Just wanted to let you all know that Rachy had her boys in the early hours this morning by C-Section...

Aidan Shaun and Keenan James are doing well, as is Mum.

Im sure Rachy will be in to post everything when she is feeling up to it, but for now just a big

CONGRATS and GOOD LUCK for the future Rachy

xoxoxoxo


DD Brenna Rose 24/09/2004

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Congratulations on the safe arrival of Aidan & Keenan. And best wishes for a speedy recovery. Take care.

Cheers

Justine
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Congrats Rachie. Two little boys with lovely Irish names. I hope your recovery goes well.

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Congratulations Rachie!

<font color="#3300FF">Renée - Mum to triplets born at 26 weeks & 4 days on 18 August 2002</font>


<font color="#FF3399">Baby girl due March 30</font>

**CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ARRIVAL OF YOUR TWO HEALTHY BABY BOYS**
I wish you all the best for a speedy recovery and hope to hear about your labour story when you are feeling up to it. Best of luck & take care.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ARRIVAL OF YOUR BABY BOYS

Best wishes to you and your new family.
Take care and rest up (if poosible )

Rachel

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Congratulations Rachie and Family!

Hope you are all doing well!

Kate

Congratulations Rachie!! Two beautiful boys! All the best,


Maycee (35)
DH (33)
Twin boys (4/12/01)
DD (7/10/03)

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

Wonderful to hear that your boys are here safe and sound. Hope you have a speedy recovery and enjoy your two special gifts

Look forward to hearing your story when you are feeling up to it

xoxox
Wendy
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Congratulations Rachie on the safe arrival of your boys. Love the names.

I hope you are feeling ok!

