Where Does The Time Go?

It's been forever and five days since I've posted. Not that I'm not busy or anything... :)

It's hard to believe these little ones are already 3mo. old. They've grown soooooooooo much and are seriously the best babies. A lot of people say "it must be so hard having two"....my response??? I don't know any better. All I know is two babies. So it's not that bad at all. Check back in with me though, I'm sure I'll have different comments.

As of November something or another I am officially a stay at home mom AKA CEO of Gibson Enterprises, Domestic Engineer...etc. It's a full time job raising two babies. I don't miss work at all, although, I do miss the people. But all in all it's a decision that I'll never regret. I am, however, still coaching CrossFit. Something I don't ever see myself giving up.

I'm back working out! YAY! It's been awesome. Yes, I'm still doing CrossFit. It's amazing to see how well my body has bounced back. I'm still able to lift pretty decent weight. I even did my first competition since the babies. It wasn't anything hard core, but none the less I am proud. I'm about 13lbs from my pre-preggo weight. But I see changes in my body everyday.

Here's a few pics from the last few months:

I can't wait for Christmas. I know they're still too young for it...but I'm not!

Until Next Time!
D

NICU Time...

Since the twins were born so early they spent a total of 12 days in the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit). Hardest 12 days of my life. Very emotional and so hard to be discharged without your babies. I know I'm fortunate it was such a "short" stay compared to others, but regardless of the time, unless you've had to leave the hospital without your baby you'll never know that heartache.

Westin and Brooklynn made great progress. The first day they were off of oxygen. They had feeding tubes but started taking the bottle for half of their feedings. Westin had photo therapy for a day for jaundice. We went twice a day for visits. Once in the morning and once in the evening...I still had to recover from surgery.

Here's a few pictures from their hospital stay and homecoming.

33 Weeks and Some Change - The Birth Story

A normal day...I thought.  I had to pee a TON that day....like crazy. Sorry if that's TMI...but if you can't handle it I suggest you not read this post.

Anyways, I spent at the Cave - my Crossfit Gym with my good friend and her boys. Feet propped up, doing my bible study. I usually head home from there around 2 or 3 to avoid the horrendous traffic to my house and wait for Gibby to get home from the gym. If you know Gibby, you know that he likes to dilly dally at the gym after his workout. This night I waited somewhat patiently for him to get home so that I could possibly guilt him into going and getting a cheeseburger from Five Guys. IT WORKED! But goodness I was "hangry" (hungry + angry).

07:30pm - Gibby had to check his numbers (he's doing a macros plan) which took even LONGER! GRRRRR! Finally he finished and we were headed out the door but of course I had to pee first. He went out to the car, frustrated as all get out about my hangriness. And that's when it happened.

08:00pm - My water broke. Holy crap. This just got real. Like for real for real. I yelled at Gibby (which he later admitted he was thinking "what the heck does she want now) to come into the house. He peeked around the corner and I said "my water just broke." He literally did a happy dance. Oh boy....thunder cats a go!

08:05pm - I called my good friend Sharon to ask what to do....I was just so worried/excited/nervous my brain shut off. She said I needed to call the dr.

08:10pm -I called my dr's office...it took like a million min for her to call me back. She assured me things would be okay but said "no food." SERIOUSLY???????????? The last meal I had was probably around 1pm that day. But, I listened (reluctantly) and headed to the hospital.

08:30pm - Remember how I mentioned the macros plan Gibby was on? Ya, he stopped at Chic-Fil-A on the way to the hospital and ordered a grilled chicken sandwich with an extra grilled chicken fillet in front of me. I wanted to punch him in the throat. Grr!  We started making calls to our peeps. My sister was first on the list. She was so excited but kept saying "are you being serious." Yes, Francis I am serious. We hung up and she called me right back "are you being serious." Yup, I am.

08:45pm - We got to the ER and I got out of the car. Literally I felt like I wet my pants. AGAIN. I always keep napkins in my glove box so I stuffed some napkins down my pants and proceeded into the ER waiting room. Yup, I just said that...and that really happened. Like I said earlier if it's TMI, STOP READING NOW! We walked in and checked into the admission window....luckily I pre-registered so all we had to do was wait for a nurse to come down and escort us to the L&D.

09:00pm - The lady from L&D finally came down and picked us and another lady up. We headed up to the third floor. The room we got was HUGE! Of course we had to take a selfie!

David claimed his real estate and then began the wait....and so did his sleep

10:00pm- Francis and Christi (my bestie) start heading to the hospital. They got there in no time and we patiently waited to see what to do next.

