Our First Doctor Visit for Baby #3 and it was Interesting

Many of you know that Ryan and I are expecting our third child.  A nerve-wracking but exciting time.   While we are both so thankful, and so thrilled to be pregnant again, there are also fears and worries that want to creep up into our happy little minds.

Yesterday, was our first doctor visit.  The moment of truth.  This would tell us if the little pregnancy test stick was correct, and we are in fact having a baby.  Although, I would have been shocked and a little bit frustrated if the stick lied to me, since I've been experiencing, for the third time, nasty all-day morning sickness.

But we meet our new doctor, and get ready to see our little gummy bear on the big screen.  The doctor moved the camera around only a little before saying, "I think you're not as far along as you were thinking." After some questions, she began showing us, on the ultrasound, what appeared to be a clump of white, but explained that it was the lining of the uterus clumping together in preparation for the pregnancy.  So, according to the picture, the baby hadn't technically began growing just yet, but my body was preparing for it.  That was slightly, if not totally concerning.

Fears started to creep up.  What if this pregnancy was already failing and we didn't even know it yet? Something didn't seem right.  There should be a little baby there if everything was on track the way it was supposed to be.

The doctor did some more videoing with the ultrasound.  At which point a strange look came across her face, and she said, "Interesting."

Interesting??? "Good interesting, or bad interesting?"

And then I saw it on the screen.  The picture I had been looking for before. The dark spot with a little white baby in the middle.  I could see it's heartbeat!  But wait a minute.  "Am I having twins?!"

After some strange faces and chatter later, the doctor informed us that it appeared I have not one, but two Uteruses (Uteri).  Which is not completely uncommon, except that mine appeared to be pretty separate from each other, which is indeed pretty uncommon.

What in the world?!

After many questions from Ryan and I later, questions like, "Can I be pregnant in both Uteri?"

I now am set up for an ultrasound in two weeks with the ultrasound tech.  She will be doing more digging into this double Uterus thing, and hopefully be figuring out if there is any reason for concern.

So we would appreciate everyone's prayers.  After a very small amount of research, having Uteri can cause problems such as miscarriage and premature births, or it can cause no problems at all.  So we will see.  Right now I'm just along for the ride.  There doesn't seem to be much I can do about any of it at the moment.

But what a very strange doctor visit that was.  Very strange indeed.