Twin Girls Decided to Come on Their Own Time!

How crazy that I get to tell this story when I feel like I just got my BFP yesterday! A little background, my twin B had an exposed cord, so I knew from the beginning that I had to have a csection. They scheduled it for 37 weeks exactly, which would’ve been Feb 9th. Fast forward to Monday, Feb 5th. I went into L&D; because I had some leaking and was worried about my water breaking. They did a test and it was negative for amniotic fluid, but my OB scheduled an ultrasound to check the fluid in their sacs just in case. Turns out my baby A had lost a LOT of fluid from her sac. It was determined I must have a small leak, so they checked my cervix. I was 2 cm and 80% effaced. I was worried they would take them that day, however the OB said she wouldn’t take them early unless I hit 4 cm, which she doubted I would do by my scheduled surgery on Friday. So I was sent home at 9pm on Monday. Tuesday morning around 8:30 I woke up to my water gushing out. Literally 12 hours after I had gotten released. At this point I’m panicking because my husband was supposed to come home Tuesday afternoon from the military and I just knew he wouldn’t make it. I went to the hospital and I was 4 cm. They had to come out now. Everything after that was very chaotic. I was in the OR within 30 minutes and within the hour my girls were here. Let me just say, the spinal wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. My husband missed it by 2 hours.

Aurora Lynn Bankston (left) was born 5 pounds 2 ounces and 17 1/2 inches long. Morgan Everly Bankston (right) was born 6 pounds 2 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. Both were born at 10:52 am. They were 36 weeks and 4 days. Aurora was perfect and came right in the room with me. Everly swallowed TONS of fluid and had to go to the NICU. The pediatrician compared it to the same amount as someone who drowned would have in their lungs.

Here’s Aurora today, one week later home with mom and dad. She’s so tiny and the absolute light of our life.

Everly is still in the hospital at a week later, but doing much better. She’s off her feeding tube and breathing on her own. She’s trying to figure out how to eat without the tube and then she will get to come home. Hopefully by next week. She’s the other light of our life.

I’m recovering well and didn’t know I could love someone so much!