Birth Story

Quickie update: the boys are both ok, & I'm sore, but doing ok as well. We're spending every waking minute we can in the NICU or pumping for the guys, so I will be in & out very erratically, but wanted to update while I have a sec (am waiting on a nurse. my blood pressure has been really crazy, so I promised I'd wait in my room this time until 5:30 so they can get a BP measurement before we go back to see the guys.)


Birth Story in brief: My water broke (& it was VERY obvious what it was! no doubts about peeing) at 4:35 am on Thursday morning. We got to L&D, called our OB (who got up & came in ASAP) & got a quick check on the guys. They were fine, but my blood pressure was through the roof. They let me labor until I was 5-6 cm dilated, then Baby B turned back down transverse & my rising BP made a c-sec neccessary ASAP. A half hour later, we were in the delivery OR, & baby A was born at 10:37 am, March 19, 2009, followed 2 minutes later by his brother. Both went straight to the NICU, & have been there ever since, learning how to breathe, eat & stay warm on their own. For now, I just wanted to let you all know we're doing ok-- a detailed update on the dudes will have to wait for antoher installment, since the nurse just left & we're going to kangaroo the kids.





Both boys have completely changed our lives-- they are the most perfect people I've ever seen, & the love I feel for them is beyond descpription. We're being very selfish with our time-- the guys dictate our schedule each day. N & I are doing everything we can to help them along, which at this point is offering kangaroo care as often as we can, & pumping like my life depends on it. Please keep the prayers coming! It's still early yet, & the docs are predicting around 4 weeks in the NICU.



N, me, & our beautiful boys. (baby A is on left, baby B is on right. oh, their names? stay tuned!)