Clifford & Hillary: Counting Our Blessings

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.