As soon as we found out we were expecting we went through all the emotions and trying to decide will we wait to tell family or not. To add to all of this my older Brother Lance and his wife found out they were expecting 2 weeks before Kelly took the test. So we also did not want to steal anybody's thunder.
We found a doctor in Monroe and their clinic is literally a parking lot away from the hopsital where Kelly will deliver.
Kelly called and set up our first appointment for october 30. At this point we were 9 weeks pregnant.
I think we were both excited and nervous we left work early and drove together to monroe, chatting like little school children and both about to wet our pants. We arrived and found the suite which was very nice and modern and plopped a seat in the waiting room and trudged through all the insurance information. I could not stop smiling and staring at my beautiful wife thinking. " God, how lucky will my children be to have her as a mother?"
The nurse called us back and I about lept off the couch. They first weighed Kelly. For my own safety I won't put the weight on here but she definitely was not showing at all. The nurse then took us back to a room congratulated us and told us our expected due date was June 1-3, 2009.
The nurse then explained that she would take Kelly's vitals and then have her disrobe and put a gown on and prepare for the vaginal ultrasound.
We were both shocked all the books we had read and internet sites told us at 9 weeks they MIGHT listen for a heartbeat, but that was it.
The doctor came in not long after and checked Kelly's abdomen and then started the ultrasound. He gave us a quick scare when he looked up from the screen and said " now you both listed that twins run in the family" we sat silent...he giggled. "well you only have ONE baby" PHEW!
He then turned the screen towards us and there it was. A picture I will never forget. A tiny gummi bear with two flipper arms and legs. The legs kicked a little and I could see the heart racing away. I felt so warm and all sounds faded away. The little blob was my future child, and I already loved it so much. The doctor left to let Kelly get dressed again. They didn't print a picture but told us we could use our cell phones to capture it. so there we were like two tourists, huddled around the ultrasound machine with our cell phone cameras out. After we took many shots with different lighting techniques I looked over and realized Kelly was still stark naked!! We left with our pictures of "gummi bear" and a welcome package. I think we sent the cell phone pictures to just about everyone we knew.
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