“At first he was speechless, and then asked me if it was real. Next thing I know he is in tears, then I’m in tears.”
‘At first they thought both stuck, then they thought it was a chemical pregnancy, and then they weren’t sure if it was viable. Then I found blood. I was 100% sure I was losing the twins.’
‘You guys did great. You did great 3 times,’ our doctor said as she laid out our sonogram with three little sacs. My mind was racing. Shock and fear set in.’
“Mike couldn’t speak. In fact, the doctor looked at him after we covered all the basics and said, ‘Dad, are you OK? You haven’t said anything.’”
‘Michael got news something had gone wrong. I was being put under anesthesia immediately. He wasn’t thinking he would have to worry about me too.’
“I was in disbelief. I thought he would be taken away from me like the girls were. I didn’t want to get attached. Even with a giant belly at 38 weeks, seeing him move wasn’t enough for me to believe. I wanted to protect myself and prepare for the worst.”
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“Infertility is a loss. The death of a dream. I needed my voice to be heard. I needed to show people what I was feeling, because there are no words for a grief so strong.”
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“How did I go from not being able to get pregnant to having 2 perfect baby girls in basically 1 year?”
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“‘Alright Christina, I will tell you what. Go home, take this trigger shot and just have fun. Let’s see what happens.'”
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“I felt a gush and immediately thought, ‘Oh my gosh, my water broke!’ I felt around and my hand was covered in blood.”
‘We have to go through IVF. The price on the paper was over $17,000. Where would we get that money?’
“We got in the car and just stared at one another. How would this be possible?”
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“I felt defeated and ashamed, like I was lesser because of my struggles. I realized I wasn’t. I was stronger than I ever thought.”
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