Taking a break

We are getting ready to leave for NYC and the Hamptons for a nice long weekend, which couldn't come at a better time.  I'm actually relieved the Bump boards are down today, as news I heard yesterday has been haunting me. 

An online friend, who happened to have been TTC exactly as long as we had, is my age, left her job to focus on her pg, had to do IVF (repeatedly) to get pg, was expecting twins (boys, she now knows) just a few days after me, suddenly lost them at 18 weeks.  I think about this happening all.the.time, but to see it play out so horrifically for her is absolutely heartbreaking.  I can't put it into words.  What an awful test of the limits of human fortitude.

We are so thankful to have made it to 19 weeks (tomorrow officially) and that I am feeling the babies so much.  Thanks for making your old lady feel better kids, I appreciate it.  Counting down the last week to our anatomy scan and only five more to V-day.  Tick tock...