They're Here!

On December 24th Winnie went to her normal doctor's appointment for an ultrasound measurement of how things were going. The doctor promptly sent us to Beverly Hospital for monitoring since her cervix was still getting smaller and she was having contractions. We basically strolled through the hospital, as they promptly transferred Winnie to Beth Israel in Boston.

In Boston they put her on medication to arrest her contractions since she was steamrolling into labor, eventually they finally subsided late that night. The next morning she was well enough to be moved down to a different floor where they keep the mother's to be on bedrest. She was much more comfortable in that room and was feeling better. She continued to feel better on the 26th and was taken off her IV's and was able to take a shower. Here are some pics of the belly, and mom after she felt a little more human.





The 27th, I foolishy went to work, as Winnie was feeling perfectly fine off the meds. I was at work about an hour and a half before getting the call to come back to the hospital. The contractions had started up again and were far worse that before. They tried to get her back on the medications, however she was really suffering from the side effects this time, and the contractions weren't slowing down, so the doctors had to take her off them again. Later that night, around 7 O'Clock the doctor's decided it was riskier to allow her labor to continue than to deliver the twins early. There was apparently a significant risk of continued labor because of where the babies were in relation to they're umbilical cords. So they took her into the OR to get prepped and gave me a snazzy suit to wear:



Shortly thereafter at 7:26 pm on 12/27/07 William Arthur Daniels III was delivered, screaming his little head off. He weighed just over 3lbs even and was 17" long.



A minute later, Theodore Adam Daniels was born, screaming almost as much as his older brother. Theodore weighed 3 lbs 1.9 oz. and was 16.5" long.



The Nicu team let me hold William to show Winnie, and let me trim his cord to length as well. Soon after, both teams (each baby had a 3 person team, plus the neonatologist) whisked the boys up to the NICU to settle them in and get them hooked up to their monitors.

Here's William in his new bed:



And of course, Theodore:


We're back down in the room we had before they were delivered, and Mom is well on her way to recovery, we visit the boys as often as we can, and get plenty of visitors. Here's some whiteboard art that little Sophia made fore Winnie:



and I took some pictures outside the window so Winnie could see what it was like while she was still on bedrest before she delivered. Remember folks, keep your holes clearly labeled.