Welcome!!!

Abigail Marie
10-8-09
1:08pm

6 lbs. 3 oz.

18 inches
lots of DARK hair and a dark complexion; arrived in one contraction, one expletive, a yell, and 3 pushes total

Elizabeth Grace
10-8-09
1:24pm
6 lbs. 6 oz.
20 inches
a little blonde hair and nearly invisible eyelashes and eyebrows with a paler complexion; arrived with doctor's help after a quick ultrasound in two contractions, 4 pushes with much more groaning and a couple yells {no expletives}

Praise God! They arrived via natural vaginal delivery at St. John's in an OR room. It was a relatively "easy" labor--steady contractions started at 5:30 am and we arrived at the hospital about 9/10 or so. My "A" water was broken after noon I believe {details are a bit fuzzy} and I was wheeled into the OR. Babies both look great--scored 9s on their apgars and although they lost quite a bit of weight, are gaining it back now. We went to the dr. yesterday {5 days old} and Abigail weighed in at 5lbs 11oz and Elizabeth weighed 6 lbs even.
My recovery is a bit more slow. I started hemmorhaging Thursday night into Friday morning, losing lots of blood and having a lot of clotting--a nurse helped get rid of these by basically putting me thru labor again with another round of pitocin drip and then pushing on my belly till I yelled and delivered what felt like another baby just about. My hemoglobins tested fine that night, but I was still dizzy and weak with ringing in my ears and incoherent thoughts on Friday. the blood tests came back down at a 6.6 from a 9 on Friday, so I received 2 units of blood {and had been on IV fluids also}. We came home Saturday night and are recovering fairly nicely, although double the pleasure, double the work is all so true.......no more time, but I wanted to let the world know of my blessed arrival {the day before my 30th birthday, btw!!}.....