The Boys Have Arrived!!

Wow it's been awhile since I posted anything, and there's so much to say! First of all, the last few weeks of pregnancy for me and the boys was tough! We went to the hospital at 33.5 weeks with some preterm labor symptoms. We stayed one night, and I was given some medication to hopefully slow everything down. The doctor wanted me to make it to 36 weeks!

A week and a half later, we were back in the hospital. We were admitted on Sunday, August 16th. I spent most of that week in bed and on medication, still trying to slow things down. The doctors and nurses decided the medication wasn't working, and on the morning of Thursday, August 20th, they decided to break my water!

Most of that day is kind of a blur. I was on pain medication trying to sleep, and just waiting for "go" time. I had decided to try a vaginal delivery over a c-section, so I was feeling pretty nervous and anxious for the boys to be here, hoping they'd be healthy despite the fact that I was only 35 weeks and a few days along. At some point in the afternoon, it was time to go, and they wheeled me in the OR. With twins, even normal deliveries are done in the OR in case there's a need for an emergency c-section.

The nurses said I pushed for 50 minutes for "Baby A's" delivery. After that painful 50 minutes, out came Owen Randall, at 5lbs 11oz and 20" long. Finally hearing him cry was awesome! Nathan went over to make sure he was ok, while the doctors and nurses were checking out the situation with "Baby B." When Owen came out, he had so much room, he moved into the breach position!! When the doctor said this, I was terrified and thought this meant I'd have to have a c-section in addition to already doing it the "normal" way. Luckily they managed to turn him back to the head down position, and Abram Richard was born 18 minutes after his brother. He was also 5lbs 11oz, but was only 18" long. Owen was able to join us in the room soon after delivery, but Abram was sent to the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) for some respiratory problems. He had fluid in his lungs, and needed some extra special attention. I got to hold him in the delivery room, and once I was feeling up to it, got to see him later that night in the NICU.

I loved them immediately and think they are the best thing that's happened to us! I can't wait to be a mommy to these little guys!

Bed Rest for Me......

Well with twins it was probably inevitable, but I've been put on bed rest :( Kind of a bummer, but it's best for the little guys! This started Wednesday with a short hospital stay and some preterm labor symptoms. As of today I am 34 weeks, and the doctor would like me to make it to 36, so maybe only 2 more weeks until the big arrival! We can't wait! In the meantime, I'll catch up on some zzz's and will probably waste alot of time on Facebook :) Or, watching all of the mindless television that is on in the summer (have you seen Meghan's new show on VH1, she's looking for a millionaire! Or, there's Real World Cancun, the Kardashians, Kendra, John and Kate....shoot, I could go on and on :)

Shower Fun!

Well, I've finally had all my showers and they were AWESOME!! Thank you so much for all the wonderful gifts, and for those that were able to come, hope you had a great time and it was good seeing everyone! I don't seem to get out much these days with the big ol' belly, so it's good to have all my family and friends in one place :) I have a few pictures from the most recent shower. Check out those prego bellies!! :)

My how they are growing.....

No picture today, but some interesting news to report! On Friday, I had another ultrasound with the doctor to check the growth of the boys, and to make sure they are growing at about the same rate! Apparently this can be a major concern with twins if one is much smaller than the other. Well, the good news is that they checked out to be exactly the same weight (on Friday, that was 2lbs 14oz per baby). The interesting news is......this is in the 87th percentile for size at this point in pregnancy (50th percentile is average). So in other words, there are two BIG boys in there! I was told today the Blands have big babies.......some of the most recent births were 9 and 10 pounders! Holy moly! That means one ginormous tummy for me! :)

3D/4D Ultrasound!!

Well, we had the 3D/4D ultrasound last night, and it was AWESOME!! Everyone told me it would be awesome, but it exceeded my expectations. We got TONS of pictures, but I just attached a couple for now of their faces. It was pretty interesting how different they acted......she called them baby A and B, and baby A was just chilling out the whole time, stretched out, looking perfectly towards the wand thing. Baby B on the other hand, rarely gave a clear shot of his face, as he was waving arms/legs all over the place most of the time, or was curled into a ball. He also had his butt in baby A's face at one point! Ah, brothers :) I may add more pictures or video later, but here's a couple good shots for now!

Good News to Share!

We have a few good things to share with everyone! First, I passed the PE!! This is a HUGE milestone for work. It's a very difficult 8 hour engineering test that you need to pass to become a licensed professional engineer. I put ALOT of my free time into studying, and since free time's going to be little to nonexistent once these two little ones are in the picture, I needed to pass this the first time. Now I can breathe a HUGE sigh of relief that it's over and done with!











The other good news is, the baby room is ALMOST done!! We have a few other finishing touches to do, but the room is painted and the furniture is in, with the bedding! Nathan and his dad are going build some shelves for the little nook in the room, but that's probably the only other major thing we have to do. We also need to get a nightstand, lamp, and curtains, but I don't think that will be too hard. It's so nice to have it almost done though!

We also have our 3D ultrasound tomorrow, so I will post pictures from that soon!!!

21 Weeks!

Ok, people have been asking about the bump, so here it is! I'm right at 21 weeks here. Rocco, Nathan, and I were getting ready to go on a walk. So we took a bump picture on the way out!