Better late than never!

I cant believe I never up-dated my blog on the birth of the twins. I feel so ashamed. Better late than never right? Well here it goes!

We went to stay in Cruces the day before Halloween because I already went into labor once and they had to stop it. I felt the time was getting close and I didn't want to be in a small town where they could do nothing to help me. So I decided I wanted to be closer to a hospital that could. Turns out they came early but not as soon as I thought they would thankfully. I was laying in the tub relaxing, just looking at my huge belly. I was watching it tense up. I then realized I was having contractions. They didn't hurt but I was having them. I decided to time them. 4 minutes apart! I couldn't believe it. I called Joe who was working grave yards. I told him he probably better come home and then we could go to the hospital. Joe then told me he wanted me to go now. I assured him I was fine. After I got off the phone with him I felt it would be wise for me to go. I called his parents house and asked if someone would take me. His sister Sara came. As she drove me to the hospital a kept acting as if my water broke. Poor thing! When we got there they told me they didn't have a wheel chair and asked if I could walk clear to the other side of the hospital to the elevator. I could barely walk. I was waddling like a penguin. I couldn't believe they asked that of me. I felt as if the babies were just about to drop right out of me! So I waited while someone came with a wheel chair to get me. They wheeled me up and had me get dressed in the a gown. The Dr. came and and checked me. She told me it was go time. I was fully effaced and already dilated. At my last appointment both babies were head down and things were looking that I was going to be able to have a natural birth. But once the Dr. checked me she told me both babies were now transversed (laying side-ways) :( I was looking forward to a natural birth and was very frightened to have a c-section. Thankfully they let me wait for my husband to finally get there. When he got there they gave him scrubs and took me to the operating. They were 34 weeks to the day. The Dr.s were certain they would need oxygen. I couldn't believe who many people where in the operating room. There was at least 10 people counting Joe and I. They came on November 17th, 2009 at 12:37 and 12:38 AM Michael being the oldest. Two healthy, beautiful, baby boys weighing in at 4.10 lbs and both 17 inches needing no oxygen. They need to stay in the hospital 3 extra days after I left so they could learn to regulate their body temperatures and they also had to stay under the bilirubin ligh . Those were the longest/hardest 3 days of my life. I was nursing and needed to nurse them every 3 hours. It took them an hour to eat beacuse they would fall asleep during feedings because even eating was a huge work out for my little small babies. Once I was done feeding I would go to my grandmas for about and hour and a half and then have to turn around and do it all over again. I am so thankful that I was able to have these two amazing little boys.