Willa's Delivery

I had been having contractions since I left the hospital Saturday.  They were not painful and there was no change in how I was progressing so I was sent home.  By Monday evening, they had started to hurt a bit nothing that was unbearable and I was able to sleep most of the night.  Waking up only a few time.  Tuesday morning I called my maternal fetal medicine specialist to tell him my contractions had started hurting morning and he said unless they were getting stronger or closer or my water broke, I didn't need to come to the hospital yet.  He said just listen to your body and if you feel like you need to come in, then do! 
I had an appointment with my OB that afternoon at 2:20 so I just figured I would wait until then and let my OB assess how I was doing.  We got in to our appointment and my OB checked me and said she was sending me to the hospital.  My OB's office is at the Via Christi St. Teresa and I needed to deliver the babies at Via Christi St. Joseph.  I was sent up to labor and delivery at St. Teresa to be stabilized - I didn't realize I wasn't stable.  I was then given the magnesium sulfate once again to calm contractions that had started picking up after being checked.  I was transported via ambulance from St. Teresa to St. Joseph.
Once at St. Joseph, I was taken up to labor and delivery where one of my OB's partners came in to assess me.  She checked me again and ordered a sonogram to see how baby B was positioned.  My water broke moments later.  My maternal fetal medicine specialist came in a few minutes after that and performed the sonogram.  Baby B was breech which meant c-section.  Before I knew it, Mitch was putting on scrubs and I was being wheeled back in to the OR.  Things moved very quickly.  For those who think it hurts like hell when they put the needle in - it doesn't!  Getting and IV is much worse in my opinion!
Willa was born at 5:13 pm and she was taken immediately to another room to get her hooked up to a ventilator and assessed.  Mitch was able to leave and go see her briefly.  She even let out a few little squeals for him.  She weighed 1 lb 6.4 oz and was 12 inches long.
My contractions had pushed baby A too far down to deliver through the c-section so the baby was deliver vaginally after my c-section was completed.  Baby A was 5.7 oz and was 8 inches long.  Baby A was a boy.  This was a total shock to us, as we were expecting a girl.  So it was very emotional for both of us because all along we thought it would be so cool to have a boy and a girl for our twins.
I was taken to a recovery room and we were able to hold our baby boy.  We named him William Robert.  The nurses took some pictures of his hands and feet.  The chaplain came in and baptized him.  I am so glad we took the opportunity to see him and say goodbye.
I was in the recovery room for a good 2 hours before I was wheeled over to NICU to see Willa for the first time.  She was so small and had tubes and wires all over her.  She does have very big feet and long fingers and a cute little nose :) I just couldn't believe that was my baby!
Once I was in my room my family came in - my mom, dad, 3 sisters, Mitch's mom, and Grandma Dolly.  Each took their turn going in to see Willa with Mitch. 
We did not expect to have a baby that day, but I'm so glad for her to be here and know she had wonderful nurses and doctors watching over and caring for her everyday.