So for his recent birthday, she planned a surprise she thought would make him smile.

“I surprised him with a pregnancy test result that we will be having a 5th child,” she wrote. “He seemed to have a meltdown when he heard it, and he said no, it is impossible, we have been careful.”

At first, she laughed nervously, assuming shock had stolen his words. But the look on his face didn’t soften.

“I thought he would be happy,” she continued. “As he said it himself when we were dating that he wants a lot of kids.”

The shock turned to disbelief a few days later at the gynecologist’s office.

“The doctor says I am 10 weeks pregnant and we are having twins,” she wrote.

Twins.

What should have been a moment of wonder unraveled instantly.