My Vikings Twins ~Blessings from GOD!
by Christina Doffing
(St. Paul, Minnesota)
2009 Vikings Training Camp
Hello ~ My name is Christina I am 27 years old been married for 2 years to my wonderful husband Nick. I have cystic Fibrosis and my whole life I always wondered if I would ever have kids. I have 8 nieces and nephews they mean the world to me! I love each and every one!
About a year ago my husband and I started IUI and both of my tubes were blocked and I had to have surgery to unblock them. THAT WHOLE EXPERIANCE WAS VERY STRESSFUL! We got the go a head to do the first IUI and it took!! Thank you GOD! I am going to have A baby! We were so HAPPY! Then I went to my first ultra-sound and OH MY GOODNESS THERE ARE 2! I txt my husband and he could not believe it. I had PROOF! We were so extremely excited! So for my side that would be number 9 and 10 for my parents and for my husbands side it is number 1 and 2! Everyone was so excited!
The twin pregnancy was wonderful even after the doctors told me before I even got pregnant that I would have a IV the whole pregnancy and that I would be on bed rest most of it. Well I only had an IV the first trimester and my last. The kids did wonderful!!! I was only on bed rest my last 2 weeks and I worked full-time until the last 2 weeks and at 36 weeks on April 23, 2009 along came our blessings from god finally, Mitchell Alan at 5lbs 9oz and 19 ½” and Milly Stephanie at 4lbs 15oz and 18 1/2” by c-section.
Everything went great! Milly gave us a scare she was having a hard time breathing on her own, but she got a hang of it and she has a GREAT set of lungs on her. We all were in the hospital for 4 days and ALL of us got to go home together.
They are now 15 weeks old and Mitchell weights in at 12lbs and Milly is 12 ½ lbs (my little chunky monkey).
Here is a picture of them at the Vikings Training camp on August 1, 2009.
