My HUGE boys arrived!

Just wanted to pop on quickly and let you girls know that my boys were born by planned c-section on March 17th 2008 at 8:40 and 8:41 am. (37.5 weeks) Jackson David was born first weighing in at 8 pounds 2 ounces followed by Benjamin James at 7 pounds 14 ounces. BIG!!!!
Hopefully you can see pictures at this link to my facebook album:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3366...mp;id=674570145

For those of you considering the repeat section, I highly recommend it!! SO routine and calm - kind of like going to the dentist... My recovery was going awesome, I had very little pain and was really feeling great after about a week.

A week after they were born I unfortunately suffered a major post-partum hemorrhage caused by an infection that nearly cost me my life - I almost died during a D&C surgery! My entire blood volume was replaced by transfusions. I plan to donate blood as soon as i am allowed to and I want to thank everyone out there who has ever donated. Everything is much better now, I'm recovering well but struggling with breastfeeding. I guess when you almost bleed to death your body decides that breastmilk is not a priority! I pumped while I was in the hospital but even so, now I am struggling to pump 4 ounces every two hours and the boys are eating 6 ounces at a feeding. Not sure how long I will continue with this but every day that they get BM is good for them.

They are AMAZING babies - eating every three hours and pretty much sleeping the rest of the time. THey are so good and I am so grateful to be here with them.

THanks for all your support and advice over the last few months - see you on the FY board!!

Angela

 

Congratulations! Love the picture with the proud big sister.

 

Congratulations!!! Great weights!!! I am so glad you are ok.

The babies are beautiful.

Dianna

 

Congratulations! Those are big babies and the pictures are precious! Glad everything turned out ok in the end!

 

WOW how scary, glad all is okay now… and yes WOW again on awesome big weights

Elizabeth

 

CONGRATS!! Awesome weights!! :banana:

 

I am so glad that you are recovering and healthy again. Congratulations on the big beautiful boys.

Jen

 

Congratulations! Those pics are great and those weights are wonderful. Congratulations again.

 

Congratulations!

 

Awesome!!! GREAT WEIGHTS!!!! CONGRATS!!!!

 

Congratulations on the gorgeous, healthy baby boys!!! Glad you made it through that scary situation. Enjoy this sweet new baby time!

 

Congratulations on your big baby boys! My boys are only just now eating 6 oz a feed! I'm glad you're ok after your scary ordeal! Great pictures- they are adorable!

 

:wub: Congrats on your twinkies!!! :wub:

 

Congrats!

So sorry you went through a very scary time.

Best Wishes & Take Care

 

Wow, that is so crazy! I'm glad your ok now!! What does that hemmorage feel like? Because I am in my
2nd week of healing. I feel ok, but I know I have to take it easy too still. I keep telling myself that I had major
surgery.

Congrats on your boys!! That is so awesome with their weights!!!!

Tina

 

Angela I am so glad you are ok!!! How scary!! :icon_eek:

What beautiful boys you have!! They are big!
Congratualtions and :birthday: boys!

 

Oh wow, CONGRATS!!! They are huge babies! So adorable!

I'm glad you're doing well. That had to be aweful to go through!

 

:birthday: congratulations!! great weights and gorgeous babies!!

 

Congrats on your big babies and very glad to hear you're doing better, that sounds very scary!

 

Congrats on your beautiful, and huge, boys!
I am sorry to hear about the problems you had but I am glad you are better now.

 

What a scary ordeal! glad you are recovering now
CONGRATS on such big boys and they sure are adorable!

 

Oh wow Angela, I didn't know how bad it really was. I'm glad you made it through and your starting to recover now. Hopefully thngs will improve with the breastfeeding but don't beat yourself up if you can't do it anymore especially after what you went through.

 

Congratulations on your huge babies! They are beautiful! They have an adorable big sister. I am sure she is a big helper. I am glad that everything with you ended up okay.

 

Oh my they are big. Congrast and welcome little ones.

 

congratulations xxx

 

Congrats on those big boys, so adorable! Wow that had to be really scary but I am glad you are home and enjoying them and things seem like they are going well!

 

Congratulations!

 

congrats on your boys! wow big baby boys what a scary ordeal to go thru
I love the pics so cute!

 

Congratulations on your big, beautiful babies. Thank God you are okay. How awful that must have been for you and your family...

 

Congratulations on you healthy and beautiful baby boys! Glad to hear you are doing well after what you went through!
BTW, love their names!

 

Congratulations! :Clap: Those are wonderful weights and I'm glad the boys are doing well. Was the hemmorage related to an infection from your c-section? I'm so glad you're okay!

Don't be too discouraged with your pumping. Like you said, getting the boys any breastmilk is great, even if it is just at every other feeding. I only pumped enough for one baby at each feeding so my girls had to alternate who got breastmilk and who got formula but you could tell from their growth and health that the 1/2 diet of breastmilk really made a difference. It was totally worth it. Congrats again!

 

hey there,
I am glad and happy , you are ok now! btw one quick question, what did u do during your pregnancy to ensure they were born at the weights they were. ? I am a vegetarian, 5'6 in height started my preg at 168 and now i am 181lbs. I will be glad for any inputs and anything i can do. I am 20 weeks as of now.






QUOTE(Angela2 @ Apr 10 2008, 05:19 PM) [snapback]715751[/snapback]
Just wanted to pop on quickly and let you girls know that my boys were born by planned c-section on March 17th 2008 at 8:40 and 8:41 am. (37.5 weeks) Jackson David was born first weighing in at 8 pounds 2 ounces followed by Benjamin James at 7 pounds 14 ounces. BIG!!!!
Hopefully you can see pictures at this link to my facebook album:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3366...mp;id=674570145

For those of you considering the repeat section, I highly recommend it!! SO routine and calm - kind of like going to the dentist... My recovery was going awesome, I had very little pain and was really feeling great after about a week.

A week after they were born I unfortunately suffered a major post-partum hemorrhage caused by an infection that nearly cost me my life - I almost died during a D&C surgery! My entire blood volume was replaced by transfusions. I plan to donate blood as soon as i am allowed to and I want to thank everyone out there who has ever donated. Everything is much better now, I'm recovering well but struggling with breastfeeding. I guess when you almost bleed to death your body decides that breastmilk is not a priority! I pumped while I was in the hospital but even so, now I am struggling to pump 4 ounces every two hours and the boys are eating 6 ounces at a feeding. Not sure how long I will continue with this but every day that they get BM is good for them.

They are AMAZING babies - eating every three hours and pretty much sleeping the rest of the time. THey are so good and I am so grateful to be here with them.

THanks for all your support and advice over the last few months - see you on the FY board!!

Angela

 

They are fabulous!!! What great sizes! Mine were big too, 6.10 & 7.13, and I can say that it was a relief becuase so often we hear of twins being so tiny it is truly a blessing to have such good sized babies! Congratulations!

What a scary ordeal you went through though. I hope that everything is going much more calmly for you now. I think because c-sections are so routine we don't often think of the risks, thankfully you are here to celebrate your babies births!

Congratulations and enjoy your babies! Your big firl looks so proud in the pictures! Kids are funny, my daughter wouldn't let us take a picture of her with the babies until they were about a week old! Twins are fun and even though having an older child to care for at the same time can be tough I can tell you that it really is great to see them interact with the babies as they grow and learn a new big sister role!

 

those are bigger than my singletons!!
Great job!
so glad you are okay. How scary!