Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Well today was the day...we are proud to announce the Snyder triplets entered the world today at 4:25pm.

Let's just say the stars were aligned. I spent the day with Denise today...we watched The Proposal...which is quite funny and entertaining. It was a great afternoon of laughter and spending alone time with each other. At about 2pm or so I went down to the cafeteria to get us some lunch...when I returned Denise was having some pelvic pressure and phoned her nurse. Cindy phoned the rounding doctor for OB & GYN Specialists. He came in the room around 3:30pm and check Denise and found her to be 5 cm dilated. His words were "Its time to get these babies out today...you did a great job Mom!"

Needless to say, I felt a bit overwhelmed but remained strong for Denise. It all was happening so fast. I was never araid though and wanted Denise to know how proud I was of her. We went down to the delivery room for the C-section and were delighted to hear our OB Dr. Wilstrup was going to deliver with an assist from Dr. Logan. Denise and I were both at ease. The hardest part for me was sitting alone and waiting to go into the OR while Denise was being prepped. I sat quietly and prayed the Hail Mary and Our Father. So many people were going in and out...there must have been over 20 people in there.

At 4:25 they delivered Carter Fischer...weighing in at 3 lb 10 oz and 16 in ling...then at 4:26 Chloe Piquet came along at 4 lb and 16.5 in...and finally Cooper Lewis at 4:26 at 4 lb 4 oz and 17 in long. As you can see from the photos, Mommy was able to hold the babies. While Dr. Wilstrup finished up, I went up to the NICU to be with the babies.

We had Jackson come down after school and dinner to see his Mommy. Special thanks to Aunt Monica and Jessica...you were life savers. Seeing Jackson just lights up Denise while in the hospital. We also had visitors from Denise's parents and then our good friends the Setsmas. We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends...and thanks for all of the text messages and phone calls...sorry for not answering them all..but I am sure you can understand.

I am home with Jackson tonight...again we are trying to keep him on a schedule. Denise will probably come home on Saturday or Sunday. The babies are all doing well. Chloe is the strongest right now with the best breathing and lung development. Carter and Cooper show signs of prematurity but are doing great. All of the babies are on oxygen and have IV bags. They are resting comfortably...and are really big for being 30 weeks and 5 days.

As I said before, today was the day...and it was an amazing and awe inspiring day. We are so blessed and thankful.