I'm not sure where to start!!!! I suppose by saying that I am already totally in love with the girls ~ all three of them now :)
As planned, Madison Ada ~ named by her big sister and her middle name after my Nanna ~ and Imogen Susan ~ Susan after a very very special friend ~ were born via C-section on Tuesday December 7th, 2010. I'm not going to go into the whole C-section experience, except to say it was worse than I anticipated (and I anticipated it to be awful). I know my girls are here and arrived safely, but it still upsets me to think about that day.
Madison was born at 8:45am and weighed 5lb, 9oz. She was 46.5cm long with a head circumference of 32cm.... so tiny compared to Kara! Initially, they were a little concerned about her lungs ~ they weren't sure if she had 'wet' lungs which would pass in a few hours or premmie lungs... fortunately it was the former. She has HEAPS of black hair and very very dark eyes. She's won my heart ~ such a content and placid little girl (except for at nights when her and her sister love to scream). She is already back to her birth weight too ~ very unusual for a premmie baby :)
Imogen was born one minute later ~ at 8:46am. She weighed 5lb, 15oz, was 48cm long and also had a head circumference of 32cm. Even though their weights were only 160grams apart, she looks so much bigger than Madison. She is very much like Kara was as a baby and also looks like her big cousin, Ricky. She has dark brown hair and is the most gorgeous little girl during the day. At about midnight though, she grows horns and keeps us up until about 5am. I'm hoping this phase passes, as I'm too sore to make room in the shed atm :P. Imogen is also very close to her birth weight ~ they are getting weighed tomorrow so I will know then!
Both babies are just gorgeous and I can't wait until their big sister is home to share these early days with us. She's going to fall in love with them just as I have.
I've felt so lucky this week. So many messages full of love and support and just the feeling of absolute disbelief when I look at the babies and try to piece together that they are mine. That they grew inside of me ~ at the same time. It's so difficult to comprehend, especially when they look SO different!
One more thing ~ this whole journey would have been very different if it wasn't for my 'support' person. Sue, thank you for allowing me to share so many of my feelings over the pregnancy and both before and after. There were times when everything just felt too much and to have somebody listen and put it into perspective made a huge difference. I hope Imogen shares more than just your name and has some of your qualities too. Thank you xx
