John and I kept asking each other, "are you sure you don't have twins in your family!"
These things simply did not just happen. We kept going over it in our minds... It took us a couple of months for it to sink in that we were going to have twins... because we were simply in shock. But there was still more to come...
Not only were we going to have twins, but there were problems with the babies... we needed to go to a specialist to find out what we were going to be dealing with...
One year ago today we had that appointment. It was during the doctor appointment where we heard the words 'mono-mono' Little did we know it, as the doctor put it oh so gently, "these are the worst kind of twins you can have."
These things simply did not just happen. We kept going over it in our minds... It took us a couple of months for it to sink in that we were going to have twins... because we were simply in shock. But there was still more to come...
Not only were we going to have twins, but there were problems with the babies... we needed to go to a specialist to find out what we were going to be dealing with...
One year ago today we had that appointment. It was during the doctor appointment where we heard the words 'mono-mono' Little did we know it, as the doctor put it oh so gently, "these are the worst kind of twins you can have."
My heart sank... mono-mono. These words would follow us for the next 3 months. Our babies were sharing the same amniotic sac and the same placenta which would lead to a very rare, high risk & possibly fatal pregnancy. No one wants to find out that the little babies you are caring might not make it. And there is nothing, absolutely nothing that you can do about it.
I left the doctors office that day in tears, tears of fear, tears of faith & tears of joy. This was the beginning of a journey of faith & complete surrender of our fears. What happened over the next few weeks was nothing short of amazing. We both spent hours researching and hours praying. It was like nothing I had experienced before and one I can hardly put into words.
All we could do was take one day at a time. Hope and pray. Pray and hope that it would work out. Knowing that God would give us, put us though, what we could handle.
We are so thankful it worked out as it did. These precious, adorable little girls are so very much loved!
And again, we thought...
how did this happen?
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