The nurse comes in and hooks me up to like 35 monitors (I'm being dramatic) but each baby had a heart rate monitor, I had a blood pressure cuff, and an IV. They started pushing antibiotics and gave me a steroid shot to help mature the babies lungs.

Everyone keeps telling me to get some rest....how the heck am I supposed to do that? I'm hungry (all they let me have were ice chips....boring zzzzz), I'm excited, and scared as hell. Sleep and rest is no where on my radar. I can't say that was the case for all...lol

My night nurse is amazing. Her name is Wai-Wai. She keeps ensuring me that everything is going to be okay. They check me and I'm not dilating. Boo. The contractions are not fun either....all back labor. Everytime I have a contraction Francis and Christi tell me when it's "getting better" and going away. I labor on through the night...

About 10:30 am the next day, I finally ask for an epidural. For the rest....and lets be real....the pain isn't too much fun either. The nurse tells me that it'll be about 20 min...5 min later the anesthesiologist is there. I was scared as shit. Not only have I never been admitted to the hospital I've heard all the horror stories of epidurals not working, paralysis, and the pain. Dr. Ham was amazing! I didn't even feel it at all!!!! This day my nurse was Lizzy and I was grateful that she was chesty bc I had to hug my belly, which is huge at this point and lay my head in her chest. LOL. Ya, it's the little things in life that we appreciate.

Of course I needed selfies:

I finally get some well needed rest. Still hungry too but I get half a Popsicle at some point in the day because I'm bitching so much...best Popsicle ever!

(Ok, side note...it's been like 3 days writing this post so my mind is a little foggy)

My left side starts to feel contractions again, I am not dilating past a 4 and it's 8:45p. My dr said she's gonna call for a C-Section. OMG, not cool at all. I've been in "labor" for 25.5 hours and it's gonna end with a major surgery. The tears flow...like I'm scared shitless. So I have like 15 min to get prepped and ready for this...and so does David.

Here's the 3 things I wish I would have known before I had a C-Section:

1) The operating room is as cold as the Artic Circle and the IV fluids they push only make it worse

I was shaking so hard, I had no idea my body could move that fast. So there I am fully exposed on the table with my arms fully extended to my sides. Shaking like Shakira in a bad music video. My teeth were chattering.

2) You can feel pressure. It doesn't hurt, but your insides are being pulled out and all over the place. Of course you can feel a little bit of pressure. Dr. Ham (the anesthesiologist) did tell me when it feels like an elephant sitting on my chest the babies are coming out.

3) Would you rather have the drugs or itch? Morphine makes people itch like crazy. I took the itchiness...for real I felt like a drug addict going off the hard stuff. Itchy itchy itchy.

I get all prepped and they do the first cut. I can smell the cauterized stuff.  And then David is allowed to come in. I'll spare the gory pics, and show you the after effect. I hear my first baby cry, "it's a boy!" David does a happy dance. 2nd baby's head is stuck and I definitely feel that pressure. "it's a girl" and I hear the cry.

 I'm allowed to kiss the babies before they're whisked off to the NICU..

Westin David Gibson was born on 9/16/14 at 09:18pm 4lbs 2oz, 18 inches. Brooklynn Dawn Gibson was born at 9:19pm 4lbs 9oz, 16.5 inches.

Seriously?!?! We need to have a talk...

Dear Baby B,

I love you. TONS. But it is not very nice of you to flip into the breech position this late into the game. We've had this talk before. I would greatly appreciate it if you would get your little hiney back into the head down position. I am, however, so happy with your cute little profile shot you gave today and your little pouty lips. Can't wait to see you. 

Love,

Your Mommy

32 weeks!

Today we had our high risk and growth ultrasound. So blessed that Mimi (David's Mom) was able to join us!

The twins are doing great. Each weighed in at 4lbs 5oz. Both are nice and healthy and head down. The ultrasound tech was having a hard time catching pictures of them because they are so hyper active. Surprise...imagine that. Little CrossFit babies. Baby A was kissing Baby B on the top of the head and Baby B has a lot of hair. It's amazing what you can see on these high def ultrasounds.We will be going to weekly ultrasounds now.

A little update on me. I've gone on bed rest as of last week.  My blood pressure was elevated and the swelling in my feet was getting a little out of hand. It's not been horrible thus far, I've managed to keep myself pre-occupied. Since going on bed rest my feet haven't swollen at all and I'm not nearly as exhausted as I was. Naps are fantastic. I haven't worked out in about a month. The swelling in my feet was bad and then I was put on bed rest. It's sad, but I'm happy I made it as far as I did.

Stretch Marks? Starting to get a faint sign of them around the belly button where Baby A likes to poke it's little booty out.

