They're Home!

I do realize that the surrogate blogger did a better job in my place, so I will attempt to follow his example. I guess I'll start with the delivery. Last Sunday, I finally decided I was officially in labor. I had been have contractions for about two days and had tried to just keep hydrated and be still...hoping that would slow things down. When I went into the hospital they checked and said I was dilated to a four. They gave me two bags of saline to help slow down the labor and send me home. One saline bag later, I was dilated to a five. After a lot more painful contractions they decided that maybe I was truly in labor.

The boys were delivered via C-section. To prepare myself for a C-section I had been watching TLC's "A Baby Story" (especially if they happened to be showing a C-section during the episode) but I still wasn't prepared for it. It was pretty scary. The moment they wheeled me in the the operating room and put me on the operating table, I started to get really nervous. Luckily with the help of an epidural and my husband sitting by my side, I managed to not freak out.

The boys have been doing great in the past few days. Their weight has stabilized and it has even started to increase. William is currently just under 4 pounds and Christian is 4 lbs 4 oz. The trip back and forth from the hospital has been a little emotional for me. I hate to leave them. The first thing I do in the morning is call the NICU to check up on them and then we usually visit in the morning/afternoon and we come back after 8 pm for our last visit. So this morning when I called I was so happy to learn that the boys were ready to come home. Rose is so excited her brothers are home, but hasn't been able to hold or touch them just yet. She has a cold/flu since yesterday. I am so happy and grateful we are all home together.

William hanging out under the Bili lights a couple of days ago.

The nurses had put them in the same bed this morning.

William getting ready for his first car ride.

At home.