Tomorrow is the day (we hope)

We went to visit our girls today and were very happy to see them both moving, stretching and yawning.  We also got to hear Vivian's first little cry!  They are suffering from mild jaundice so are being kept in overnight just to be sure they are OK.  We were told today that they should be able to come home with us tomorrow - Yay!!

We have organised a nurse to come and help us tomorrow night and are thinking we may do this for the next few days.

We have filled out lots of paperwork tonight so we can spend tomorrow cuddling our daughters.  As Ben keeps saying they are just "mesmerising".

Daddy and the mesmerising Vivian

Darling Emmeline

Welcome to the world!

 

Welcome to the world (written Friday 17th - yes we are catching up now :))

Emmeline Jackie Webb - Born 14 Feb 2012 at 1.02pm 2250g

 

 

Our Beautiful Emmeline

 

Vivian Jutta Webb - Born 14 Feb 2012 at 2.38pm 2270g

 

 

Our Beautiful vivian

 

We at long last got to meet our beautiful girls at 12pm today. They are both in the Neonatal Clinic and doing very well (they were the biggest babies in there). The specialist said we can take the home either tomorrow or the next day. Typical India with the crossed wires of taking them home today but we both agree we are happy they are spending another day or two in the clinic. We are sad that we are parted for a bit longer but agree that we will trust in the Doctors decision.

Our girls are so cute!! I know everyone says that but they really are!! Emmeline looks very healthy and has quiet a bit of meat on her bones for such a tiny girl. She looks a little fairer that her little sister and does not have as much hair though it looks much darker than in the first photo.

Vivian looks smaller than her big sister with less meat on her bones (strange as they weigh about the same). She has a full head of black hair that looks so cute and reminds us of her cousin Lucy.

We both got our fingers grasped by both girls and I had to keep leaning away from the crib so my tears of happiness did not drown them! It was very emotional for me but I was not too upset to leave as we will be back with them tomorrow morning. Love to all of you, Suzie xxx

Bens thoughts..

 

What a week ! it all seems surreal ...... getting on plane to go pick up the kids! Life is going well but that saying still seems unreal!

 

Surprise Surprise ! middle names are after both Grandmothers! Or in Jutta's case Nannie! (Sorry Mum to make you cry & Jackie from what I understand I think you would be in the same predicament !)

 

I still can't believe they are here & how small they are but I guess that's how we all started, even so its still a mesmerizing thing!

 

Our Babies are Here!!!

Here I am sitting in the Qantas Club Lounge waiting to board our flight that will take us into Delhi just before midnight tonight.

We got the BIG phone call at lunchtime on Valentines Day that our surrogate who was in hospital had gone into labour.  Dr Shivani asked us if we wanted our babies born on the same day as she had reviewed the situation and was happy for Baby No 2 to enter the world with Baby No1.

We have 2 Beautiful little GIRLS!!!

The emotions have been amazing -
Relief that our babies are all OK.
Joy that we are now finally parents!
Sadness that we are were not in Delhi sooner for cuddles and kisses!
Anxiety  - have we got everything we need to parent 2 little girls??????

Our girls were born at 35 weeks and both weigh 5 pounds.  They both look big and healthy in the photos but I am sure they must be tiny.  We got the email yesterday to say that our girls are ready to be discharged from hospital when we arrive. That means on Friday morning we will be taking our babies back to Svelte with us!!!

We have 2 names that we love but are waiting to meet our girls before we make a final decision.  How did this happen?  How did we get so bloody lucky? Well better go as the tears of happiness are starting again.

I will keep you all posted and hope to post some photos once we get organised.  I hope everyone is well and I apologise for not bogging sooner but the last couple of days have been a whirlwind!

Love to you all xx

No change but baby and surrogate are fine.

Thank you all for your support and kind words!  I am trying not to worry too much but I guess that little niggling anxiety that  is always there is just a bit stronger at the moment.

Our surrogate is still admitted to hospital and is still leaking amniotic fluid.  SCI assure me that all is OK and that she is doing well and the baby's heartbeat is normal and is in no distress whatsoever.  I have just emailed asking what Dr Shivani thinks may happen in this situation.  I guess we just need to be ready for whatever may be!!

I have my VISA now so if I do need to get to India earlier that planned I at least know I can just book a flight and go.  I will let you know what Dr Shivani says.

Don't worry. Yeah right...

Ben and I have been feeling a bit worried and nervous due to the fact one of our surrogates is currently in hospital.  She was admitted last Saturday due to a UTI that is now under control.  She is still admitted because her water is leaking.  SCI are of course taking fantastic care of her and our baby but she is on complete bed rest with no toilet privileges. The doctors are also administering Antibiotics to prevent an infection. They are telling us all is OK and the baby is fine but the reality is that this baby could possibly come sooner rather than later.  We will be entering week 33 on Monday so while we are confident that the baby will be fine if it is born now, we of course would much prefer him/her to hang in there a few more weeks at least.  I will keep you posted.

The Octobaby

Here is the Pic I was talking about yesterday :)

The upside-down octopus baby with sunglasses.

Babies due "this" year

We can finally say our babies are due this year instead of next year.  For all of you just starting a surrogacy journey or if you are trying again I can tell you in complete honesty that the time really does fly!  Ben and I cannot believe just how quickly time has passed since we decided to go ahead with surrogacy in Delhi.  So many of our friends are getting really excited for us which is really wonderful.  I had one girlfriend in tears on Monday when I showed her our nursery.  Even though most of our friends have never struggled with fertility they all have a rough idea of what Ben and I have gone through over the last 8 years and are amazingly supportive.  They know just how much we are looking forward to finally becoming parents and like us cannot wait to meet our babies.

We are now in week 30 and our scans were all within normal range so we are very thankful it has been smooth sailing so far and have everything crossed that it will continue this way.  We were slightly concerned that one of our babies looks like an upside-down octopus wearing sunglasses but if Dr Shivani says it's normal who are we to argue? (photo was to be inserted here but for some reason it wont let me - will try tomorrow)

We had a very relaxing Christmas and New Year - I think we were soaking up the quiet time before our life changes in March. Christmas was spent with good friends on the beach and on NYE we stayed home and cooked a beautiful dinner, drank a bottle of champagne and danced to our favourite tunes (just the two of us) and it was fantastic!

I think I am pretty organised as far as baby gear goes.  I will be buying bottles etc this week and will pick up the pram and the car seat (to go in my brand new car!) at the end of the month.  I am sure to start getting a little more anxious as the time draws closer but for now I am not feeling to worried.  Mind you I did have a terrible dream last night were I was trapped in my new car with my new babies in the heat and couldn't find anything to smash the window open with  - thankfully I woke up at that point and realised it was just a dream.  I remember all the strange dreams I had about my wedding before it happened so I am sure there will be more strange baby anxiety dreams to come!

I have really been enjoying all the baby photos you new, (and not so new) parents have been posting and am very impressed you all find the time to do it! I will endeavour to follow in your impressive footsteps xx