Logan William and Avery Rowan's birth story

MojieJo · August 2016

Logan William and Avery Rowan entered the world August 24th at 11:56 and 11:57 AM respectively by scheduled c-section due to Avery being breech (we thought he was transverse, but had decided to go with the c-section anyway, but it turned out that he'd flipped yet again).

Logan weighed 8 pounds even, with a head full of long, straight, dark brown hair. Avery weighed 5 pounds, 10 ounces, with a more sparse head of wavy, sandy hair.

When I checked into the hospital, it was discovered that I'd developed pre-eclampsia in the last week or so, so I'll be on blood pressure meds for a while.

My c-section went well aside from some issues getting the spinal in (it turns out I have scoliosis), but Avery had to make a short detour to the nursery for low blood sugar and a breathing treatment.

Once we got to our room, I realized I was bleeding from my incision and had to be taken back to the OR and put under general anesthesia to deal with a bleed in my abdomen that needed cauterized. I lost a fair amount of blood, but luckily didn't need a transfusion.

Since then, it's been a struggle with extreme swelling, high blood pressure, pain and vomiting, but I'm feeling better today. Logan is going to need a little time under the bililights for some very minor jaundice, but I think we're all going home tomorrow.

I'm currently holding Logan while he sleeps.

Logan:

Avery:

RG1 · August 2016

Sounds like a day full of whirlwind emotions! I bet holding your babes makes it all worth it. they are so cute! I'm in awe of twin mommies - can't believe you had all that baby in you! Congrats

Cricket Bug · August 2016

They are beautiful!! I'm sorry that you had a complicated c-section, but glad that you are feeling better! Congratulations!!

steminist · August 2016

What a delivery, but those two are seriously adorable! Enjoy your snuggles, Mama!

rock1cherry · August 2016

Congrats!! Wow that sounds like a somewhat scary delivery day. Glad everyone is doing better and that you'll likely be able to go home tomorrow. They are adorable! Enjoy mama!

diagonalley · August 2016

Congratulations! Sorry it was a bit of a rough go but glad everyone seems to be ok now. Take it easy and make sure to accept help from others while you are recovering!

abberson · August 2016

Wow! Thank you for sharing your / their story. Hope your recovery doesn't involve any more hiccups, and you get to enjoy your double dose of cuteness to the fullest now!

mhilpisch10 · August 2016

I hope you feel better and your recovery goes well the rest of the way. Maybe being home will be better? Seems crazy that you will be going home so fast with all that's happening. It's so sweet to see them on the outside! So happy for you.

mamadomino · August 2016

Congrats mama!! They are adorable!

marajay6 · August 2016

Congratulations! Enjoy all the cute baby snuggles and hopefully your recovery goes smoothly from here on out.

tinypikachu · August 2016

They are the cutest

congrats again!

mrsvoorhees-2 · August 2016

Congratulations!! Sorry everything went crazy for you but I'm glad to hear you're doing well and that the boys are great!!

UnwritteN12 · August 2016

Wow! What a day. I'm glad everyone is doing well though. Looks like you'll have an easier time telling then apart, at least for the time being. Congratulations and great job! They're beautiful!

MojieJo · August 2016

Thank you, everyone!

We're so in love with our little squishes! So far no trouble telling them apart (it'd be hard to have a problem at this point, I guess!) and their personalities are definitely different, so we've got that going for us, too.

I'm feeling so much better than I did yesterday. It's a night and day difference. We had a crazy night last night with me being sick and both little guys deciding they were going to scream and cry in tandem (unusual for them, especially Avery), but the nurses were great and got us through and now we're looking forward to going home. Everyone's doing well!