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leapgirl8
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Meg and Henry are here!
leapgirl8
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Margaret Felicity was born first at 10:13am - 18.5 inches, 6 pounds 10 ounces!
Henry Alexander was born one minute later - 20.5 inches, 7 pounds 2 ounces.
No wonder Jen was uncomfortable all month - 14 pounds of baby on a 5'2" frame. She's my absolute hero.
The C-section went really well. Our anesthesiologist in particular was wonderful and so comforting and helpful to Jen. They wouldn't allow our doula in surgery or recovery, but she joined us in the room once we were settled and helped Jen nurse successfully right away and helped me with them. The babies are very cute, of course 
The pediatrician visited this morning and said they are the picture of health.
I think I got maybe 90 minutes of sleep last night and Jen probably about the same. I thought there would be lots of getting up and being up but that they'd sleep for an hour or two here or there. Not so much. Henry is pretty stoic but Meg is, for the most part, not hearing it on the basinette - she wants to be on the boob or being held. And that's OK - just tiring Anyway, we have a lot of "figuring out" to do, but my mom is being very helpful, and Jen's recovery is going as expected. And we have two healthy beautiful babies!
I'm headed back to the hospital, and I'll have to figure out pictures later, but just wanted to say hi and tell you everything went great.
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Re: Meg and Henry are here!
Congrats! What wonderful news and lovely names!
CageyM
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37, married to my favorite person in the world, DW! One darling surfer-girl (12) and one darling, sweet boy born 3/16/13.
5/2013 Started TTC #3, DW's turn: 5/2013: Diagnostics (shg) and surgery (polyp rem.) for best chances. July-Oct: IUI # 1-4, medicated, monitored, triggered. All BFN. IVF in Jan May. Sheesh. Whoop! IVF#1 cycle started 4/2/14. 5/1: 19 eggs retrieved, 8 matured, ICSI'd. 4 fertilized. Only 2 to transfer/freeze stage. 5/6: Two embryos transferred. 5/15: Beta #1 9dp5dt is 134! BFP! 5/19: Beta #2 13dp5dt is 672! B'erFP! 5/21: Beta #3 15dp5dt is 1853. Yay!
"Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning has become lost to us they no longer have even a name. The story on the other hand can never be lost from its place in the world for it is that place.” ― Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing
IVF Oct/Nov 2012
Beta #1 = 77, Beta #2 = 190, Beta #3 = 1044
Cautiously optimistic.
AMH 0.5, AFC 5-8, FSH 7ish
IVF #1 - antagonist. Empty follicle syndrome. 1 retrieved, 0 fertilized.
IVF #2 - antagonist. Ovulated early. 3 retrieved, 2 fertilized, 0 blasts
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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*DS 6/28/2013*
Congratulations! I love their names.
I vividly remember that first night and the tiny amount of sleep we got! Hope tonight is better!
9 IUIs = 9 BFNs
IVF October 2012: 22 eggs retrieved, 17 fertilized, 5 frozen
ET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Blighted ovum discovered at 7w5d; D&E
FET #1: 1 blast = BFP; Missed m/c discovered at 9w5d; D&E
Karyotyping: normal ~ RPL Testing: normal ~ Hysteroscopy: normal
FET #2: 1 blast transferred 10/25; BFP 10/31!
EDD 7/13/14 ~ Induced at 37w4d due to pre-eclampsia ~ Born on 6/28/14
*Everyone welcome*
Yay!!!!
Congrats.
Congrats! Big babies, that's so awesome. Love the names too. Good luck in your first couple weeks here--things are so hard at first, but It gets easier and easier.
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Babies. Yay!
I can't decide if two is ideal or exhausting. You be sure to let us know