Twins arrive at 29 weeks!

Baby Twins, Mac James S. and Lily Ann S. have arrived! Not at all what we expected and of course I didn't want  it  to happen too soon. But it did and after all the scare things are progressing well with the twins. Although we have a long NICU stay ahead of us. They tell us to expect the babies to be in the NICU until their due date, which is July 19th. It could definitely be earlier, but it is going to a long one.

So here is the story, it is not a dull one, none of my pregnancies are. We like to do it in panic mode!

First off, I thought I was 31 weeks along. But really I was only 29 weeks. Things were going fine, of course I was exhausted by the end of the day, in a lot more pain, and had a couple contractions every couple days. Nothing to be worried about. We went up to my parents house for Mother's Day. This put us an hour away from the hospital. On  the way up I starting feeling contractions, Didn't think anything of it because lately they would go away. They started to become more consistent, 25-30 apart. After a couple hours of this, I decided to call the doctor and see if I should be concerned. I was a little only because it is twins, not a normally pregnancy. The on call doctor said to try to get them to go away, and if there increase at all to come in. So I went to try and relax and told my family what was going on. Immediately my dad says we should go down to the hospital just for peace of mind. Of course Eric and I hesitate:

"do we really need to?"
" there is no way this is going down today"
"we will wait a little more then see"

You think we would have learned after the first two. If I have any sign of labor, it is going to go fast and we don't have  a lot of time. Thank goodness my dad pushed us to go. By the time we hit Park City, cause we needed GAS(we were in Midway) my contractions were about 15 minutes apart, then 10 and shortly after it was about 4 and stayed 4 until we arrive at the hospital. It was raining and there were so many people out on the roads. Eric tired to drive as fast as he could and also tried to be safe.

I was trying not to think about it, as I didn't want these babies to come today at all. They needed more time to grow and I was not accepting that it was an option. We made it to the hospital, barely, just like the last 2 times. Got inside and told them my situation. We were set up in a room right away, and for me things weren't moving as fast as I would have liked. Eventually we were progressing and the nurse said the next step was going to be to try and stop the contractions. Sounded like a good plan to me. But then the next nurse checked to see what I was dilated to. She immediately went into panic mode and said we were a go. A go for delivery!!! I lost it. I did not want this. I knew it was too early, and now I was scared. Scared something would be wrong and knew this was just not the right time. Both Eric and I were emotional about it all.

Now we had several nurses in the room and things were intense. Doctor was paged and I was getting set up for surgery. What else was scary was the nurse wanted to get me set up for a vaginal delivery because baby boys head was right there ready to go. I then panicked more. I was not prepared for that and after 2 c-sections I wasn't going to go down that road. Luckily my doctor made it and we avoided that.
Once in surgery and spinal tap was done, things calmed down a little and the babies came. Boy at 7:54(3 lbs. 0 oz) and girl at 7:55(3 lbs. 1 oz). I didn't get to see them at all. Both were rushed off immediately.

The life flight crew made it just as baby boy was out, and the hospital was right in the middle of shift changes, so all the nurses stayed on and we had about 15 nurses working with us. Baby girl went out next and they worked on getting them stable before they would be life-flighted out. The life flight crew gave CPR to make for a minute. Scary tho't. Something I am glad I didn't see. I was wheeled into recovery and anxiously waited, and waited for news on the babes. After about 45 minutes the babies were wheeled in to see me before they took off to IMC Hospital. I was able to touch their little hands and just stare at them for about 10 minutes. Then they were off.

It was sad, and knowing I wouldn't hold them, or see them all day and night seemed weird. Eric later went to see them once they were all checked in. Took lots of pictures so I could see how there were. So we are now on the last 24 hours of my hospital stay, AND I got to leave today to go and see them. I did not realize how small they really were. They both have dropped weight. Lily is 2 lbs. 14 oz, and Mac is 3 lbs.) They both starting feeding today. I have been pumping and so far things are going well.

I am so happy they are doing so well. They seem so strong and we have not had any major concerns. We are so blessed with the outcome and strength of these two. It is going to be weird when we go home tomorrow without them and then to have to wait awhile for them to come home. It will be an exciting day when this is all done.

As for Taylor and Ryan...they don't seem to care much about us. They are having so much fun with their cousins at my parents house. My family has been the biggest help, especially my sister, with the kids. I am grateful they were here so Taylor and Ryan would be good without us. And I mean GOOD. They don't want to talk to us, barely acknowledged me when they came to visit, and would just rather play.

We have also been overwhelmed with the amount of support and help that has been offered to us. We are so lucky to have such great friends, neighbors, and ward members who want to lend a hand. Something we are not used to. It feels good to know you have help around so many corners.

There you have it...the very long, detailed story of yet another exciting arrival of our kids.
I wish I had pictures to show, but I don't have the camera cord! They will have to come in a couple of days.I will tell you this, they are cute. So small, cute features and just perfect.