Surprised to be here!

AlyceBell · May 2013

Hi everyone. I'm new to this board. I was hospitalized last night for hyperemesis gravidarum at 7.5 weeks along. When they did a scan the resident noticed and the attending doctor confirmed that it looks like I'm having twins!

Fraternal twins do not run in my family, I'm not over 30 (though getting close) and we did not employ fertility drugs with this pregnancy so this is out of the blue!

Seeing the OB on Thursday so hopefully he can confirm the hospital findings. In the meantime I'm bursting with a mixture of excitement and shock and apprehension.

This was a really long post just to introduce myself.

aliwisewoman · May 2013

So amazing!! That first ultrasound was so exciting. And it takes a long time to get over the shock and disbelief! I've known for 10 weeks and I'm still sifting through my emotions! Haha! Welcome to the group!

Mrs.AshAsh · May 2013

Welcome! You'll find lots of useful information on this board. :-)

Your story sounds a lot like mine. No fraternal twins in my family (we found out they are fraternal boys!), not over 30 (but will turn 30 in August..BOOO!!! Haha) and no fertility drugs. In fact, I was on birth control. So when I took the home pregnancy test and saw that it was positive, I about had a heart attack. When I went in for an ultrasound (at about 7 weeks), there were actually 3 sacs but only 2 babies had beating hearts.

It was certainly the surprise of a lifetime and it took awhile to sink in but we really are getting used to the idea of having two more boys running around (this is my 3rd pregnancy, I had a daughter and son here as well) at this point. It's about time considering I'm 21+w along. :-)

Congrats!!!

AlyceBell · May 2013

Thank You! I'm so excited for a more extensive scan this week. The one in the hospital was so fast and I felt so awful at the time so I didn't appreciate it nearly enough.

CNYBride05 · May 2013

Sorry you've been so sick, but congrats on your twins!! Welcome

MuseumMaven · May 2013

Congratulations and welcome! I was also 7.5 weeks when I found out about our surprise twins! It's a lot to take in, but I'm beginning to get used to the idea of twins. And they aren't even 2 yet!

raraavis28 · May 2013

Congrats and welcome! 7 weeks was also when we got the news....and were totally shocked as well! Our boys are 5 months now and DH still looks at them sometimes and says "There's two of you guys!" Ha! GL with your pregnancy and I hope you feel better soon!!