The pictures above were taken the day Josh and Zach were born.
These pictures were taken one day after birth.
These pictures were taken two to five days after the boys were born.
At birth, Josh weighed 2350g and Zach was 1940g. Although Zach was breach, because Josh (who was vertex) came out first at 0150 on Thursday June 7 Zach was able to slide right out, feet first at 0157, as a result these boys were among the 15% of twins to be delivered vaginally. Due to Zach's small size he was put in the NICU for the first day, then transferred to the Level 2 Nursery for the following four days. Josh who went straight to the Mother and Baby unit with his parents was discharged on Sunday June 10 and the three of us then spent the next two days in the hospital waiting for Zachy to be discharged, yesterday Tuesday June 12. Both boys have undergone hearing and vision tests and so far appear quite normal expect perhaps for their slight size, which is also normal given that they are twins.
On a related note, their gestation was 36 weeks six days, the birth was induced and mommy's water had to be broken at the hospital (which given the kind of volumes involved, daddy was very happy he did not have to clean up!) Oh and I should also note, for singletons, gestation is normally 40 weeks, but for each additional child subtract 4 weeks, so twins are normally 36 weeks and triplets are 32 weeks. In short, besides many a sleepless night, trying to coax little Zachy or Joshy to settle down and let mommy and daddy get some rest, everything is fine, if suddenly a lot busier than just a few days ago!
