The Twins Are Here!

The twins are here! Both were born vaginally on Sunday 9/21/14 at 38+4 weeks. Cloe Makenna was born at 2:04am, 6lbs 1oz 19in & Jaeb Dean was born at 2:20am, 5lbs 9oz 19.5in.

Jaeb Dean

 

Cloe Makenna

The birth story...

After a full day of work, labor started Friday 9/19/14 at 7:15pm. After having contractions 5 minutes apart for 2 hours, we went to the hospital. The contractions were not painful, but were effecting my cervix. Labor continued, but wasn't progressing quickly. I was given the max dose of petocin with little effect. They eventually made a small leak & labor picked up. I received an epidural and was 10cm dilated by 1:30am on Sunday 9/21/14. They moved me to the OR for delivery & I started pushing at 2am. My friend and past coworker Jenn was the charge nurse and was able to be there with Cole to help me with the delivery! Unlike the labor, the delivery went fast. I did 3 sets of pushes with Cloe and then 5 sets of pushes with Jaeb, which included 1 set to break his water. The twins were born healthy and only 16 minutes apart! I did have some vaginal taring and had to have a manual extraction of the placentas but did amazingly well. It was so exciting to meet the babies and so nice to breath easy again :)

We stayed in the hospital for two days and received the best of care. Big sister Page was so excited to visit and meet the babies. We consider ourselves so very blessed! Our prayers were answered with no bedrest, a full-term pregnancy, safe vaginal deliveries, and two healthy babies.

We are home now and adjusting to the craziness of life as a family of 5. Cole is home for 5 weeks, my mom is helping at night, and Jenna is preparing our meals. We are so thankful for any help we get. I don't expect to have much extra time to blog, but will do so when I can as I love to be able to look back at posts.

The Last Belly Pic - I gained 46lbs and my stomach grew to 47 inches, yikes ;)