They're Here!!!

Our triplets are here! Graham Paul, Avery Mae, and Grayson David arrived on Saturday, August 27th at 2:50 PM weighing 2lb 13oz, 3lb 1oz, and 3lb 11oz. Graham was first, Avery followed a minute and a half later, and Grayson came two minutes after that.

Shan carried the babies to 31 weeks and 1 day. Just before our doctor started the C-Section he commented that there was nothing more humanly possible she could have done to carry them longer. She spent over five weeks in the hospital on bed-rest, received 40+ shots of Terbutaline (and more needles if we counted blood-draws and steroid shots), was on Magnesium, and spent hours with her bed in the Trendelenburg position (the bed would be angled down with her head intentionally lowered below her feet to alleviate babies' weight.)

The day of the delivery came as a bit of a surprise. On Saturday, like the day before, Shan's body stopped responding to the Magnesium and the contractions started to escalate. This time, unlike the day before however, the Magnesium never started working. Before we knew it we were in an operating room with just under 20 doctors and medical staff. Each baby had a team of three neonatal nurses and an individual warmer prepped for them. As they were delivered each baby was rushed to their warmer and their team immediately went to work making sure they were OK. Baby "A", who we named Graham later that night, was first and was rushed to the OR next door where his warmer was set up. The team moved so fast that we didn't get to see him before he went to the NICU, but we're very thankful they worked so quickly. Avery and Grayson were next, and with their warmers right in the same OR, we were able to see them and Shan was even able to give them each a kiss before they took them to the NICU.

We were so excited to welcome our three children into the world, and seeing Graham, Avery, and Grayson for the first time was one of the best moments of our lives! More updates to come

Shannon meeting Avery Mae for the first time :)

You can see two of the neonatal teams in this picture. Avery is being held by the doctor on the right immediately after being delivered.

Graham Paul (Baby A, first delivered, 2lb 13 oz)

Avery Mae (Baby B, delivered second, 3lb 1oz)

Grayson David (Baby C, third delivered, 3lb 11oz)