Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Double rainbows - what's in a name?

When we were in New York for the IVF transfer, we had Friday afternoon and the weekend after the extraction to explore the city while the embryos matured before the transfer on the following Monday.

The afternoon after the extraction and insemination, we were in a park watching a storm roll by the East River when we saw a double rainbow:

Look closely. Tilt the screen. Squint your eyes. So, do you see both rainbows? Good! 
What's that, you don't see two? Just believe, then. The effect and the truth behind believing will be the same.

See? This is what it felt like. 

That double rainbow sighting, along with the impression that it was like watching little sparks light up on the ultrasound screen when they did the actual transfer the following Monday at the clinic, are among the reasons we liked the names we chose: Luka and LucĂ­a (Annika's middle name). Both names stem from "light." It's just one reminder of our story. Their story. 

Rainbows. Sparks. Light.