Big Sister Lilly

We prepared her well, Lilly loves her baby brother and sister. She has so far shown no jealousy. The only thing is that all she wants to do now is smother them. She barely plays with any of her toys anymore. We always have to keep an eye on her so she doesn't cut off their oxygen.

First Night and First Baths

Our first night home wasn't too bad. We were able to get some sleep and they like to be next to each other. We gave them their first baths at home and Bella doesn't mind as much as Tristan. He always yells during bath time. Bella is pretty relaxed until she gets out.

Bringing Home Babies

After staying 3 days in the hospital, we were finally released. Our stay wasn't too bad, though. All the nurses loved us and the babies were healthy enough to stay in our room with us unlike the other two sets of twins born that same weekend. I carried them to 39 weeks and was breastfeeding them both, so we were a novelty to all the nurses. The only thing that delayed our leaving was that Bella needed to go under billi lights for a day because she was a little too jaundice. But it started to clear up and we were able to go home and start our lives with twins.

The Twins are Here

Our twins don't look much alike to me. I can't decide who Bella looks like but she definitely has my long toes and fingers. She has such small dainty features and makes noises like a kitten. Tristan definitely looks like Clifford's side. When I saw him, I thought he looked like Lilly but more boyish. He is always tense and turns red when he gets mad. They are pretty good so far. They just eat sleep and fill diapers. Some nights are better than others but we are all surviving. Lilly loves them so much and always wants to do anything to help them. so far, life with twins and a toddler is very busy but I am blessed to have so much help.

Sorry it has taken me so long to add a new post. I'm sure you are all understanding of my new busy life. I barely get a free moment to myself, as i am constantly feeding someone. This is me just hours before i literally BURST. Our C-section was scheduled at 7 am on the 9th of July. But our babies had other plans. At 12:50 am I returned to bed after a trip to the bathroom. The second I got comfortable, I felt a little gush and knew it wasn't pee. I immediately jumped out of bed saying "you gotta be kidding me." The day before, I had been joking that they better not try and come that night now that my mind was prepared for them to come at 7am. I guess if there is one thing I've learned this pregnancy, it is to not joke around because everything i joke about has really happened. Anyways, I looked down as i was beginning to gush and saw that it was not just water, it was bright red blood. I ran to the bathroom and the floor began to puddle with bloody water, my pink shorts tuning red. I was calm but I quickly had Clifford call the hospital and they sounded concerned and told us to rush right over. I wasn't in any pain so i was hoping everything was ok. Luckily my mother-in-law was already staying with us, so we left her with Lilly and sped to the hospital. when we got there, the nurses saw what we described and looked shocked. they called our doctors and started hooking me up to everything and getting me preped. Through all this, I was calm, just praying, until one nurse was looking for heartbeats and wasn't finding Bella's fast enough. she moved on to looking for Tristan's and then went back for Bella's. Clifford and I looked at each other and tears were coming. I imagined the worst because it was her sac that broke cause she was baby A, the first to come out. Finally, after what felt like forever, she found the heartbeat. We were so relieved. After that our doctors arrived and everything went quickly from there. At 2:26 Bella was born via emergency C-section. she weighed 6 pounds 5 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. She was perfect and breathing and healthy. At 2:27 am Tristan was born and he was 7 pounds 7 oz and 21 inches long. He was great too. I was so happy. Turns out the bleeding was nothing serious except that i lost alot, but i was just fine. and the C-section went well and better than I anticipated. Overall, it was a good birth and we are all happy that our twins are here and healthy.