Our surprise

On October 28th, I took a pregnancy test which was positive! I began having morning sickness right away, and pretty severely...I had to tell Lynn since I could no longer teach G12. When I hugged her and whispered in her ear that I was pregnant, she said "Its twins!" Now Paul Springer has been telling us for years that we would have twins, so this sounded common to my ears! But then I became even sicker, more tired, and my uterus was growing fast! I had a feeling something was up.

They scheduled my 8 week ultrasound, and me and Cisco went into the room. The lady started the ultrasound, and I saw three blobs! I said "Its TRIPLETS!" To which she replied, no not triplets, but there are two babies" Cisco said, "what? Twins?" She said, "umm, yes, two babies generally means twins!" LOL

So they are in the same sac, which the tech seams concerned over, but refuses to answer any of my questions. So we leave excited, but in the back of my mind, I hear her doubts....

I begin to research twins in the same sac, otherwise known as mono-mono twins. Not good. I see 50% mortality rate, and hospitilized bed rest at 24 weeks....I just know I need a miracle, and fast!

I get out Jackie Mizes "Supernatural Childbirth" and begin highlighting all the scriptures in my Bible one at a time that say healthy children are my heritage, and that all children are blessed IN THE WOMB, and I begin confessing morning and night...not too hard seeing the only place I wanted to be was in bed, I was so ill...

My doctor calls and confirms all my fears, and sets up an appointment with a specialist for 2 weeks...those were the longest two weeks of my life. But I kept all the negative reports to myself and remained on the Word that a membrane would grow to protect my babies.

Meme is up when the specialist appointment falls on, so she comes with me, and within 2 seconds of having the gel and wand on my belly, the tech says, "huh, I see a membrane" the 5 most beautiful words to my ears. 100 pounds fell off my chest right then.

Later in the week, my Dr. calls and said the entire board of drs said they were 95% sure they would NOT find a membrane, that there was not one there to begin with, and it was impossible for it to grow this late, and the only answer was it was a miracle!

Praise the Lord, my next ultrasound will be on the 28th of December!

6 months since my last post!

I have really slacked on the blogging side of my life. Since my last post, I did decide to continue homeschooling the children. I have come to recognize stages in my life where all that is needed is a much deserved break! So that's what I did, I took a break from all things homeschooling, and when the break was over I was refreshed.

So during the summer we spent a lot of time at the lake with my friend Judy, some time at the pool, and lots of outdoor fun.

We got our back yard done, with a beautiful patio and grass meadow for the children to play in, all we need now is a completed fence and swing set!

Gloria celebrated her first birthday, Rhema and Coco their 6th and 9th, we celebrated our 10th anniversary, Faith her 8th birthday, Katie her 16th and Cai his 3rd!