My water ended up breaking on Monday evening while Chris and I were at home. It was about 9:30, and we made it to the hospital by 10:00. We were admitted, and I immediately started having pretty strong contractions. There was a hang up on removing all of the stitch that has been holding my cervix closed, so we believe that is what initially slowed my labor. By 3:00 the next afternoon I had only dialated to 5. That is when we decided to go ahead and have a c-section. By 3:47 both girls had entered the world. It was quite an experience! Exciting but scary! Madeline weighed 6lbs, 6ozs, and Lena weighed 5lbs, 5ozs.
I ended up being released from the hospital this afternoon (Saturday), but we had to leave our girls. Since they were a bit early, they have just a little bit of developing left to do. Lena will probably be the first to come home- hopefully in just a couple days. She is doing great eating from a bottle and keeping her food down. She had a couple issues with her body temp, but has got that under control. We need to see her gain a little weight and make sure she is not jaundice before she is realeased. Madeline needs to start taking her bottle more consistently. She is just a little too tired to take it herself all of the time, so she has a little feeding tube through her nose. Other than that, she is holding her own. We suspect they will both be home within two weeks- hopefully much sooner! We have two beautiful baby girls, and cannot wait to start our lives with them here at home!
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