This is our Life-The Smith's: Kian&Kynlee have arrived-their birth story.

Where to begin...it was such a crazy, emotional experience!

On Wednesday July 25th at 430am Jimmy my Mom and myself headed to the hospital. I had a scheduled 8am c-section. I was having a c-section due to the fact that both babies were breech and they believed baby B-the boy was about 2 pounds bigger then baby A-the girl.

After getting settled in into our room where they would prep me for surgery and where I would stay the remainder of our stay, we were anxious to get things going and head into surgery. I was a nervous wreck, I had delivered the three girls all vaginally and have never had a serious surgery so of course I was nervous, but more so excited!!

They finally came and got us, I walked myself to the operating area, they had me in a pre-op room before hand with Jimmy while my Mom waited in the waiting room. Our doctor came in wanted to do a quick ultrasound to see where babies were for the surgery. Well to our surprise BOTH babies were HEAD DOWN!!! We were all shocked, so she did a quick internal and I was 3-4cm!! The doctor knew how bad I wanted a vaginal delivery with the twins so she asked what I preferred. Of course I said screw the surgery take me to a labor and delivery room!! So thats what she did!! Since I wasn't in active labor they decided they would give me pitocin and break baby A's water. So after being at the hospital since 5am, about noon is when they started to get things rolling. They hooked me up to pitocin and wanted to wait a bit longer to break my water. I decided to get the epidural, because of course they stressed to me in case of an emergency and I didn't have the epidural they would have to put me under. Well this was the WORST experience ever with the epidural, the guy was terrible. He gave me some kind of shock that not only freaked me out but the nurses as well. Finally after a good while the epidural was in place and the wait continued. They broke my first bag of water-or so they thought not too long after the epidural. Let me just tell you all, this was my LONGEST labor ever! I wasn't progressing as fast as I had with the girls{later found out because both babies heads were side by side fighting to get out first so no one was in the birth canal to really get the labor going} It was taking hours just to dilate one centimeter. I went all night thinking I made the wrong decision, that I should have just went ahead and had the surgery and by then I would have already been holding my babies and my healing process would have already been started. But I was determined. What happened next not only shocked me but the entire nursing staff and all the doctors. While doing routine ultrasounds on me all day and night they noticed baby B-(boy)had PUSHED his sister(baby A) to the side and had then become baby A...he was determined to not be the baby of the family.

By morning I was in full blown active labor and was ready to go by 10am.

Like I had mentioned in previous blogs, regardless of how I delivered I would have to deliver in the operating room. By 10am, my epidural had already stopped working hours before so I was feeling everything but I was very calm and cool. I kept my breathing going and kept focus. I knew it was time when my body was pushing. Immediately my doctor came running in and I was complete. They had already had Jimmy get into scrubs about 9am so he was ready, I could hear the commotion of all the nurses and doctors getting ready and getting the operating room prepared. I was being wheeled in and was in shock as to how many people were in that tiny operating room. There was a bassinet warmer for each baby and a team of pediatricians and nurses for each baby, plus the anesthesiologists and their people, then there was my doctor and two other obstetricians, my main{fabulous} nurse Jen and about 5 other nurses plus Jimmy all packed into this tiny operating room.

I was ecstatic that I was getting my wish, that I was getting to deliver my babies vaginally!! It was so strange delivering in the operating room, but it was also pretty cool, all those people in there were practically rooting me on. Since I was having twins, which is just fascinating, and getting to know these people, it felt good that they were rooting me on!! After only 5 minutes of pushing at 10:31am my gorgeous son Kian Ryan was born. I cried...like CRIED my eyes out...hearing him cry and knowing I finally have a son was such an amazing feeling. Jimmy was in awe, he was glued to his son from that moment. Kian was born "sunny side up" meaning he was looking up instead of down-just the way Paisley was born. His poor head was bruised and had some hair missing but was 100% ok!!

