By the end of the day I will be an Auntie again. My sister Ang is at the hospital, in a lot of pain, waiting for her little girl to arrive. She got admitted last night at 8 and as of 4:30 this morning despite tons of hard contractions is only dilated to a fingertip. Not good, but hopefully today will speed up so we can finally meet baby girl. Ang is being crazy and won’t tell us the name they chose until she is born. I’m as excited to find out her name as I am to see her!

When I was 24 or so weeks pregnant I found out I would have to have a C-Section. Shenzie (Baby A) wasn’t growing well and they didn’t think it was a good idea to try natural as it would be too much stress for her. On the one hand it was good because I didn’t have to go through hours and hours of contractions and pain…on the other it sucked because the after of a C-Section was the worst pain I’ve ever had. Ever. Stupid me left the hospital against my doctors wishes 2 days after my delivery rather than the 4 days I should have stayed. Duh. My babies were in the NICU, why didn’t I stay were I was closer to them, had nurses to help me, pain meds galore, and food brought to my room. No, silly girl I was I went home because I just wanted to be in my own bed with my own things. Bad idea.

Those first couple of months were a blur. There was no “sleep when the babies sleep” because they were always awake it seemed and I have sleep issues. While I do miss the tiny little creatures and their tiny little cries I do not miss feeding them every 2-3 hours and then having to pump. It took 45 minutes to feed one baby and another 45 minutes to feed the other baby. We had to feed them separate at first due to sucking/breathing issues. Add another 25 minutes of pumping to the mix and I had about 10 minutes of downtime before it started all over again. Oh wait, downtime? I meant changing diapers and trying to brush my teeth time. Oh man, the diapers these babies went through. 10-12x a day per baby. Whew. That is A LOT of dirty diapers.

I’m so excited to see a brand new tiny baby, but I must say I love this age much more. They are so fun (and crazy), but at least they sleep through the night!!