At 14 weeks along, Darren and Holly
decide to host a get-together with a couple of old co-workers (Lily and Olga)
and their families. We decided to inform
them of our little “adventure”, using a similar prank as we used with Tom’s siblings
Sheila and Andy a few weeks ago. Keep in
mind that no one from Holly or Darren’s family knows about this, and won’t for
another 10 weeks (when we reach 24 weeks – at least that’s the plan!). In fact, I’ve never met any of Holly or
Darren’s family members, so there’s little chance of any accidental
encounters/recognition. Anyway, I wear a
snug outfit to show my curves. I’m not
huge (yet!), but I’ve got a little pot belly to show for my efforts. I am carrying twins after all, which are now
about the size of lemons. Lily and her
family arrive first, and we just play it cool.
But in the course of our casual conversation, I nonchalantly mention
that I’m pregnant. Lily didn’t say
anything right away, but she didn’t have to.
Her look said it all. Let’s just
say her expression screamed “WHAT! How old are you?” Calmly, and with some fabricated sadness, I
say “Tom isn’t the father either”. Now
Lily is really confused. Tom isn’t here,
which really adds to the mystery of what I just said. Then she looks over to Holly and Darren for
some help with this suddenly uncomfortable social situation. But Holly just couldn’t play the game. She had this huge smile on her face, and
started crying (happy tears of course).
Lily was shocked, and didn’t seem entirely pleased with our trick. But she’s excited for us. She is also pregnant and about 3-4 weeks
ahead of me. Then we all calm down and
discuss the details of what has happened so far. Olga arrived fashionably late as usual, and
we pull the same trick on her. Like Lily,
Olga was really confused. But, we don’t
string her along too long, since we already had enough fun with Lily.
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At this time, I also decide to
tell my family back in Arizona. Even
though 38 weeks seems a long way off (it’s now mid-June, and my projected
delivery timeframe is late November / early December), I feel confident that we
are going to see this through to the end.
Be positive, right?! I called
when most of my family was together for dinner.
I told them all individually as they passed the phone around. In hindsight, I should have just had it on
speaker… Everyone sounded excited and
supportive over the phone, but I wish I could have seen their reactions in
person. My son Zach wasn’t there, so I
had to tell him at a different time. When
I explained it to him, he didn’t quite understand what was really happening,
and was initially pretty upset. Boys! A few days later after talking with a
co-worker, he called me to tell me how cool he thought it was. His co-worker helped him understand (thank
you co-worker!)
Holly and Darren decide to take a
babymoon. Huh?! I don’t think such a thing existed when I had
my kids. They chose a cruise to the
Bahamas that leaves June 21st. They
invited us too, but I didn’t want to travel all that way while pregnant. I’m being positive, but also cautious. I’ll save vacationing for after
delivery. We discuss the appointments
I’ll have while Holly is gone, and I have strict instructions to keep her
informed by email.
It’s now June 23rd,
and it’s been a few weeks since I’ve been to the doctor (and a few weeks from
the scary bleeding incident) so I’m excited to see Dr. Merrill. He always seems excited to see me too (I
wonder if he’s like this with everyone), but I think I’m just special. A quick check
shows my blood pressure is up, again!
I’ve been logging my BP for the past 12 days and everything is fine when
I’m at home. White coat syndrome people! He is still worried, so he takes my blood for
a Pregnancy Induced Hypertension Panel.
It’s a little annoying, but if it puts everyone at ease to take my blood
and check my BP 24/7 then I’ll do it.
Dr. Merrill is legitimately concerned, so he has me come back on Friday
the 27th and Monday the 30th to have the nurse do some
monitoring. It is pretty crazy because
my BP is fine when I’m at home. Now I’m
starting to worry because they’re worried.
It’s a viscous cycle. On a
positive note, I got to see more ultrasounds of the active twins. They were so wiggly that the sonogram tech
commented that they must be Kung foo fighting in there. Pretty cute!
When they calmed down a little, one baby was sucking his/her thumb. The other was face down and the tech (being
funny) said “it appears this baby is sucking the placenta”. We both laughed at that because it did look
that way! I decide not to update Holly
with all of my BP appointments. No use
worrying her and Darren while they are vacationing. I just give her the highlights of what the
babies are up to. When they get back, I
plan to reveal the genders of the twins to them, with a special surprise…
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| June 14th - 14 weeks |
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