maggie Peden. We are now at 12 Weeks. Only 28 more to go!!! We're happy to finally let everyone know about our wonderful news. Thanks for all the well wishes. Anyone offering to babysit, we will be taking you up on that. Tracy is going in on Monday for more detailed Ultrasounds. We are actually doing sequential testing to check for any abnormalities. Here are the ultrasounds from today. They are getting so much bigger!!



Twin A at 12 weeks


Twin B at 12 weeks


Twins at 12 weeks

Last Appointment with Dr. Pfeifer

Went in for our last appointment with Dr. Pfeifer today. It is sad that we will not be returing to see all the great people at Penn Health for Women, but exciting that we will be in good hands with Dr. Peden. Everything is going great. I don't have to give Tracy anymore shots. I know she is happy about that. We are so happy that things are going well. Here are the 9 Week Ultrasounds of the twins.

2nd Ultrasound

Dr. Pfeifer is taking great care of us. She had us come back a week after our first ultrasound to have another one just to make sure everything is going well. This appointment just happened to be on Christmas Eve. We both were off of work, but we had to be there really early. Our first day of vacation and we had to get up earlier than an normal work day.

As in the case most time, when we got to the appointment we didn't have to wait a long time. We went back to the exam room and in came Stephanie. She told us last time that she too had twins. She started the ultrasound and everything looked great. We were able to see the tiny heartbeats and she was able to get the rates of both babies. Twin A had a heartbeat of 128 and Twin B had a heartbeat of 128. We are going back in two weeks just to make sure all is well.

Twin A at 7 weeks

 

Twin B at 7 weeks

 

TWINS!!!

Well today we went in for our first Ultrasound. Our appointment was scheduled for 9:30 am. We arrived at the doctor's office and were pretty much taken right away. Stephanie came in and started the ultrasound. It took her all of one minute to say...Your having TWINS!!! Tracy and I were stunned to say the least. We knew it was a possibility. I had perma-grin on my face the rest of the day.

It's early, 6 weeks, and we know that there are risks this early, but we are praying for the best.

Unfortunately we had to leave and go to our jobs. We both called our mothers on our way to work. Both mothers were shocked. My mother started to cry right away. She was so happy for us. Tracy's mother was just as excited. We know that both are going to be a big help those first couple of weeks.

Here is a photo of the twins at 6 weeks.