My Duo has arrived

My babies were born on 4/29/2010 via c-section. William was 5 lbs 7 oz and Samantha was 5 lbs 12 oz. They were "watched" by the NICU initially but have been with us in the room ever since. Both are eating well and are precious to us.

Samantha had brain ventricle issues while in utero and is scheduled for an MRI tomorrow to figure out what if anything is going on. The u/s after she was born was inconclusive. Please keep her in your prayers that nothing major is wrong or needs to be done.

 

They are adorable :wub: Congratulations.

 

Congratulations on your two beautiful babies! I will send positive vibes to Samantha. My Samantha is the toughest thing going, so maybe it comes with the name.

 

Gorgeous babes and great weights for 35 weeks Congrats!

 

Beautiful babies! Congrats Mommy!

 

Aww they are beautiful! :wub: Congrats!! Many prayers that Sam passes her MRI with flying colors!!

 

Congrats!!!!!

 

They are beautiful!!!! Congratulations on their arrivals! I'll keep Sam in my prayers. Please post an update!

 

Such gorgeous babies! Samantha will be in my thoughts, and you too! Please let us know how your precious babes are doing once things settle down. I hope the whole family will get to go home soon. And :welcome: to the FY forum!

 

:wub: Congratulations!!

 

The MRI came back that she does not have a corpus callosum. The corpus callosum is a structure of the mammalian brain in the longitudinal fissure that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres. It facilitates communication between the two hemispheres.

What that's going to entail - we don't know. The neurologist/surgeon basically said, he has seen cases where a young person didn't know they didn't have one, until they got injured playing sports and had to have a CT Scan. He also said he's seen things as bad as mental retardation and seizures. His thought is that Sam is "acting" just like a newborn and so we're to treat her as such. But we're also to look for signs that she may be lagging in development. So it's a wait and see kind of approach.

We'll be trying to find out where to go to get the best possible care for her, possibly more information - although I just don't know where that will be yet.

 

wow mama. that has to be a lot to hear and to try and process. you and your family are in my prayers.

 

To be honest - I was hoping for a relatively "normal" pregnancy and babies this time. God apparently thinks we're good at what we do, so he gave us Sam the way she is.... my first was born with 3 major birth defects and had open heart surgery at 8 days old and then at 2 1/2. Once things settled down for her, we then found out we were pregnant with a T-18 baby. She died last May after living for 2 days.

So far Sam is acting just like any other newborn so that's how we'll be treating her. Because of my first DD's issues - we have a cardiologist at Childrens that we completely trust and she's given us a name of a neurologist down at Childrens. So hopefully as Sam grows - we'll know more on what path we'll be on with her.

Will, he's such a good baby and loves to snuggle. Not bad for being the 'middle' child

 

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I just want to tell you that you are amazing and wish you and your family the very best!!

 

Congratulations, Momma! Wishing you and your family all the best :hug:

 

Congratulations on your beautiful babies! Please update us whenever you can.

 

CONGRATS!! Way to go! I delivered at 35 weeks 4 days a William and an Austin weighing close to your two! I am so glad they are doing well! Welcome little ones!

 

okay i take it back. all of THAT is a lot! but you are right God knows what he is doing and he knows you guys can handle it. i am glad you already have a source you can trust and i pray things continue to go well for all of your children!

 

Congrats on your twins! Welcome to the first year

 

Congratulations on the twins!! You are strong and I'll be sending your family positive vibes!