Long time no blog!

Wow. I am a mommy. That is so so weird to say, but unbelievably amazing at the same time.
Well it all started last Wednesday. We had an appointment with our OB and midwife. They did an ultrasound and the girls looked great! I asked about the possibility of inducing, and the doc said he would be more comfortable waiting another week. So we said OK, but before we left my midwife 'stripped my membranes' which is supposed to help your body get some labor hormones going on. haha. Anyway, almost immediately I started getting some serious serious contractions, I almost couldn't walk kind of contractions. So we all, including our midwife, thought Wednesday was the night but unfortunately my contractions started wearing off after about 5 hours. I had called my midwife and she told me I could go to the hospital or wait at home and I opted to wait. So the next day she calls me in the afternoon and says I can go to the hospital and she would break my water if I wanted. So I said heck yes! She had also talked with my OB who said he was OK with that.

So we went in, and after 19 hours our baby girls were born! It didn't go as I had 'planned' but everything did go the way it needed to. I feel very good about my labor and delivery, and I couldn't have asked for a better OB and Midwife. I am SO glad I chose that practice, Ellen is amazing. Right after they were born she whipped her camera right out and took tons of pictures of us and the babies. Then the next day she had them developed and made up a cute little picture frame up for us. She was just wonderful! The hospital I was at was amazing also! I loved my nurses, they were all amazing and sweet and just what I needed at the time. The facilities were awesome and if we still live in Phoenix I will definitely be using the same hospital and doctor for my next pregnancy. It was a wonderful experience.

Can I tell you also, how in love I am! I am so in love with my baby girls. Olivia and I got to come yesterday and it's been wonderful. Kind of an adjustment, I won't lie. But amazing. I've been away from her twice now, once to go visit Sarah and right now because Chris with her getting some blood work done. I miss her like crazy! She did develop a bit of jaundice but that is being taken care of and isn't really a big deal. She's got this like light up blanket that does the same thing as one of those big ole lights they put babies under. My little Sarah is doing so much better! She has been on oxygen since she was born and today she got to get off of the oxygen. She was having some difficulty breathing and as of today she is doing SO much better. Unfortunately she developed pneumonia so she is on antibiotics for that. It's not a really bad case or anything which is obviously a really good thing. Hopefully today she'll be able to eat real food, she's been on an IV since she was born which was just basically sustaining her, not really helping her to grow. Chris went to see her this morning and he got to hold her! I am so jealous. Neither of us have gotten to hold her since she was born :-( When he gets home I will head down to see her and hopefully I will get to hold her too! It looks like Sunday will be the earliest she can come home, because they want to finish the antibiotics before she comes home and also make sure she eats well.

So that is the update. Things are looking really really good for my lil Sarah and Olivia should be rid of her jaundice in a couple of days which will be good! So pray for my little babies!!