December 28, 2010 The BIG day!

6:30am All checked into the hospital and ready for my induction. I just had to document the twins in the "cocoon" one last time. Adam was out parking the car so I had to do the honors.

Whoa Belly! I'll be happy to have you shrink in the coming days, weeks, months...years. =)

7:00am Pitocin drip started on the lowest level to get some real contractions going. I started at 3 cm.

8:00am Dr. Ramsey came in to check my cervix and I was 4 cm. She broke Baby A's water bag and attached an internal monitor to her. (This was the most painful part of the day until my epidural wore off later.)

9:30am Contractions are getting more painful, so I called for the epidural! Praise God it worked!!!! Graham's labor turned into natural labor when my epidural didn't work. SO glad it did this time.

Here is a pic of me, happy as a clam, in pain-free bliss. I'm even laying on my side for the first time in months! Epidural=no hip pain either! I was SO sleepy and the nurse kept saying it was because I was comfortable and pain free, probably for the first time in months and my body was just relaxing. So, I took a nap! Who takes a nap during the last few centimeters of dilation?

12:00pm- Fully dilated and ready to go! Adam put on his suit for the operating room and I had my hair cap on. We had to move to the operating room to deliever just in case I needed an emergency c section. Funny story: Adam first put his labor suit on backwards and we were all laughing at him. Then on TV, 5 mintues later, Mario Lopez was putting on the same operating room suit for his baby to be born and he put in on backwards too! It was so ironic! We told Adam to not worry- he was still cool if Mario Lopez did it too. =)

Mom, Becky and Anna- Anxious to be Gigi and Aunts again!

12:30pm Before we headed down to the operating room, they had me do a practice push in the room. I did one push and we could see Baby Girl's head! Woo hoo! This was soooooooo exciting to me since I had to push for 2 painful hours with Graham. Dare I hope it was going to be that easy this round?!

12:50pm Once in the operating room, we rolled my big self onto the table (no grace involved since my legs were like dead tree trunks) There was a big crowd of drs and nurses and everyone was scurrying around preparing for the twins. I started pushing when they told me I was having a contraction, and 3 contractions later, Miss Loey Kate Hubert popped out into the world at 1:04 pm. She was 6.1 pounds and 18 in long. I bawled my eyes out with relief and joy! It was the most surreal thing in the world because I felt no pain! I could not believe that my baby girl was here. The best feeling in the world. =)

After baby girl came out, the ultrasound tech did a quick check to see if baby boy had his head down still and he did! Everyone in the room cheered and Dr. Ramsey "went after him". She told me to quickly push and not let that little boy get away! At 1:06 she broke his water bag and 2 minutes later Tucker James Hubert was born at 1:08pm! He was 6.6 pounds and 19 3/4 in. Oh, it was such a special moment! More bawling and a busy Daddy trying to video tape me crying, and 2 newborn babies getting checked and weighed.

1:30 They wheeled me back into the regular delivery room, holding my fresh babes in my arms! Adam let me share their names. They quickly bathed Loey Kate and gave me her to breastfeed. Success! Then after she was done they gave me a cleaned up Tucker and he had a little more trouble nursing bc he was "tuckered" out. =)

Happy Family!!!

Happy Birthday Loey Kate and Tucker!!! I love you!