The birth of the girls

It is unbelievable that I have not posted anything about the girls and their birth!! I guess that everyone can imagine and understand that I have been busy :)
4:00 a.m. Monday January 26th 2009 I got up to use the restroom (after another night of sleeping in the recliner) and before I could even sit down there was water trickling out of me and I knew that it was not pee!! I calmly woke Jim and told him that my water had broke and we needed to go to the hospital, then I calmly went down the hall and told my Dad the same thing...I then stuck a towel between my legs and proceeded to make sure that I had everything that I would need for the hospital. Jim and I then woke Sebastian and we were all out of the door before 4:15 and on the way to St. Bernards Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, AR.

I was immediately taken in for observation and tested that it was amniotic fluid that was leaking...and sure enough IT WAS!!! I was told that we were in line for Cesearean and that we had to wait on Dr. Speights to decide who goes first...the women who were scheduled for this morning and NOT in labor or me...luckily it was me :) We went to the room for surgery @ 7:00 and after prepping for the longest time, it was time for me to have my spinal block...I was nervous but the block did not hurt anything like the epidural that I had had 7 years earlier. I was laid down immediately and before I knew it I could not move my legs or anything below my chest for that matter...I had a few boughts of nausea and sickness...dry heaving and nothing came up--they had to keep giving me anti-nausea medicine. I was fine then and it was time for Dr. Speights to come in and then Jim...it really was time for my girls to get here and I was so excited--it was UNREAL!!! It only took a few minutes of high anticipation and then there it was....Samantha Joanne Alene Fain's beautiful little cry...she was here and it was 8:10 a.m...not even a minute later there was another cry and it was Stacey Lee Marie Fain coming only a minute after her sister and it was 8:11 a.m. THEY WERE HERE!!! I could not believe it and I was dying for them to bring them around so I could meet them. Jim went to take pictures and cut the cords...He was grinning from ear to ear when they brought the babies over to meet me :) First, I saw little Sammy and I was in shock at all her hair, how much she looked like Sebastian and by how little she was. Then they brought little Stacey to meet me and I could not get over how much she looked like her brother also and by how she was bigger and yet still so small. They were both so beautiful and Jim was anxious to hold them both and go show them off.

I of course stayed behind to get sown up and I was crying and just as happy as could be.