Twins are born today

I had 5 weeks of stress compressed into one day. Laurie called me on the way to work to tell me that Dr G had decided that today was the day. The C section was planned for 12:15 but only happened at about 13:30.

Dominic was born at 14:05 and Kate-Lyn at 14:07. I was very brave and managed to sit through the whole thing. The twins were small but a good colour. Dominic came out screaming, Kate-Lyn not so much. He was 1.9kgs and she was 1.85kgs. They both went to ICU straight away.

I only got to see them about 2 hours later. The peads doctor is fairly happy with them. Although they are small they are breathing on their own. Dominic is getting a little help with some oxygen being pushed up his nose. Neither are being ventilated which is a good thing.

One can not take a flattering picture of a baby in ICU but I have included them anyway. They have soo much growing to do. They will probably only come out of ICU on the 8 January.

In the meantime Laurie was admitted to ICU herself. Her blood pressure was high, she was not passing liquids the way she should have been and she was 'oozing' from the operation - probably due to the high blood pressure.

When I was able to visit Laurie in ICU she was hooked up to every medical device. She was drugged up to the eye balls so I wasn't able to speak to her much. By the time I left at 8 'o clock her blood pressure was starting to drop. They were still worried about her fluids. I guess Laurie just needs some time to recover from carrying the twins. I am hoping that she will get a good nights rest tonight and feel better in the morning.

I am dead on my feet right now and not quite sure where I am getting the strength to type this out. So many ups and downs today.

I have gotten a great birthday present today. Two pretty health babies. I can hopefully enjoy the day tomorrow with the knowledge that Laurie is OK.