The moment Kian Ryan entered the world<3 td="td">

Things quickly took a turn moments after, which to this moment I still cry about. They were doing the ultrasound to make sure baby B had not flipped and was still breech, they also had the heart rate monitors on to monitor her heart rate. I could hear them say her heart rate was decreasing, so they needed to hurry. next thing I hear is that theres a prolapsed cord-meaning her umbilical cord was coming out before her, which I immediately knew, I was about to have to be cut open. Then things got even scarier, I heard the nurse say heart rate 80-then in moments I was being prepped for the c-section. The doctors, nurses and techs were all scrambling trying to get prepared because this was VERY dangerous. Now let me remind you my epidural had no longer worked, it had been hours. After moments of them trying to fix it, they couldnt waste anymore time and they completely put me under.

Jimmy was pushed out of the room clueless as to what was going on with me and our daughter.

At 1045am our daughter Kynlee Rene was born. I didnt hear my daughters first cry and wasnt able to see her as she entered this world, which was very traumatic for her. Her heart rate got down into the 60s which is VERY dangerous, when she was born she was pale, limp and not crying. They got her to the table and put the cpap on her and got her crying and color back. Kills me that this happened. I feel like if I wasnt selfish and just went with the c-section the day prior that wouldnt have happened to her and I would have been awake to see her. But I need to move past it, it was in god's hands and she is here and completely healthy .

Jimmys first sight at Kynlee Rene

I woke up about noon in a recovery room. Scariest moment ever. I didnt see anyone around me, I didnt know what happened, where my husband was, where my babies were and more so how my daughter was doing. I immediately started balling my eyes out and was in hysterics. Thankfully my amazing nurse Jen, she never left my side and was right there to comfort me. She told me everything was going so well with the babies and thats where Jimmy was, that they weren't expecting me to wake up that soon or her would have been there. So they quickly got Jimmy, and moments later he was there by my side!! I was still upset, I wanted my babies. So he did what he does and had me smiling and laughing in no time. He told me our little girl had a head full of RED hair and our son had barely any hair!!!

We were very blessed, God and our angels were definitely looking over us. I was ok, I had made it through the surgery and our babies were doing amazing. They had taken Kian to the special care nursery to weigh him and clean him up, Jimmy had stayed behind to wait on me and Kynlee. After things settled down they brought Kynlee to the special care nursery and she was doing AMAZING. She sure shocked the crap out of all the doctors and nurses. Daddy stayed with the babies and their big sisters were able to go in and meet their new brother and sister. It was instant love for all of them.

The nurses and doctors told us a week before we had them, that normally due to issues with the babies that more then likely the twins would not be joining us on the 7th floor that they would stay in the nursery on the 2nd floor. Well after I was out of recovery the nurse told me that my babies were doing so amazing that they would be joining us in the room shortly after I was settled in. As I got to the 7th floor I told the nurses the good news and it looked as if they didnt believe me, since its not often that it happens especially after what we had just been through, which it seemed like EVERYONE in the hospital knew our story. Sure enough our babies joined us in the room within a half hour of us being there!! I was head over heels. Jimmy immediately handed me our little girl and sure enough she had a head full of dark red auburn hair!! After getting the babies and loving on them, my mom brought the girls back up to see their brother and sister!

We only had to stay for 2 days in the hospital, which was amazing!! I was terrified my entire pregnancy that we would have to leave a baby or both behind when we left but they were doing AMAZING as well as I. I was up and out of the bed walking within hours of my surgery. I did not want to be stuck in a bed for days-I was determined. Even though I was quite sore{and VERY swollen} I was up and moving. Shocked all the doctors and nurses!!

We have been home for 2 weeks now and are so adjusted and doing well!!
I have had a VERY smooth recovery, by the 3rd day I was almost back to normal. I was already off pain killers and was just sore! I didnt get staples I had the glue and steri strips. Though I highly prefer a vaginal delivery, for me the c-section wasnt that bad. I would had preferred to been awake but I can not change that now.