The Owens' are Blogging

So it's official, I am a blogger.  Some people may be wondering why now and why the title of our blog is superheroes or supertwins? Well let me start with why I am blogging. Chris and I have a long interesting story to tell. However that would entail a novel not a blog so I will give an abbreviated version (prepare yourself it is still lengthy.)

My name is Erin, I am 29 years old and I currently live in Bossier City, LA with my husband Chris. I am a pediatric occupational therapist who specializes in Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder. My husband is a crime scene investigator for the Bossier City Police Department. Chris and I met in 2002 at LSU-Shreveport. We became friends but were each dating other people so dating wasn't ever truly considered.  In 2005, we had graduated and I returned to the jewlery store where Chris worked to pick up a ring for my fiance.  We discussed that my fiance was terminally ill from cancer and that he and his fiance had broken up after a long relationship.  My fiance died two days later, but Chris and I kept in touch.  Through the next two years as I was healing a broken heart and he was enjoying being single, we would occasionally go on a date.  The dates were always amazing but we would have one date and then not speak for two months.  Fast forward to July 2007, Chris and I began to hang out multiple times, then all the time and finally we became inseparable. We were married on March 20, 2010 and I can honestly say I married the man God picked for me. I mean who else would have Rick Rolled me during our wedding.

We decided to start trying in March 2011 and immediately got sent to a reproductive endocrinologist. I was diagnosed with a benign microadenoma (tiny tumor) on my pituitary gland. I was put on drugs for that and we started clomid in August. I went up to 200 mg to no avail, then we added a trigger shot and an IUI. That worked for us and we were so excited to find we were pregnant in January 2012. Unfortunately that was not God's plan and we lost that baby on March 2, 2012.  Then my body stopped responding to Clomid and we decided to speed up the process by moving to injectables. Our first cycle of injectables did not work, so we decided to give it one more try and pray our credit cards did not max out before the next 2,700 dollar cycle. We were blessed by God and the money never ran out.  Some complications arose and I developed OHSS (Ovarian Hyper Stimulation Syndrome) my RE decided to reduce my trigger shot by a third and proceed with the IUI instead of cancelling my cycle.

 At three weeks we knew I had ovulated. Then at four weeks in a record of thirty seconds (should have been my first clue) we saw this:

Chris didn't want to get his hopes up until we had a positive from the RE.  This is where the story gets interesting when the nurse called to give me my HCG it was off the charts. She said there was a possibility of multiples.  Chris and I decided to keep the pregnancy a secret and hope for the best. I was scheduled for an ultrasound on Monday, August 20th.  Well did we ever get a surprise we are pregnant with not 1, not 2, not 3 but 4 babies.

  We immediately called my mom when leaving the doctor's office. What did the quadlings future grandmother have to say about having grandkids, "Seriously! Seriously!" My dad was no better, "Really, Oh Wow! Really?"

So that answers the first question why am I blogging. It's a way to keep everyone updated and share in our amazing journey.  The next question why did I title the blog like this, well the first time I heard the word Supertwins (meaning triplets or higher) all I could think of was superhero theme music.  It may have also been that day I treated spiderman (cutest three year old ever) in the clinic. I think our supertwins will have to be superheroes when the time comes for them to be born and fight to be as healthy as possible. 

I am currently 11 weeks pregnant and rocking out maternity clothes! Thank you for beginning this journey with us. We are excited and terrified but know that God is in control.  So here's to our superhero supertwins who for all intent and purposes are named:

Baby A: Night Hawk
Baby B: Mercy Danger

Baby C: Asher Thrasher
Baby D: Captain Friday
Well until we find out what we are having.  Sorry about the long blog post but we have had a lot going on!