The Carter Twins

The girls would have been 39 weeks today and are packing on the pounds. Emilie was 5lb 11oz today (same weight as her sister at birth) and Ava was a staggering 6lb 15 oz. They seem to be growing about 2oz a day or so. We are experiencing more periods of being awake (unfortunately, most of the time it is around midnight and 3-4am). Both Jason and I are trying to get sleep when we can. Life is hectic but good.

Stephanie

We have made it three weeks and everyone is still alive and well. The girls were three weeks old yesterday or 38 3/7 weeks (gestational weeks) today.

Life is hectic but we are slowly figuring things out. I still cannot believe there isn’t an instruction manual given out when you leave the hospital. This week we have experienced explosive spit up (into my face) after a serious feeding frenzy (by Ava) and some major gas issues (with Emilie) but overall both girls are doing really well.

Ava is almost 6.5 lbs and Emilie is just over 5lbs… such big girls!!!

More to come…

Stephanie

Hello everyone…

I wanted to let all of you know that our twins arrived on Saturday July 19th.

Baby “A” was born first (screaming) at 1145 weighing 5lbs and 11oz / 18 inches long. She is now known as Ava Cathryn Carter.

Baby “B” was born next (and much more mellow) at 1146 weighing 4lb and 13oz / 17 3/4 long and is now known as Emilie Maire Carter

Both babies were born healthy and bypassed both the NICU and actually didn’t even need a puff of oxygen at birth. I am recovering from the c section well and feel great. I am on antibiotics for a temperature that spiked yesterday for an unknown reason but otherwise doing well.

We were discharged today and are home getting to know each other and trying to figure each other out. We are totally in love with the girls. Ava looks like a Shar pei puppy and Emilie grunts like a pug puppy… they are hysterical!!

The Girls are a week old and doing so well at home. We are getting into the groove of parenting with the help of my mother and mother in law. Sleep is happening (not always at night) and we are showered most days (however, I forgot to brush my teeth and put on deodorant)….

More to come in the following days.
Stephanie
(no longer pregnant)

Here is a picture from our 24 week ultrasound. The girls are doing well; baby A is 1 lb 9 oz and baby B is 1 lb 8 oz. Both are right at the 50th percentile. Baby A is our shy girl, never giving us a clear picture of her face. Baby B gave us a nice view of her face, chubby cheeks and all.

-Jason