First OB appointment!

1/13/14: Mommy was excited to have her first OB appointment at 10 weeks. She brought with your portraits, just in case they didn’t get them from the last clinic. The Nurse Practioner went through Mommy’s health history and talked to her about what she needed to be doing. The NP told Mommy and Daddy that out of all the types of twins that there are, that your type was the least riskiest. That really made Mommy so happy to hear. At the end of the appointment, Mommy asked the NP if we could try to hear your heartbeats. She was very hesitant and explained to Mommy that it might still be too early to hear them and she did not want Mommy to get upset if we couldn’t hear them. Mommy assured her that she would not be upset and begged her to try. We tried and it did take a couple minutes, but we heard the first one! It was so fast and real quiet. We had to listen very carefully. The NP said it was beating around 170 bpm. She said in order to know they are different they would have to be beating at different counts. She tried again to hear the 2^nd heartbeat and it took a little longer, she even thought it was the first heartbeat but then said oh no this one is farther over. She said the second heartbeat was beating at about 160 bpm. She told Mommy that everything looked good and that I needed to stop worrying. It was such a reassuring feeling and Mommy knew in her heart she was going to be able to hear her babies’ heartbeats.  After we left the appointment, Daddy told Mommy how cool it was to be able to hear them. Daddy also thought it was so neat to see the NP get excited when she heard the heartbeats. She would say ooh ohh did you hear it, there it is, with a huge smile on her face.