Peta
Mum to twins Luca & Jackson (1/7/04) 28.5 weekers

~~~~~CONGRATULATIONS~~~~~ on the safe arrival of your news sons, Aidan and Keenan!

Hoping you are all well and will be home soon to start your new lives together as a family!

Jo

Congratulations Rachie on the arrival of your baby boys. Glad to hear all went well

I hope you have a speedy recovery and enjoy bringing your little bundles home

Julie
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DD Jenna 6/8/04

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hi girls
i have only got a few mins at the moment but thought i would pop on to let you know that yep all is good with my boys. The birth went well (after a few dramas), which i will fill you in on later. The boys are beautiful and i will post some pics later. I am feeling good, a bit sore but C-sections are not too bad. It doesn't feel half as bad as i thought it would. ANyhow i will probably be back on tomorrow to post my birth story and to show you guys some pics of my little men!! The are lying here next to me in one cot next to each other. They are so adorable.

Rach

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Congrats Rachie and family .. what gorgeous names!

Smile...
Fiona

Gabi 20/04/02
Caleb and Declan 30/03/04

Congratulations! Wishing you a speedy recovery and lots of smiles. Take care of yourself and your little boys.

Maree

Harriet Lorna 1/8/03
Eleanor Rosalind 1/8/03

Congratulations!...and best wishes for a speedy recovery! Love the names too!


Sharyn
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Hannah & Josie 22/3/04 (33 wks)
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Smile... and the world smiles with you!

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Rach & family!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!! ON THE SAFE AND HAPPY ARRIVAL OF AIDEN AND KEENAN!

Its great to hear from you so soon! Looking forward to hearing all the details! What size are they etc etc!

I am so happy for you all! Take it easy and rest as much as possible.......



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[color=Blue]Congratulations on the safe arrival of your bouncing boys. Can't wait to hear more details.

Vanessa

1st ICSI November '02 successful!
(Ryan & Kai - 29 July '03)

Congrats Rach! I am so happy for you and your hubby. Can't wait to hear about your birth story and see some pics of your gorgeous little boys! I also love the names you have chosen..

Take care xoxoxo

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FINALLY here it comes...
here is my birth story of my boys Aidan Shaun & Keenan James.

I'm still in hospital so as you can imagine have not had much chance to get on the net. Thank you for all the nice messages and wishes!

Well as you all know the obstetrician got us to meet him at the hospital on last Thursday afternoon at 4.30 to get a catheter balloon thing inserted as my cervix wasn't favourable. Anyhow he did an internal when we got there and realised that it was a bit more favourable, so he didn't have to insert the catheter thingie. Thank goodness. He did let us go home on Thursday night and told us to come back at 7am on Friday morning to be induced.

So we rocked in on Friday morning and my waters were broken at 8.15ish. Then we just waited around for something to happen. I had the syntocin drip and my contractions started being painful at about 1pm. By 3pm I was in severe pain and wasn't really dilating much. So I got the epidural (yippee). I can tell you epidurals are the best things ever. My anaethetist was fantastic, it did not even hurt. The nurses told me that he is a great anaesthetist and they are not all that good, so I'm glad I got him!! So from 3pm til about 11pm I dilated fully and I was just cruising as I could not feel a thing. The only problems I had were that I was vomiting a few times every couple of hours, but that was not too bad. So about 11pm my obstetrician came in to check me and realised that Keenan's heart rate was quite low during contractions, so he watched the monitor for a while and decided that we would go to the operating theatre to give birth. He wanted to try firstly to get them out with a little help from Forceps as Aidan was sideways, and if that failed then we would have to have a caesarean. So that was pretty scary. Going down to theatre I was absolutely petrified but was also excited that I was to soon meet my boys. So we went to theatre and after they had been trying to get Aidan out for a while they decided that it wasn't going to happen, so I ended having a caesarean. It was not too bad. I had no pain at all and the doctors and nurses were wonderful.

They were born at 12.19 and 12.20am. I went off to recovery and after having to stay there for a while as I had a high temperature and a few problems I was off to my room at 2am to be greeted by my two beautiful boys, my partner BJ and my Mum and Dad. It was great to be there and to see everyone. The pain hasn’t been as bad as I expected. We tried breastfeeding and the boys (and us) have not slept for 5 days, so today after some discussion with midwives we have decided to go to formula as we are exhausted and the boys are not getting enough milk even after feeding for 2 hours stretches. So in a way that is a huge relief as my nipples are really grazed and I am so much pain and knew that it would only get worse and was really started to dread feeding. So now hopefully the boys will sleep tonight.. lets hope!!

If some one can PM me their email address I can email you some pics that someone could post for me? I just don’t have time to do it but I would love to show you my boys!!

Rach


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Also forgot the important details:
Aidan Shaun was 3050 grams or 6 pds 11 and 49cms long
Keenan James was 3019 grams or 6 pds 10 and 49.cms long

So they were very good sizes and are very healthY!

No wonder why i was so huge. Despite all my complaining towards the end of the pregnancy i am so glad that i carried them so long and that they are so healthy!!

Will be back on after i get home!!


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Hi Rachel,

Just wanted to add my congratulations. Sounds like a pretty full on birth but great that you have 2 healthy boys. Great weights!!! The breast feeding thing is really hard and noone sleeps which makes things even tougher. I hope things start to improve once the boys have full tummies!

Looking forward to seeing some pictures.
Beth

Sophie and Daisy 9/4/03

CONGRATULATIONS again Rach and Family! I really enjoyed your story and am happy that it all went well - dispite the length of time! I can just imagine the emotion you all had when Aiden and Keenan were here safe and sound.

Both fantastic weights too! Good job, I am pretty sure that our twins will be similar in weight too. Good job on the breast feeding and I am sure that you will all sleep better when they are happy on formula with full bellys. Also you will be less stressed about it to and will be able to rest.

I am determined to *try* breastfeeding our twins too and you have given me some hope that 1 day is better than none. Even if I manage like you have for a few days I will feel like I did try it out...IYKWIM.

Please PM me if you have not had any offers as yet on the photo posting as I am happy to give you my e-mail and I will do it for you.

Have a wonderful day sourrounded by your lovely new family! How exciting......



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