When 3 become 5!

So I haven't made the "big announcement" on Facebook yet, but enough of our close family and friends know our situation for me to feel comfortable blogging again. I found out I was pregnant again in June and was of course excited and over the moon. Naturally very very worried though following the missed miscarriage back in April. If you remember the miscarriage was discovered at the 12 week scan where the baby had stopped growing at 8 weeks. Well, on Sunday I was 7+5 and had a tiny amount of brown spotting. This understandably sent me into a whirl of panic and despair. Sunday night I'd resigned myself to history repeating itself and felt very numb. We booked a private scan for lunchtime on the Monday as I couldn't put myself through a wait of not knowing.

Nervously I went to the scan, gave my history and got ready for the moment of truth. The first thing checked was my cervix and the doctor was happy that it was just brown spotting and nothing more. I braced myself for the scan. Straight away I thought the screen looked a little different to my early scan with Bella but I wasn't sure what it meant. The doctor smiled and said "You've got twins!" Oh. My. God! Those were my words. How do you take something like that in from having given up hope the night before to being told you have 2 babies! My first question was...are they both alive? Instantly I felt a bond and rapport and wanted to know both my babies were well. The doctor pointed at the screen and said "Look!" It was obvious the heart on the first twin was pumping away. We had a listen and then moved on to the 2nd twin where we also saw and heard the heartbeat. She went on to measure the length of them and they were measuring spot on for my dates. I was 7+6 on the day of the scan. One measured 7+6, the other 8 weeks. Perfect!

Now, there is a small area of bleed inside, she said it was tiny, 6-7mm, so thought the risk of miscarriage was very slight, although obviously still there with any bleed. I have been assigned rest for a week and a rescan next Tuesday in the hope the bleed will have dispersed. I'm happy to say that I have had no more spotting since that Sunday. My progesterone support has been doubled to give them the best chance.

Today as I write I am 8+3. Sickness is pretty horrendous. What was just evening sickness has started to move to all day and I'm struggling to eat, but I embrace it! It's all for the greater good! So, we now are in a position where we are delighted, excited, apprehensive, nervous and praying all stays well with both our little beans. Please, if you are reading this and believe in the power of positive thinking or prayer, spare some thoughts for our little ones and wish them well :) I have decided to start blogging and post about our news ahead of the 12 week scan as we waited the last time and still had a problem, and it's just not nice to go through that on your own. I know a twin pregnancy is going to be higher risk throughout so wasn't sure if there was ever a good time to come clean! I hope you enjoy following our very special journey.

Below are a few photos from the scan. I grin every time I see them! They are non identical in 2 different sacs with 2 different placentas forming.

This is measuring the heart rate of one twin

Measuring the heart rate of the 2nd

One twin measuring 8 weeks and the other 7+6