Sleep? Hardly any at night. I'm up every hour going potty. Naps are fantastic.

Movement? SOOOO much. They're fighting for space like little ninjas.

Cravings? OJ and fruit

Gender? Surprise but we know they're fraternal

Belly Button In or Out? innie with a faint hint of outtie

Working Out?  stopped working out at about 28 weeks bc of the swelling in my feet. 


Needless to say we're so excited to meet our little ones. 

Love to All,
Dawn, Baby G, and Lil' Gibby

HELLO 3rd Trimester!

We made it! So happy to have hit this milestone in my pregnancy!

We went to the high risk Dr. today and had some great news. Baby A is doing fantastic and the stubborn little booger has flipped and is now head down. Weighing in at 2lbs 15oz! Baby B is still head down and weighs in at 3lbs even. WOOHOO!!!!

 Baby A/Twin 1

 

 

 

Baby B/Twin 2

 



 

I'm still blessed and have NO stretch marks. .

 

Sleep is much better now that I'm seeing a chiropractor (who specializes in pregnancy).

 

The twins are moving a TON and kicking hard.

 

We still do not know the gender but we have names picked out:

 

Boy 1)Westin David

Boy 2) Xander John

 

Girl 1) Brooklynn Dawn

Girl 2) Parker Lizabeth

 

Not really any cravings...I just want fruit a lot.

 

My belly is huge and my appetite has decreased tremendously. Having to eat small meals throughout the day. Acid reflux has started as well. Boo.

 

Overall the 2nd trimester was great!

 

Love to All!

Dawn, Baby G, and Lil' Gibby

Things to NOT Say to a Woman Pregnant With Twins

I am blessed. Beyond blessed. I've had a wonderful pregnancy with no complications thus far. I often say "if people had a pregnancy like mine, they'd be pregnant all the time." No joke. But one thing I've not been able to avoid are the odd/weird comments that COMPLETE strangers make when they find out I'm pregnant with twins. I laugh at all this because you'd think I'd be use to it: [I have a Great Dane and I always get the weird comments: "he's a horse", "you need a saddle for that thing", " he's walking/weighs more than you."]

Here's a few twin comments/questions that I've heard and heard over and over again...

1). Are they natural?
Seriously? This is a VERY personal question that I'm just floored that people have the audacity to ask.  Do I go around asking if a woman's boobs are natural? Or someone's sexual position preference. It's just rude and inappropriate.

2). How much weight have you gained?
A lot you asshole. Now go away.

3). You're not gonna make it that far...
Seriously? Who wants to hear that? Pre-term labor is no joke and I want these babies to cook as long as possible. Yes, I realize that I'm huge, that pre-term labor is a chance, and that there's always a risk involved. But shut your pie hole buddy. This mamma is determined to reach her 36 week goal! BITE ME!

4). Wow, where are they gonna fit?
In my belly. It stretches obviously and my body will make room for them. Where else would they go?

5). Are you going to breastfeed?
Is it any of your business? WOW. I know a lot of mothers (singletons or multiples) get this question. I just think it's rude.

6). Do you think you'll have more/are you done?
Can I have these two first? Really? Like I have any idea how it is to even have one child, I'm gonna have two now...and you're asking if I want more.

7). Are you gonna try for a natural delivery or C-section?
Again, any of your business? Of course I want a natural delivery but if a C-Section is medical necessary I will do what is in the best interest of my babies and my health.

8). Oh, so and so had twins and she delivered/was on bed rest for a million weeks...blah blah blah and horror stories.
Eff off! Tell me a great twin success story or something you butthead!

9). You're still working out? Be careful!
Duh, I'm still working out. And I will until delivery (per my dr's orders in fact). And duh again about being careful. Jeeze what do you think I'll do...risk these precious little one's lives?

10). You're going to be miserable this summer.
I already am, thanks for the reminder of the Texas swamp ass heat. I'm pretty familiar with the season and it isn't ideal but I'll suck it up.

24 Weeks!

We're at the 6mo mark! 

Today we had our appointments with the high risk dr and our Ob. Everything looks great! The bright spot on baby A's heart is GONE! Yay! Such wonderful news. Two healthy babies! Here's a few pics from today:

Profiles of Baby A (top) and Baby B (bottom)

Baby A punching Baby B

Baby B kicking Baby A in the head 

3d of Baby B

Baby A is stubborn (like always) and doesn't like his/her picture taken so we couldn't get a 3d or good profile picture and of course Baby B always poses for pictures.

Love these two so much already! And can't wait to meet them!

Love,

Dawn