They're Here!!

Owen Timothy Richey and Eli Bryon Richey were born on Tuesday, November 25, at 1:11 pm and 1:14 pm. I have put up separate posts about each one of them, so in this post I'll just let you know how it all "went down" so to speak :) Tim and I woke up bright and early on Tuesday morning for our scheduled induction at 7 am. I took a shower, did my hair, and put on my makeup (ah, the joys of a scheduled delivery--ha ha). When we got to the hospital the rooms near the OR (operating room) were full so we had to be in one of the older rooms with the dinky television (poor Tim). Later we were moved to a nicer room by the OR. Anyway, they put me on a Pitocin drip and started me on anitbiotics because I had tested positive for Group B Strep. The contractions came, but they felt mild and painless. I stood up and moved around a lot, but not much really happened.

Around 11:00 or so we were moved to our new room and my doctor came in and broke my water. Yes, that was uncomfortable. That is when the action really started. Almost immediately the contractions became very painful. The epidural guy came close to noon and sweet bliss soon followed. As we neared 1:00, my nurse checked me and found that I was a seven and then it seemed almost minutes later that I was a ten. By now, Tim had put on his scrubs and we headed to the OR (all multiples must be delivered in the OR in case of complications or an emergency C-Section). The OR is a bit of a blur for me because everything happened so fast. There were lots and lots of people in there. Owen was ready to come almost immediately after we got in there. After only about 2 minutes of pushing he came and then only a few minutes later Eli followed after. It was amazingly fast. Later, my doctor told me that my delivery was one of the best twin deliveries he had ever seen. Awesome!

My recovery has also been great. I never had to be on anything stronger than ibuprofen. This has been such an incredible blessing because Eli has needed me to be strong so that I can visit him often. Everything is still very surreal, but we are sure happy to have the boys here!! Thank you to everyone for all of your prayers and well wishes.

My sweet boys.

Owen is on his back and Eli is on his belly--what a cute bum!

Owen is at the top of the pic and Eli at the bottom.

Getting ready to head to the OR. Doesn't Tim look sexy in those scrubs. I told him that maybe he ought to have gone into the medical profession.

Heading up to the recovery room. This is the first time I held my two boys together. Little did I know, that it would be a little while before I got to hold them together again.

We had to wait until we were discharged before we could bring Owen down to see Eli. It was such a wonderful moment when we were reunited again!! Now, we take Owen with us every day to see Eli.

Proud Papa.

My sweet boys.