It was my 18th week of pregnancy and we headed to our first u/s in hopes to know the sex of the baby. All is going well with the u/s and then the tech starts asking me some questions like, "Have you noticed this pregnancy being any different than your first?" "Have you gained more weight this time?" I start to get a bit nervous and ask if everything is ok. She proceeds to say, "I just want to show you something...here's Baby A and over here is Baby B!!" Luckily I was laying down because I became very faint. I started to fan myself with my hand and all I kept saying was "Oh my gosh" over and over and over. We later called our family and everyone was just in complete shock. One of DH's aunts is still in awe of it.

On July 5th, I went in for a dr's appt (33 weeks) and NST. The NST was showing regular contractions so my perinatologist tells me I need to go to the hospital to be monitored for a few hours. They give me a few rounds of terbutaline shots and send me home. At 10:00 that night the contractions are back and we're back on our way to the hospital. I'm admitted and after more rounds of terb, they decide to put me on mag sulfate. The mag finally calms the contractions to every 10 min. vs. every 2-3. They decided that they had to leave me on the mag as long as they could because they knew once I went off I'd go into labor. Ten days later...on Monday, July 15th at 7 in the morning, my water finally breaks and at 10:01 and 10:02 Katie and Cassie were born via c-section just shy of 36 weeks. Katie weighed in at 6-8 at 19.5 inches long and Cassie was 6-11 and 19.5 inches long. These are 2 days as well as the birth of my son that I will never forget!!

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