12 WEEKS!!!

Okay, so magical week 12 has arrived…the week I’ve been waiting for, right? I was supposed to wake up and have a normal day full of energy and free from nausea. Not my story. Bummer. Any day now. I’m ready. Last night was particularly uncomfortable, but I’ll make it. I can be starving one minute and so sick the next. It doesn’t take long. I get an ultrasound this week, so it’s always nice to see the little bugs and heartbeats. I’m excited about that. I’m starting to get nervous, however, for the test that will follow the ultrasound. It’s time for our CVS testing. Hopefully all will go well and we will find out that both kids are healthy and SMA free!!! That is the goal here after all. Here are the cons: First it might snow this week and cause problems for going through the mountains to get to the city where we are getting the testing done. Second, I’m in week 12 and almost 13 at that point which is the cut off for CVS testing to be done. If the kids are too big they cannot perform the test. Third, since it’s twins it may not be possible at all to do the test depending on how they are positioned. We are told we have a 50/50 chance of getting the testing done. Then if we do get lucky and the planets are in line we wait the two weeks for the results. I hate test results. It reminds me of the wait for Orion’s results. I wanted to know desperately, but at the same time it sealed his fate and made us realize the reality of the situation with him. On a positive note most of the time I feel very good about this pregnancy. Of course I’m going to have worries, but all in all I feel like I’ll get my two healthy children out of this.