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The twins have arrived!

Zoey resting in the NICU

Zoey resting in the NICU

Stella exhausted after a long day

Stella exhausted after a long day

Zoey Isabelle Dettbarn arrived at 3:23pm today, weighing 4lbs 13oz. Stella Elizabeth Dettbarn arrived 3:35pm, weighing 4lbs 11oz. Amazingly exciting, happy and terrifying all at once. I’ll fill in more detail later, since it is kind of late and I am beat… but it was a long day. If you are interested in the story in 140 character increments, check out my Twitter page for the updates!

More coming soon. The real adventure begins now!

Thanks for all the well wishes and notes. We really appreciate the thoughts and support from all of our friends and family. It really means a lot to both of us!

(And Melisa is resting and doing well. I’m sure she’ll sleep good tonight!)

I’m currently in the waiting room as Melisa gets her epidural. Seems like we’ve been doing a lot of waiting lately, but at least things are moving forward at a faster pace now. We fully expect to welcome the two ladies into the world this afternoon!

For keeping up on our progress, I’d recommend checking my Twitter page (twitter.com/endonend) for the most up-to-the-minute action. I’ll also post pictures to our Flickr page (see thumbnails below) as I can. Camera phone pics are easier to get up the quickest, so the better quality ones will most likely be updated over the weekend.

Stay tuned! The fun is just beginning.

There are some things that pregnant women report happening that seem to come just before delivery of their baby (or babies).  They are kind of informally the “signs” of impending birth, but some women never have any and some women have several.  When I had Lucy I had very little warning I feel like (except my water breaking, which is pretty obvious!) or at least that I paid attention to.  I hadn’t gained that much weight, wasn’t uncomfortable and kept rolling forward actively with our everyday lives.  Things are different this time around and now that I think I understand and notice those changes in my body more, I have been noticing some of these!  You can check out the list through the link above which generally includes the big changes women report, but is not all inclusive.  Lately…. (more…)