Whitney and Aubrey are here!

The girls finally decided to join us yesterday (32 weeks 3 days). Here is the whole story....things started Monday night. I kept having contractions and had to get several Brethine shots. The shots did nothing for the contractions but did calm the uterine irritability. My acid reflux was killing me. Everytime I would get a big contraction (the contractions never were painful) the acid in my chest would cause me to throw up. So I threw up all night Monday night. They hooked me up to an iv for dehydration. When my doctor came in to do her rounds yesterday morning she said she had to go do a c-section but in the mean time she wanted the nurse to give me another shot and if the contractions weren't getting any better she would check my cervix after the c-section she had to go do. When she got back the contractions weren't any better so she checked me and I was dilated to a 5. She told me to call Jason because we were going to have some babies. Because the roads were so icy (and I was dilated to a 5) they weren't comfortable transporting me to Baptist. So I had my c-section at Lakeside. We just hoped that they would not need NICU and would get to stay here with me. We did the c-section and the girls were smaller than the ultrasounds had shown. They were both born at 12:59 pm so we don't have to worry about them fighting about who is older! Aubrey was 3 lb 12 oz and 16 3/4 " long and Whitney was 4 lb 14 oz and 17 1/4" long. They were both doing pretty well but since they are so small they didn't want them using any extra energy than necessary breathing. So they went to Baptist. I got to see them before they went and Jason went with the girls to the NICU. It broke my heart that they couldn't be with me but I knew they were in the best place possible. I was also feeling so bad from throwing up all night that I didn't want to get too close to them just in case I had been sick and not just throwing up from laboring.

When they got to the NICU they were both put on C-Paps and then Aubrey started struggling a little bit so they put her on the ventilator. By last night she was actually back on the C-Pap. I get to have a pass to go to Baptist to see the girls. Basically Jason has to wheel me around in the wheelchair and drive me from place to place. We went to visit the girls today and they were doing great!! They were TOTALLY breathing on their own...no c-pap or anything! The best part is that we got to hold them!!!!!!!!!! They are really small but they are little fighters. The nurses kept telling us how great they are doing. I will probably go over there a couple of times tomorrow. One thing that makes me sad is that you can't go in the NICU if you are under 5 years old so Mallory hasn't seen her sisters yet. We sent her home with Jason's Mom and Dad until Saturday since she can't go to the NICU with us. She will get a nice surprise when she gets home because I will be home by then!!

As far as how I am feeling....the c-section wasn't bad at all. Granted I am sore and was last night too! I think the best thing for me was that I had to get up and move around or they wouldn't let me go to the Baptist to visit the babies. I am sure by getting up and moving around I am healing better. I just keep taking my pain meds so I don't get behind on the pain and not able to get caught back up. It was amazing how a good night's sleep helped me. It was the first night in over 5 weeks that I didn't have someone waking me up every 2 hours. I really feel pretty good considering everything. Now I just keep chugging water and pumping while I wait for my milk to come in. The NICU told me to bring in anything I can...even if it is only 2 drops of colostrum.

Sorry for the book I just posted! I just had a lot of stuff to share! Once again thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. I know we wouldn't have made it this far without all of the support. I will post as often as I can giving updates on how the girls are doing.