THEY'RE HERE!!

On Tuesday August 9th my water broke. Mia Lynn was born at 12:17pm weighing 4lbs 12oz, and Benjamin Andrew was born at 12:18pm weighing 5lbs and 11oz. They received perfect bills of health- neither of them needed any additional help and have never left our sides!  We are so incredibly blessed and are so completely in love with them. We are all home and adjusting- they are truly amazing. For now, here are a couple pictures!

Roomies, Mia and Benjamin

 Home sweet home!

Who's Next?

There are several blogs that I've been following of fellow mommies to be- about half are like me- with twins, and half with singletons.  We all also all have due dates varying from one day to a couple weeks of each other.  Well, in the past 3 days I've seen two birth announcement posts- one from the twin camp and one from the singleton camp.  I guess this means that the ball has officially been set in motion, and now it's just a matter of who will be next...  It's kind of crazy to think that we've reached this point already, and it could really be any day now for any of us!

Funnily enough before we were finished with all our preparations for the twins I felt like I couldn't go into labor because, well, we weren't ready. Now that everything is officially ready for them- car seats in the car, nursery done, hospital bags packed etc.  I feel like I'm going to go into labor any second!  I'm so happy to have passed the 34 week mark, and just cannot wait to meet my babies- even though for their sake I hope they stay in there at least a couple weeks longer.

As much as I hope we can all keep our babies cooking for as long as they need, I can't wait to see all the birth announcement posts rolling in!

On another note, I had an OB appointment today, and everything still seems to be looking good, cervix long and closed, lots of fluid etc.  Seeing as Baby B is bigger and breach, and my doctor doesn't think he has room to flip around again, she strongly recommended I have a c-section.  She says that there is a good chance that I could deliver baby A naturally, then need a c-section for B, a scenario I really don't want. Anyway, It's scheduled- September 1st!  That's about 38 weeks.  She says that she highly doubts that I will make it to that date, but she's not allowed to schedule it sooner unless there is a complication. 

Frankly, I kind of hope that I don't make it to 38 weeks- 36 or 37 sound just dandy to me!  I am SO uncomfortable these days- Sleeping is a nightmare, and eating is still torture! Also, I can barely walk because my hips hurt so badly, and my knees kill every time I have to stand or sit, which makes my trips to the bathroom every 30 minutes or so pretty darn painful- I guess they're not used to carrying around 40 extra pounds! Hanging out on the couch doesn't solve anything either, because I just can't get comfortable. OH!! The doctor said today that I was measuring at 41-42 weeks!! and in her words "No wonder you're so uncomfortable".  Wow, that was a lot of complaining- sorry, should have warned you!

Pretty much the only thing that makes me feel better is being in the pool- and that's what I've been doing on the weekends with my hubby, but I might just start going during the week too!  It's kind of amusing, and I feel a bit like a freak show, because if there are any kids at the pool when I show up, they essentially just stop dead in their tracks and stare at me with their mouths wide open. The other day a little boy actually fell over a pool chair because he was so busy staring that he wasn't looking where he was going! I guess I don't blame them, I'd probably do the same if I saw someone who looked like this...