March 18, 2014 Our Day of Double Blessings

I was so anxious about the delivery of our precious babies and my c-section that I hardly slept at all on Monday night.  When 4am on Tuesday rolled around, I decided laying in bed staring at the clock wasn't doing me any good.  I went ahead and got up and began getting ready for our big day.

We arrived at the hospital at 5:30am to prepare for our 7:30am surgery to welcome William and Olivia into the world.  As I was being prepped, I continued to watch the clock and count down the minutes...I have to admit, that I was nervous about the actual procedure.  Though I know it happens everyday, I couldn't stay away from my computer reading about people's experiences with c-sections (the good, the bad, and the ugly).  I was borderline obsessed with reading about twin births, both vaginal and c-section deliveries.  I couldn't resist thinking about every worse case scenario as I impatiently waited for our doctor to arrive.  At 7:30am, our doctor still hadn't made her appearance and the butterflies officially began.  The anesthesiologist had been in and out several times to check on me as did several nurses.  Hubby was pacing the room and got quite antsy while we anticipated her arrival.

FINALLY, at 8:00am, our doctor arrived and I was escorted into the operating room.  I walked in and realized that I would have quite an audience!  I stated, "Wow, I guess all shyness has to go out the window in a room like this."  That got me a few chuckles.  The room had no less than 10 people.  I climbed up on the table and prepared myself for the "big prick" that was to precede another "big prick" from the anesthesiologist as he numbed me from the chest down.  I have to admit, the burning prick was a doozie!  OUCH!  I was then asked to lay down, a curtain was put up, my hubby was escorted in and we were ready to begin!  I had to remind myself to breathe!  I was ready...

We knew the show had begun because of the smell...yes, of flesh being lasered...ewe right?  (I'll have a separate post on the gritty details of my c-section so stay tuned if you are interested...SPOILER ALERT, it will be honest and gory. I will also compare my two birth experiences.) I felt the pulling, pushing, and tugging while listening to the doctor and her assistant when the best sound in the world wailed through the room...William Blaine was born at 8:16am.  He was raised above the curtain for me to see him and the tears began rolling down my face uncontrollably.  Happy tears, happy heart.  Within a minute, Olivia Loren emerged and was lifted for us to see.  Both twins sporting my strawberry blonde hair!  They are absolutely PERFECT! XOXO  Several minutes later, as I was being cleaned up and closed up, the twins were ready to be introduced to daddy.

Daddy had been previously instructed to take LOTS of pictures for mommy to view and while nurses continued to take care of the twins he was able to scroll through the pictures for me as I continued to get stitched and glued.  Success, our babies are healthy and beautiful!  See for yourselves:

Hubby got to go show off our new arrivals with a nurse while nurses continued to clean me up.  He was greeted by my parents and our 3 year old son, his mom, my aunt, cousin, and grandmother, and my best friend.  They were over the moon in love with William and Olivia the moment they laid eyes on them!  I couldn't wait to get them in my arms.  I was wheeled into the recovery room where again, I continued to wait anxiously to meet my precious bundles of joy...