My water broke in the middle of the night...actually very early in the morning on November 13th. I was 34 weeks along. I was hoping to make it a few weeks longer, but apparently Avery was ready to come out. I think they ran out of room! It was pretty darn crowded with two of them in there. I woke Steve up & after a few moments of panic, we packed our bags and went to the hospital. I started having some light contractions on the way there. We arrived, checked in, and they got me hooked up to all the machines. The contractions started progressing quickly, so they gave me an epidural and prepped for the c-section. Both girls were breach, so I had to have a c-section. Avery was born at 7:31am & weighed 4lb 7oz. Kara was born at 7:32am & weighed 4lb 10oz. They went straight to the NICU, but they were breathing on their own from the beginning and did really well. The girls just had to grow and get stronger before coming home a couple weeks later.
Right before my c-section. You can see my sweet Steve is not smiling. He's worried about me and the babies.
Here come the babies...
Avery
Kara
Avery getting cleaned up & checked out
Little Kara getting checked out
Seeing my babies for the first time. So amazing...
Proud parents!
Avery after she was brought down to the NICU & hooked up to all the monitoring machines. It was hard seeing them with the IV, feeding tube, and other attachments on them. The NICU nurses were wonderful though at explaining everything and keeping us informed on their progress.
Kara in the NICU
Avery
Kara
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