How It All Began...

Let me begin by giving a little background, and take it from there:

In 2006 I married my husband, J. He is my second husband and when we married in August of 2006, we had a son together- E.G. We began wanting another child together almost immediately... but alas, it was not to be that simple! I was breastfeeding E.G and had gotten a few shots of Depo Provera in the first six months of his birth, so I went a full 24 months before getting my first post-partum cycle. There were a lot of pregnancy tests pee'd on in those two years and herbal supplements taken to aid in return of my fertility.

Finally, in June of 2008, I got back my menses. I was still nursing, and frequently. I stocked up on cheap pregnancy tests that I got online and prepared for another six months of TTC, at the least. In August, on a whim, I took one of my pregnancy tests and examined the test area.
Hmmm.... two light lines. More evaps?? I walk out of the bathroom, still looking at the test.
" Babe, I see two lines..." I say slowly, head down. I hear not my husband's voice... but my sister's!
"Two lines?? On what??" she asks from her seat on my couch. She had come while I was in the bathroom, and I hadn't seen her sitting there when I walked out. Nice. My husband proceeds to tease me about evaps and ticks me off. I show my sister and she agrees that the line is a true line, just light. I take a few more just to prove to J. that it's positive. After about three tests he accepts it. I'm in this weird state of mind that every woman who has just found out she is pregnant ( on purpose) understands- giddy and anxious and totally excited all at once. After TWO years!! I was PREGNANT!

Then I began bleeding. Every single time I was intimate with J, I'd bleed like a stuck pig. I had no idea how far along I was, but the first time I saw the blood in my undies I freaked out, crying hysterically. While my family watched E.G, my husband and I headed for the E.R. After blood tests and a pelvic exam, I am informed that my level of HCG is very low and they suspect an ectopic pregnancy. On ultrasound, nothing is visible in my womb. I could see for myself it was empty. I had to wait days to have my HCG levels re-checked, and two very long weeks for another ultrasound. My levels were rising, and at my ultrasound a sac was visible, measuring at six weeks. I was thrilled! The bleeding continued with each bedroom session, but it was found that I had a "friable" cervix. Two weeks later, at about eight weeks along, I was able to have another scan done. Here is where my life changed.

Everyone who's had an ultrasound knows the drill. A dark, chilly room and a feeling of extreme apprehension. We see, on the screen on the wall facing us, my womb. After a few seconds, there it is! I happen to see a weird looking bulge behind the babies head, but being no expert, I didn't say anything. Just a few seconds later, the tech exclaims " Oh my!" My stomach kinda flipped and I ask slowly " What?!"
" You're having twins!"
I am advised a few minutes later, by an O.B, not to expect both babies to be there in two weeks. I already knew of vanishing twins. I didn't need him telling me this 10 minutes after the shock of my life. I was scared, excited, and even disappointed. Twins. At 24. But one could die.