Not the most ideal of conditions but it all worked out in the end. Kristi's water broke at 1pm on May 9th and since she contracted for close to 4 months, 8pm came very quick and painlessly. After (2) epidurals she finally made her way to the OR and pushed for about 90 minutes, bringing Shawn (2:25am) and Ethan (2:57am) into the world early Saturday morning May 10th.
That was the easy part... Kristi's uterus hemorrhaged and she proceeded to lose about 3 1/2 liters of blood. Andy was kicked out of the O.R. and to make a long story short, 3 hours later, Kristi was wheeled back to her room drugged up, confused and now adorning a beautiful greyish/yellow skin tone. it took her a few days to get used to her new blood, and then the pain meds wore off. we can thank dad for shawn's head size, poor shawn was 5 lbs. 3 oz. and 4 of it was head. Ethan was even bigger at 5lbs 12oz.
Kristi had to stay in the hospital for a few extra days to recover; the boys, being 6 weeks early, were slated to stay about 2-4 weeks in the NICU. It was very tough to bring these boys into the world and then be separated from them. It was probably good for Kristi to recover, however, not quite the experience we imagined. The worst part, and god bless the NICU nurses, but seeing the boys and being told by the nurses what they liked and disliked - ate us up that we could not be with them 24 hours a day. Again, it was probably best for Kristi's recovery, but all we wanted was to hold them after all the anticipation of pregnancy and labor.
Mom - 20lbs lighter and a new skin tone
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