I haven't posted anything since I was like 7/8 months pregnant, and that is just SAD.
Well obviously we have had the girls by now, and they were born happy and healthy at 5lbs 9oz for baby A, Savanna, and 6lbs 3oz for baby B, Shyann. They were both 18 inches long and didn't make any trips to the NICU thank god. They made it to 37 weeks and the doctor did a C section to get them out as planned. He stated I was dialated to 4 CM when I delivered so if they hadn't of gone in and gotten them that day, I likely would have started labor that night. Talk about timing, Dr. Hyde is just that good.
The last month of the pregnancy was pretty miserable, but I got put on bed rest so got to sleep a lot, and didn't have to sit as much and be uncomfortable. Towards the end there my stomach didn't fit between my legs so the only comfortable position was laying down.
The C section was hard to recover from. I know that some people say they would do a c-section over natural delivery any day since you don't typically have to go through the labor pains, or at least I didn't, but I would pick natural delivery any day. Yes, the pain of the delivery may be worse but the recovery is 30 times easier and totally manageable for taking care of a newborn, and in my case two newborns. I couldn't get out of bed for 24 hours at least, not even to change a diaper or setup to breast feed, and had to totally rely on the nurses the entire time I was in the hospital which was sometimes against every grain of my body and soul. I don't like to be dependant on other people, but it was for the best.
The pain after I got home was still unbareable. I was completely reliant on my pain medication to get me through the day for several weeks, and was still in pain when I finally decided I just wasn't ok with taking pain meds anymore. Tomorrow the girls will be one month old and I still have pain on my right side where my appendix was removed when I was a kid, likely because of scare tissue, but at least I can go without the stomach binder for 24 hours withouth keeling over and crying if I need to. When it gets hot that stomach binder is murder, though it has helped my stomach swelling go down tremendously and keeps my back from hurting when I feed the girls.
Breast feeding is going SO much better this time then it did with Ty. I am extremly pariond about my milk supply since things didn't go so well with Ty, and I think I over think it was more then I need to, but the last 24 hours I have been telling myself to let it go and I am slowly getting better at it. The girls seem to be getting what they need as they do make it pretty much 3 hours between feedings, and they are both over 8lbs already. Thank god for that!
I need to download some pictures off my camera for recent shots, but here are some I took when they first came home. I am sure most folks have already seen these, as they are the shots I passed around, but like I said, I need to download the others. There are more on my facebook page if you want to check them out. I will do my best to keep on top of the blog and keep everyone posted on how the family is doing. Small person my person update below.
Ricky, he is doing well but the new girls are taking some adjustments for him and I, which I think is to be expected. The last week is has been pitching in a lot more with items around the house to help me out, and of course with Ty, but we all know the helping with the girls is going to take more time for him. He isn't that confident with new borns. Once they girls are up and about though, I have no doubt he will pick it right up. He will have to, I can't run after three kids all at once :)
Ty is doing awesome at adjusting with the girls. He has his moments, and he is still definitely two and pushing the boundries, but he does seem to love the girls more than anything else. He kisses, hugs, and holds their hands every time he is around him. Unfortunetly Ty came down with a touch of a flu bug 2 weeks after the girls were born, but he is fully recovered now and back to his normal self. We went to T&T's reception BBQ this last weekend and he is was really well behaved. I was sleep deprieved so probably shorter with him than I should have been, but is was really well behaved and several people came up to me and told me how good of a kid he is, all that and he didn't have a nap that day. What a great kid!
Savanna is doing great. She was the lighter of the two girls and has almost completely caught up to her sister weight wise. You can tell she is going to be the calmer of the two girls, but she does have her moments. I get the feeling she will be more feminanine to, she likes to cuddle more, and seems to have more delicate qualities.
Shyann is also doing great, and she is truly her mothers daughter. I think Shyann will be just like me, a tomboy and someone how pushes every boundry and rule. She tends to be the fussier of the two, but this last week has calmed down quite a bit. She is gases just like I was as a baby, and she is harder to get to take a binky, but these girls change every day so that could change by next week. I think Shyann is going to be the one I have to keep my closest eye on just because she resembles me the most out of all the kids and we all know how I was :)
Savanna may suprise us all though that sneaky girl.
Dogs are doing good and adjusted to these babies much better than they did when Ty came home. Lady comes up and lays in the living room with me every time I breast feed at night. She is always so motherly!
Not much of an update for me, I am tired, very sleep deprived, but overall I am doing good... today. Twins are definitely a challenge, but I do feel so very blessed to have such bueatiful and healthy childeren and husband. I pray all the time that it stays that way for the rest of my life :)
Love you all!!
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