Just wanted to say hi

Hi my name is Andrea and I am the mommy of beautiful 7 month old B/G Fraternal twins.

Bentley Ann was born first 14 weeks too soon on 4-5-07 she weighed 1 lb 14 oz and was 12 inches long. Her younger brother Brandon James was born 5 min later and weighed a whooping 2lbs 2 oz. We spent 78 days in the NICU and we faced many issues throughout our stay (kidney stones, Chronic Lung disese, heart murmers, brain bleeds, hearing loss and that's not counting all the regualar preemie stuff)

Our little girl was the fighter at the start and pulled her venilator out after 3 days, she went on to a nasal CPAP and stayed on that for about 4 weeks. She went on the nasal cannula and didn't get rid of that till about 3 days before we took her home. She had very bad lungs and pretty significant hearing loss. Currently she is 11.5lbs she rolls over eats soilds 3 times a day, sits up on her own, is trying to crawl and sleeps through the night.

Brandon started off with more problems than her. He was first put on an ocilating ventilator for 8 days and then moved to a regular vent for 4 weeks. He also suffered a mild brain bleed and kidney stones from the start. After the vent he went directly to the nasal cannula and was able to have that removed after 2 weeks. He was always a better eater. He is currently 14.2lbs and is doing all of the things his sister does except sitting up.

They were both on diuretics for a long time because there lungs were very full of fluid they had the survactant shots for their lungs.

That's our story. I'm looking forward to sharing many more milestones with you all!!!

Andrea

 

WOW! Sounds like you have some fighters. I'm so glad to hear that your little miracles are doing well, it sounds like they are bright perfect babies. Welcome to TS and I'm sure you will find this site to be just as wonderful as I have.

 

welcome.. sounds like you have some little fighters and sounds like everything is going great. I have learned alot from all the wonderful people on this site and I am sure you will too.

Missy

 

Congrats and Welcome! It sounds like your little preemies are doing great!

 

Welcome and congrats on your boy and girl. They sound like troopers to me.

 

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Hi my name is Andrea and I am the mommy of beautiful 7 month old B/G Fraternal twins.

Bentley Ann was born first 14 weeks too soon on 4-5-07 she weighed 1 lb 14 oz and was 12 inches long. Her younger brother Brandon James was born 5 min later and weighed a whooping 2lbs 2 oz. We spent 78 days in the NICU and we faced many issues throughout our stay (kidney stones, Chronic Lung disese, heart murmers, brain bleeds, hearing loss and that's not counting all the regualar preemie stuff)

Our little girl was the fighter at the start and pulled her venilator out after 3 days, she went on to a nasal CPAP and stayed on that for about 4 weeks. She went on the nasal cannula and didn't get rid of that till about 3 days before we took her home. She had very bad lungs and pretty significant hearing loss. Currently she is 11.5lbs she rolls over eats soilds 3 times a day, sits up on her own, is trying to crawl and sleeps through the night.

Brandon started off with more problems than her. He was first put on an ocilating ventilator for 8 days and then moved to a regular vent for 4 weeks. He also suffered a mild brain bleed and kidney stones from the start. After the vent he went directly to the nasal cannula and was able to have that removed after 2 weeks. He was always a better eater. He is currently 14.2lbs and is doing all of the things his sister does except sitting up.

They were both on diuretics for a long time because there lungs were very full of fluid they had the survactant shots for their lungs.

That's our story. I'm looking forward to sharing many more milestones with you all!!!

Andrea


Welcome! You will Love it here. Im so happy the babies are doing so well!

 

Glad they are thriving so well... I am a April mommy too... WELCOME...

 

So happy that your babies are tough little kiddos. Welcome and big hugs to your little ones. :love0028:

 

Welcome to the First Year! Sounds like you've got two little fiesty babies on your hands, congratulations!

 

Welcome to Twinstuff! We look forward to celebrating your triumphs! Sounds like you're having fun with their new skills

 

Welcome to FY! It sounds like your little preemies are little troopers!! -Leighann

 

:wavey: Hi Andrea and welcome to TS!

 

Welcome!!

You've been through so much, your twins are little fighters! Congrats.

 

Welcome!! Hey your lil kiddos sound like they are doing great... mine were "only" five weeks early and are just now starting to crawl! I cant wait to get to know you better... our babies are only a month apart!

 

Welcome and congratulations on your babies! Sounds like they are doing awesome with their skills too! Hope to "see" you around, we are all here to support and share!

Jennifer