Stinker and Sweetie arrived early!

After fully expecting to make it at least late July with the arrival of the twins, we were thrown yet another one of life' crazy curve balls and got to see our wee ones earlier than expected. They were due August 22nd, but that actually is a 40 week date. Twins are considered full term at 37 weeks.

While swimming in our neighbor's pool (boy, did the weightlessness feel good!) my water broke Saturday June 14th around 3pm. I called the doc and they said to come into the hospital to see if I was correct. I fully expected them to tell me that I had just lost control of my bladder and I was free to head out for a nice Indian dinner in the city.

Well, that plan was thrown out the window quickly. I was told that I was correct and I was to be admitted. The goal was to try not to have regular contractions and have the babies hold off for as long as possible. Days? Weeks? Possibly. I remained hopeful. I had three monitors placed on my belly. One to monitor Baby A's heartbeat, one for Baby B, and one for my contractions. Baby A soon became known as Stinker because he kept moving and making the nurse work extra hard to come back in and find his little heart beat. Baby B on the other hand was somehow named Sweetie.

As the night progressed the nurses and I realized that my long term bed rest was not going to happen. My contractions increased and my cervix started dilating. By the early morning I was in true labor and the babies were brought into the world at 7:47 am on Father's Day. I had called my mom to meet my husband at home to care for Hazel and he zoomed back to the hospital with only 10 minutes to spare before the babies came. Luckily, he missed all the gory screaming and activity before they were brought into the world.

All the signs right away were good, so we were assured that they were going to be ok.