Cassandra and Heather are here!

Delivered Cassandra Elizabeth and Heather Marie via emergency C section on Dec 20th (32wk1d). Went in for my 32 wk apptmt at 8am and the girls were born at 12:54pm due to pre-eclampsia and HELLP (I was in extremely bad condition). Girls weighed in at 2lb 120z and 3lb 1 oz. Both are doing well - just over a week old and have just passed their original birth weight. Actually dad just came back from the NICU and said they are 2lb 14oz and 3lb 4 oz. I expect they will be in the NICU for at least another 3-4 weeks. I am still in the hospital as I have become the poster child for some pretty bad post pregnancy complications - peripartum cardiomyopathy and pulmonary embolism as well as a very bad reaction to the magnesium sulfate I was given due to the pre-eclampsia. I am on the road to recovery though and will hopefully be home before the end of the year, although I will be followed very closely for the next 3-6 mos by a cardiologist and a pulmonary specialist. My OB told me she has never had to deal with such rare postpartum complications and definitely not multiple ones in a single person. But the girls are doing great, they are my miracle babies as we will definitely not be having any more children as my body can't handle it. When I get a chance I will try and get some pictures up - they are the cutest little girls and I wouldn't trade them for anything.

 

Awww congrats on the birth of your precious girls!! :wub: :wub: They share a birthday with me I'm sorry you had such complications though!! :grouphug: I'll be praying that you start recovering quickly, and that your little girlies continue to grow like little weeds! :hug:

 

Congratulations on the birth of your girls! I wish you a very speedy recovery, Momma :hug:

 

Congratulations on the birth of your girls! So sorry you're dealing with such complications though. I hope you are well taken care of and make a full recovery.

 

Oh my goodness! Congrats on your girlies! I hope you are able to make a full recovery as well.

Welcome to the FY!

 

:Clap: Congrats on your girls!! Sorry about your complications. :hug: Please visit the NICU forum for any support you need during or after their stay.

 

Congrats! Very exciting and glad to hear they are doing so well. Hoping for a speedy recovery for you.

 

CONGRATULATIONS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET GIRLS! I am sorry that you have had so many problems but I am glad you are doing better! I hope you can all go home very soon!!!

 

How are you and the girls doing? :hug:
I hope you are all recovering and getting stronger by the day. Please keep us posted!!

Welcome to the world Cassandra and Heather! :wub:

 

Congrats on your girls! I am wishing you a speedy recovery. Hope you feel better soon.

 

Congratulations. Hoping you all feel better and will be home together soon.

 

Wow congratulations!! Feel better and hope your little girls can come home very soon too!! Lots of luck, will keep all three of you in my prayers.

 

Congrats on your girls but holy cow on the complications you had! I can't believe you are already coming home by the end of the year with all of that. I'll be thinking of all 3 of you and hoping for your speedy recovery.

 

Wow...congratulations! Thinking of you with all those complications and hoping they resolve quickly and painlessly! It sounds like your girls are doing awesome, wishing them an uneventful NICU ride

 

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pictures - hopefully this worked. these are from new years eve and new years day. Heather is on the ladybugs and Cassandra is on the stripes. thanks for the advice about the NICU forum. It has really stunk being home without them even though the hospital is only 5 mins away from the house.

 

Aww they are beautiful!! And look at that hair!! Are they redheads?? So cute!

 

its so weird,in person their hair looks dark brown but the pictures all make it look reddish - we'll have to wait and see. Both grandma's have red hair though so it could very well end up that they are both redheads. They are up to 3lb 9oz and 3lb 11 oz now so doing fabulous. And they are beginning to get good at taking their bottles, which is all that is stopping them from coming home so I'm hopeful that in the next two weeks we can bring them home.

 

Congratulations on the babies. I bet you are one busy mommy! They are beautiful and I'm so happy they are doing so well. I just thought I'd let you know that I suffered a massive bi-lateral pulmonary embolism four or five weeks after having my babies and I had serious complications after my twins birth requiring me to stay in the hospital for 28 days. It was tough dealing with those problems while trying to care for newborn twins. If you ever have any questions about recovery from PE please feel free to contact me. All the best.

 

They are so cute! I hope they are home with you soon.

 

Congratulations! They are absolutely precious!

 

Congrats on the birth of your daughters!! Hope you have a full recovery soon!

 

Just realized I hadn't updated this - the girls both came home a little over a week ago (Jan 21). They are doing great, just came home on a little bit of oxygen so we've got these two big tanks of oxygen in our living room. Hopefully they won't need it for too long. Cassandra was at 4 lbs 12 oz and Heather 4 lbs 8 oz when they were released - pretty sure they are over 5 lbs by now, we'll see at the pediatrician's tomorrow.

 

Congrats on your beautiful little girls!!! So glad they are home with you now and I hope you are doing well. They are just precious!!!

 

Congrats! Having them home and the family together is THE BEST!!!

 

I am glad to hear the girls are home. I hope they won't use the oxygen tanks much longer. Congratulations!!!