We woke up at 4:30 am on March 28, 2012.  The big day was finally here! I didn't feel nervous until we started driving to the hospital. I was the first person in my family to ever have a c-section so naturally I was very apprehensive. I tried to keep my cool. I didn't want to let my husband know I was nervous because that would just make him more nervous. We walk into the hospital room, get in our hospital gowns, the nurses put in my IV and then we wait.  Then the guy who I'm scared of most walks in, the anesthesiologist. I waddle down the hall with him, leaving my husband alone in the cold dim hospital room.  We walk into the operation room; it was freezing! And I mean ridiculously cold! I still don't know why.  So then the fun part begins. I have now learned that I have a weird spine and the discs in my back are really close together so it is really hard for anesthesiologists to find the right spot to put in a spinal or epidural. So it took him three times to get the right spot! Three times are you kidding me! Yeah I felt the first two punctures in full, the numbing didn't really work.  So when he finally got it I was like, ok is it the right spot? Am I going to feel them cut me open? I was a mess.  I was really really scared and shaking like a leaf. My doctors came in, they put the sheet up, and I'm like ok no backing out now; not that I had a choice anyway. Then my husband came in and I was sooo happy to see him. 
     They started cutting, and thank goodness I didn't feel pain.  A couple minutes later I heard the best sound in the world; my beautiful baby Emery crying at full volume! A huge wave of relief came over me and I wasn't nervous anymore.  It only took them another minute to get Catherine out and she was crying just as hard as Emery.

                                                           Emery Jane Smith 6lbs 4 oz

                                                      Catherine Marie Smith 6 lbs 5 oz

     After a very long 38 weeks I had my two beautiful healthy babies!