Birth announcement

My wife and I are happy to announce that our little girls decided that 36 weeks was enough. We had gone in for our last growth scan yesterday morning. We heard what we were expecting, baby A looked to be 3.5lbs and baby B hadn't grown like we had hoped either, only 4.6lbs. Then my wife was checked and she was already 4cm dialated so off to the hospital we went. Her water was broke around 1 and the petocin was started shortly after. Both were head down so we were hoping for a natural birth but at every contraction baby A's heartrate would completely drop off and stay there for a little bit. So we ended up with a C-section. Courtney (baby A) came first at 5:10pm. Remember she was suppose to be 3.5lbs. Well she suprised everyone at 4lb 6ounces! Caitlyn (baby B) came next at 5:11pm and she weighed the exact same 4lb 6 ounces. They've been in the NICU since birth but both are expected to come over to the regular nursery in an hour or two. They are eating great, both off IV's, holding temperature. They're just PERFECT My wife is doing great, she handled everything better than I would have. Actually I balled when they were delivered, so much for my tuff guy attitude We had been told they were fraternal only to find out that they are probably identical. We're waiting for the official results. The reason for the small size was their chords were attached on the sides of the placenta and not the middle, or something like that. And the C-section was probably the best option as my wife had a large cyst (8cm) on her left ovary so they just took that right out. We're amazed at God's creation and how wonderful everything is turning out. I'll post pictures as soon as I can. Thanks for all the encouragment from my earlier posts, all that worry for nothing!

Lanrik, Carrie, Courtney and Caitlyn

 

Aww. Congratulations! That's awesome. Can't wait to see the photos.

 

Congratulations!!!! Sounds like everything went well and the babies weights were much better than anticipated! Awesome news!

Molly
34 weeks + 4

 

Awww CONGRATS!!! Can't wait to see pics!

 

Congrats!!

 

:yahoo: Congrats on two sweet little baby girls! I'm so glad they are doing so well!

 

Congrats, Daddy! Glad everything is going so well! Hope you will all be able to go home together! Enjoy your precious gifts.

 

Congratulations! Glad everyone is doing well!

 

:woo: Congratulations!!! Welcome to the world little ladies!! :wub: :wub:

 

Congrats on two perfect little girls! Can't wait to see pics

 

:yahoo: Welcome to the world baby girls! Congrats to Mom and Dad!

 

Congratulation!!!! we are waiting for the pictures.

 

:Clap: Congratulations!!

 

Congratulations!!! So glad to hear that they are doing sooo well!!!!

 

Congratulations to you & your family!! :wub: :wub:

 

Congrats to you guys! I am glad that everything went well!

 

Congratulations on your baby girls. Can't wait for the pics.

 

Congratulations Daddy!!! :yahoo: Glad to hear everything went well!!

 

:clapping: [SIZE=14pt]Congrats on the arrival of your baby girls![/SIZE] :clapping:

Glad everything went well and sounds like they are doing great.

Can't wait to see pictures.

Take care and enjoy!

 

Sorry no pictures yet. I left my camera cable at home. But both girls are in our room and out of the NICU!!!!! We are so happy about that. They doing pretty good. The only issue is that they're having little trouble holding there temperatures. So we're trying to keep them bundled as much as possible. But it takes so long to wake them up we have to take off there blankets. It's taking us a while to feed them as they just want to go back to sleep. And because we're on a every 3 hour feeding schedule both mom and dad are pooped. If all goes well we'll all be going home tomorrow or monday Thanks for welcoming our little girls in the world. 1st year here we come!!!!!

The Kesters

 

Congratulations, I'm happy to hear all went well. Can't wait for pictures.!!

 

:banana: Congratulations!

 

Congratulations! x

 

:welcome: to the First Year!

 

Congratulations & :welcome: to First Year!

 

[SIZE=14pt]CONGRATULATIONS!!! Cant wait to see pics
I love :wub: the names... so beautiful [/SIZE]