A Little About ME!!

First of all let me start by saying, I am NOT a writer, nor do I enjoy writing! So this may be a bit difficult for me, but it is worth a try. And I am thinking I should have started this well over a year ago when I was put on bedrest, but better late than never, right?





Well, my name is Amie. I live in Wilmington, NC. I am 29 years old. My birthday is in 11 days and I will be the dreaded 3-0!!!! UGG. I graduated from the UNC Wilmington in 2001 with a BA in elementary education. I was a 4th teacher for 6 years before the twins came along. And now I am staying home with the babies. So the story goes........

Long, long story.....short!!





Jesse (my husband) and I starting trying to conceive shortly after we were married in 2005. I was in no hurry, but strangely enough, he was. So I caved. For those of you who don't know me, I am a very competitive person and I am always up for a challenge. So after the first negative hpt (home pregnancy test) I made it my mission to get pregnant. Unfortunately it didn't happen like I planned. It was a long, long road. But after about 7 months I actually got pregnant only to have a miscarriage shortly after. I started seeing a fertility specialist after a year of no luck. Several medicated cycles later I was pregnant again. And this one ended as well after 8 weeks. Well the third time is a charm and in August 2007 I had my first round of injectables and IUI (artifical insemination). And much to my surprise on Jesse's birthday I found out I was pregnant. And at 7 weeks we found out we were going to have twins..........Everyone always asked what my reaction was when I found out we were having twins. Honestly when you undergo fertilty treatments you know that there is always the risk of multiples. So when we find out I really can't say I was surprised. I actually didn't acknowledge I was pregnant for fear of miscarriage. I didn't want to jinx it!

Luckily with twins you get to see a high risk specialist aka perinatalogist. Thank goodness for her. She found out at 16 weeks that my cervix was shortening. Also that we were having a boy and a girl. At 17 weeks she found I was having contractions and put me in the hospital. After a couple days in there, I was released. I had many medications to take and a strict order of laying on left side, shower every other day, and bathroom priveledges only!! Basically total HELL for me. I am not a sit still kind of gal. But I surely did not want to have to go through this again so I followed the rules. So my day was like this.....Jesse left at 6 am and brought me cereal and a banana. My grandmother (granny) and grandfather (papaw) brought me lunch at 12:30. Jesse came home around 6 with dinner. I entertained myself with Ellen show, reading, t.v., talking on the phone....blah.blah.blah. I planned my nursery, bought baby stuff online, and prepared for the twins in bed. At my 34 week checkup I was supposed to get off bedrest, however twin A (Danner) had no fluid so I was sent in for emergency C-Section. And that is my pregnancy and infertity battle in a nutshell.





NOW for the babies......