They're Here

And it finally happened, today Leah, Elsie, Adeline, and I welcomed in three more members to the family. At 1510, 1510, and 1511 on May 4, Louie Kent, Agatha Hollyn, and Greta Rose came crashing into the world. Actually it was a very controlled situation, as we had a C-section scheduled for the afternoon.

The day began with myself scrambling to get back to Omaha late Sunday night after having driven up to Norfolk on Sunday afternoon from Omaha. Leah was again having contractions and the nurse believed she was dialated to a 4-5. After getting down here to Omaha, the nurse informed us that it was her medical opinion that we would be having babies within the upcoming 24 hours, which we were ready to do. However, as the early morning hours progressed, the contractions started to lighten in intensity and in duration and by 7 AM, Leah wasn't having many contractions. Our perinatologist was optomistic that we would still be able to delay the delivery for another 1-2 weeks. After having our hopes up that this was the day, as Leah was really ready to get on with the show, this wasn't exactly what we wanted to hear. We were pretty discouraged, even though the longer the babies were in the womb, the healthier they might be. But overall, we were about burned out of the false alarms. However later in the morning, by 10 AM or so, there were some signs of pre-eclampsia setting in, so it was decided that since the babies were believed to be all over 4 lbs, a c-section would be the way to go.

Leah proceeded to the OR shortly before 3 PM, and everything went a smooth as could be expected. Louie weighed in at 4 lbs 4 oz and the girls were 4 lbs 4 oz and 4 lbs 2 oz. At this paticular moment, we have not decided which girl is Agatha and which is Greta. Leah has only gotten to see each of them for a couple of minutes and wants to spend a little more time before making that decision.

As far as the health of the babies, they are all doing well. Baby B (one of the girls) is currently on a C-Pap to assist with inflating her lungs, but is improving. Louie and Baby C are doing great and are breathing on their own on room air, no problems to speak of.

Leah on the other hand had a difficult evening as she has been very nauscous as the effects of the spinal are setting in along with the pain of the incision.

But overall, everything is going well here. I'll add some pics and sign off for the night. We'll try to add more tommorow as we know more.