Jesse's Girls... and Dallas' too

Day before babies

  Hi everyone.  Well the day arrived!  On Sunday August 21st I gave birth to two beautiful baby girls.  Nellie Camille weighed 6lbs 1oz and came out screaming and Farren Elsie weighed 5lbs 1oz and she also came out with some good lungs!  They were both 46.5 cm long and very healthy.  The week leading up the birth was one of the longest of my life.  I was completely exhausted and I think the doctor realized that between having PUPPS and carrying two large babies my body was telling me it was ready.
  Dallas and I were awake at 530 am on Saturday morning because the anticipation was just killing us.  So I won't go into too much detail other than I was in labour for 14 hours and when it was all said and done we were to have the babies via c-section.  We couldn't get past 5 cm and little Farren was breech with her feet in the way.  Nellie was born first at 221 am and Farren was born a short, but long 2 minutes later.
  I have never in my life felt more complete as a person as when I heard those first cries escape from both of their bodies.  I was overcome by more emotions than I have ever experienced in all of my life.  I knew that I was going to give birth to two souls in a matter of minutes and nothing can prepare you for the moment that you first hear them and get a glance at their little feet and arms flailing.  That moment I looked at their little faces and seen myself in them was the most magical moment, words cannot describe, but I am sure those of you reading know what I am talking about.  

Nellie on the left Farren on
the right.

Nel and Farren

  The girls were considered premature by one week so the week since they have been born we have been in the Special Care Nursery, it is the NICU but sounds better than saying they are in intensive care.  It has been a long 9 days having them in there, but there is a silver lining to it all.  The nurses in there ( they are all honorary aunties) have been beyond wonderful and the hospital in general has exceeded all of my expectations.  I have a new respect for nursing and the dedication these women have to their jobs.  They answer questions that I have asked over and over, they encourage you to stay positive when it was so hard to and they just are generally kind and considerate.  I honestly don't know what I would have done without their care and support this last week.  Having to leave your babies every night for a week is hard, but knowing that they have the worlds best baby sitters was comforting.  So here we are at the place that you dream of when your babies are not with you at home, they are coming home tomorrow!  They have both gained weight beyond their birth weight and they are both breast and bottle feeding.  So the light that used to seem so far away at the end of the tunnel is much closer.  Though the end is near at the Nursery life is really just beginning for us a family.  I know their daddy is just so excited to have a big snuggle with his girls on his couch in his home.  He has been whistling Baby Beluga the last couple days and it just does my heart so good to hear him do that.  Something so small and little yet so sweet at the same time.  
  The journey from the beginning of our pregnancy to the end has been such an amazing experience and although most of the "plans" and ideas that I had of the way I thought it would be didn't turn out no part of me is disappointed.  When it is all said and done we have been doubly blessed with two beautiful baby girls.  Thanks for following us on the first leg of our journey!  Let the chaos begin!  


xoxo
Jesse, Dally, Farren and Nellie



Doesn't that just sound so great!