What a difference a year makes

I've been absent in the blog world mainly because I'm so tired when I get home from work and the last thing I want to do is get back in front of a computer...this being pregnant with twins thing can take it out of you! Yes, both babies are hanging in there! We got a good report at the doctor on Monday...Twin B's HR was up to 125 and Twin A's was at 154. Such well behaved kiddos. :) So even though Twin B is still lagging behind a few days, it is developing the way it should and that's the most important thing. When I shared this good report with my favorite nurse, Amber (that's for all of you dying to know who my fave is!), and asked her a couple questions like OB vs. perinatologist, she actually said "now that things are looking good" I could continue with my OB! She errs on the side of caution so for her to say it's "looking good" helps DH and I breathe a little easier.

Even though after the transfer, I really felt like both embryos were sticking around, it's still a shock to think we're going to have twins. It's just miraculous. We've come such a long way in just a year and a half...my cyst removal, DH's obstructive azoospermia, failed IVF and talk of donor eggs, being rejected by two other major fertility clinics in town...and I know we are where we are today because we didn't give up. What if we'd listened to the first RE? Or even the second? I guess you just never know. I have a friend whose mom died from cancer years ago and she was saying how the doctors just don't know everything...they'd give her mom a month and she'd live for another year...when we were going through this second cycle and continuously getting encouraging reports, I thought of that. DH and I scoffed when Amber reviewed cryopreservation...and yet we have two embryos on ice. You just never know.

I keep hoping and praying that these babies continue to impress everybody. I'm trying to do all I can for them (even gagging on my broccoli at dinner) and I know they're doing all they can, too.