Entering the Adult World

I'm a really horrible blogger. Several times this past month I have tried so hard to pawn it off on Ben, but he couldn't care less if the blog gets updated so stagnant it has remained. These past few months have certainly been a busy one for us.


We have been house hunting. Every Saturday and most evenings are spent looking at utahrealestate.com and seeing new houses that pop up. I am surprised at what people take pictures of. There were several where the majority of the pictures were of the outside of the house and one or two were of the inside. This made me think 'Man, that house must be pretty bad inside'. Last week, we put an offer on a house and it was accepted! It is a house that is stopped at the drywall phase until someone buys it and then they get to choose all the fixins for inside. When we first saw this house I fell in love with it. What made the house even more attractive is when it dropped 10K in price. We are now in the process of getting our loan approved which should go through this next week, at least that is what we have been told. We were pre-approved before going into the whole home-buying experience but still this waiting game is seriously not for me. Through the house buying process I realized that I am not a patient person. How difficult can it be for someone to say "We accept/reject your offer". I have learned that some people REALLY like to take their time on that part. Last week we picked out all the inside features at the sellers "Home Gallery". I am super excited to see what it looks like when it is in our house. I'll let you know the actually closing date once our loan is officially approved.

Picture of the outside of the house

We also learned a while ago that I am pregnant! We were so excited when we found out. This just made finding a house even more important because our 1 bedroom apartment is not fit for having a baby. Our apartment is TINY! The pregnancy has gone pretty well. I only got "morning sickness" at night which made going to work easier. I always felt bad for Ben. He got stuck with cooking dinner and some nights I would take a few bites and then I would wind up in the bathroom. I am 19 weeks pregnant. Yesterday we got the ultrasound. Ben came from a work conference and I came directly from work. We walked into the room and the ultrasound started. The first thing we saw was two round things. The Ultrasound Technician pauses at this point and says "Do you have any history of ..." at this point all bad things were running through my head. Then she proceeded to say "Twins". Those two round things were heads. We are having not one girl, but two GIRLS. I had thought I was having twins all along, but the 'doubters' around me convinced me that I would have heard two heartbeats. I had heard the heartbeat on the previous two visits. Ben just kept on laughing and shaking his head. What else can you really do once you find out you are having twins. The ultrasound took a REALLY long time because there were two of them and they kept on hitting eachother and moving around. Once the ultrasound was over we waited for the technician to review the results with a doctor.

When the ultrasound technician came back she came back with a doctor. The doctor then proceeded to tell us that there are three different types of twins. This is the order according to those with the least amount of complications 1) Each baby has their own inner and outer sack 2) They share the outer sack but each baby has their own inner sack 3) The babies share the same inner and outer sack. It turns out that we are having identical twin girls and they share the same inner and outer sack. The doctor then proceeded to tell us that she was having a High-Risk pregnancy doctor come down and talk to us and then she led us into a conference room. The High-Risk pregnancy doctor came down and told us all about what the news we just received means. Since they are in the same sack there is a great risk that the umbilical cords will become tangled thus causing one or both of the babies to die. Around 24-27 weeks they put you in a hospital and they monitor the babies heart beats for 1-2 hours a couple of times a day. When I first heard this I was like, I can do this I can come in for a couple of hours everyday. What I didn't understand is they keep you in the hospital. So in about 5-7 weeks I will be admitted to the hospital and there I will make my little home. They will monitor the girls heart beat to see if they need to intervene and deliver the girls early. Ideally they deliver these types of twins at 32-36 weeks. So no matter what I will not be caring my girls full term. In two weeks, I go back to the High-Risk doctor and get another ultrasound to monitor the heart beat, movement, and check the cord tanglement. After the doctor left, I burst into tears This was not how I imagined my pregnancy. I am so excited for twins, but all the complications that could occur makes me a bit nervous. I am trying to take things a day at a time and just focus on the fact that we are having TWINS! Ben will be outnumbered :).

Things are definitely going to be hard these next couple of months and I have no idea what I will do when I am in the hospital. The doctor recommended taking up hobbies. She also said I could work remotely, if my work okayed it. I am going to talk to my boss on Tuesday to see if that is even an option, if not I will just go on medical leave. I just hope and pray the girls will continue to do well and stop wrestling so no more tanglement will occur. So just a shout out, in about 5-7 weeks from now if you are in the Salt Lake area near the University Hospital you should really come by and say Hello. I know I will be needing visitors and it would be great to have a distraction! I'll try to keep you updated on what is happening which means I need to improve my blogging skills and blog more regularly.