Hello TummyTime bloggers and readers! My name is Kelly and I’m an old hat to blogging for Onslow Memorial Hospital but I’m new to TummyTime. I’ve been blogging for the CuddleBugs blog for a year and a half now.
Let me introduce myself by telling you all a little bit about me. In 2008 I married Garrett, the love of my life. He is a Marine and of course I followed him here to Jacksonville, NC. I have a graduate degree I don’t use and instead I’m the happiest stay at home Mom ever to our daughter, Nora, who is almost two years-old.
Garrett recently got home from his second deployment and surprise, surprise! (okay, not really) I’m pregnant! Garrett and I are happily expecting our second child on or around October 1st. We’re hoping this is the second of six pregnancies for us. Yes, you read me correctly. We want a BIG family!
Nora’s birth was pretty unique and interesting and I’m dying to know what’s in store for this pregnancy and birth. I’ve heard every single pregnancy is unique and I totally believe it. Since I found out I was pregnant I’ve been reading all about other people’s pregnancies on my Droid phone application, What To Expect. They have a forum section where people can write about their experiences. My husband might say it’s a new obsession of mine –and I might have to agree with him. It’s so fascinating to read (for example) about how other people’s water broke –especially since mine the first time was relatively uneventful (well, aside from the meconium). I’m excited to be here and can’t wait to share my own story and hear about yours!
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I never imagined myself having twins until I delivered Nora. I asked to look at my placenta because I wanted to see what had sustained my daughter and kept her healthy and alive for the past ten months. The doctor showed me the placenta and said, “Oh wow, you have a unique situation here. Do you see how there are two placentas? And she pointed to a big placenta and a smaller placenta. She said, “There used to be two babies and one of them didn’t make it.”
I was shocked. I had my first ultrasound at 6 weeks, 6 days and no one had told me there were two babies in there. My next ultrasound was at 20 weeks so I guess by that point the baby “didn’t make it” and had already been reabsorbed into my body.
Now that I am pregnant for a second time I can’t help but wonder if I am pregnant with one baby or two. So I started my research and looked into what makes one person more likely to have multiples.
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Hello TummyTime bloggers and readers! My name is Kelly and I’m an old hat to blogging for Onslow Memorial Hospital but I’m new to TummyTime. I’ve been blogging for the CuddleBugs blog for a year and a half now.
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