Meet Adam and Alex

Born March 26, 2009 at 12:08 and 12:09pm:

Adam Jefferson Lemons – 7 lbs 4 oz

Alexander William Lemons – 5 lbs 11 oz

It’s been two months since the birth of our boys and I’m just now making the time to write about it.  Needless to say, taking care of two babies is soooo challenging and very time consuming.  But it has also been the greatest blessing and by far the best time of our lives!  Adam was head down and first to be born.  He was in that same position for each of the ultrasounds during pregnancy.  Alex, however, switched positions each time we saw him.  Since Alex was breeched the last few weeks, the doctors recommended a cesarean.

It was a relatively quick surgery and our operating team was fantastic.  After the spinal block, I didn’t feel much besides a little tugging.  But 4 hours afterwards, I felt all of the discomforts and disadvantages of a c-section. Miserable!   Jason suffered too.  I had such a hard time getting around that he got to do most of the baby care in the hospital.  Between changing diapers, swaddling babies, and helping mom, he said that during those 4 days it was the hardest he had worked in his life. 

But praise God, everything went really well.  Both Adam and Alex were very healthy.  We avoided all of the complications that are typical for twins and premature labor.  Adam had a touch of jaundice, but it was so slight he didn’t even need any treatment.  Alex was losing too much weight the first 2 days and we had a hard time feeding him.  He wasn’t interested in eating and had such a small suck.  But those are relatively simple issues and we just felt so blessed to have two good healthy sons!

Adam

 

Alex

 

 

Dad gets to know Alex

 

Mom and Adam

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