{"id":581,"date":"2010-05-03T11:38:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T18:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikeandcarly.net\/?p=581"},"modified":"2010-05-03T11:40:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-03T18:40:53","slug":"581","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mikeandcarly.net\/?p=581","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the World, Lily and Kate!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’ve been a little out of it these days.\u00c2\u00a0 I thought that since\u00c2\u00a0the twins are going to be one month old this week, maybe I should update my blog about their arrival!\u00c2\u00a0 Our twin girls were born April 8th.\u00c2\u00a0 And I have to say that I can’t believe I made it through the first month of twins!\u00c2\u00a0 Of course I wouldn’t have been able to cope with anything without having my mom here to help out.\u00c2\u00a0 Life is insane with twin newborns and my other two munchkins running around!<\/p>\n

Ok, so for those of you who care and want to hear their birth story, here it goes.\u00c2\u00a0 I went in for a routine non-stress test the day before I was to be induced.\u00c2\u00a0 Baby B’s heartbeat was showing some variability, and so they thought it would be best to not wait until the next day to take me.\u00c2\u00a0 So, a little unprepared I was, they escorted me to my room to start my labor.\u00c2\u00a0 Mike was able to make it to the hospital soon after that, and we waited and waited for them to be able to hook me up to pitocin.\u00c2\u00a0 My babies were positioned so low and so close together that they had a hard time getting two different heartrates on the monitor.\u00c2\u00a0 And they couldn’t start me on pit until they had two different heart beats consistently for 20 minutes.\u00c2\u00a0 So, we had to wait for my Dr. to make it over during his lunch break to break my water and insert an internal monitor on Baby A.\u00c2\u00a0 Twenty minutes later they hooked me up to pit, and not long after that they gave me my epidural–it was great!\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t have to go through really hard contractions before I got it, which was SO NICE.\u00c2\u00a0 And I didn’t realize how uncomfortable I was carrying those twins, even just laying in bed, until the epidural kicked in.\u00c2\u00a0 I finally was able to lay down comfortably, for the first time in\u00c2\u00a0 LONG time.<\/p>\n

Three hours from the time my Dr. broke my water and started me on pit, I was ready to push!\u00c2\u00a0 They wheeled me into an operating room, which is precautionary with twin deliveries.\u00c2\u00a0 They were both head down and the first one came out at 4:27 pm, and the second one came out at 4:33 pm.\u00c2\u00a0 My epidural was amazing, and I had really a quite enjoyable labor experience!\u00c2\u00a0 Baby A we named Lily, who was 5 lbs 12 oz, and Baby B we named Kate, who was 6 lbs 0 oz.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recovery has gone really well.\u00c2\u00a0 It is taking longer for my uterus to shrink, but hey, what do you expect when it gets stretched out so blasted far?\u00c2\u00a0 What we women do for these babies…<\/p>\n