Yipee! I had my babies...

Ok ...where to begin....I went in for my scheduled NST on Labor Day and I was contracting. They checked me and I had dilated to 4 cms so I was admitted and received the magnesium for 2 days and received another round of steroid injections. Babies looked great and all was well except for the lovely effects of mag. I was sent home on Thursday night and put on bedrest. Well I woke up on Friday morning and felt like I was coming down with the flu or something. I was achy, tired, nauseous, and had diarrhea and a headache. I went in for my growth scan at 130 that day and the tech told me that baby A's fluid was low and she was paging my OB but in the meantime I could go over to the eval room and start my NST. Well once I was on the monitor it showed I was still contracting (no surprise to me as I had been feeling them all day) but my BP was 160/100. That came literally out of nowhere. I had just been in the hospital and monitored all week. The BP didn't go down and my liver function tests were all out of whack so within an hour my OB was at the bedside telling me that I was no longer allowed to be pregnant. She explained that the babies had reached a good gestational age, received the steroids etc. and that I was only going to become more ill if they were not born because the treatment for preeclampsia is delivery. The NICU came to talk to us about what to expect, we made our phone calls, and had someone run us over a camera. I was so scared of surgery and what the outcome for the boys would be. The c-section was not bad at all and it went by rather quickly. The best news though is that the boys are GREAT!!! They were 33 weeks and 4 days but the maturity testing scale that the NICU uses is showing Christian (TWIN A) to be 36 weeks and Alexander (TWIN B) to be 35+ weeks. They needed no oxygen, can maintain their temps, both of their APGARS were 8 and 9 and they weighed 5 lbs 8oz and 5 lbs 9 oz. I am so happy and grateful that they are doing so well. If they can breastfeed and maintain their weights they are good to go. They have IV's in right now just to keep hydrated and nourished because they weren't sure if I would be able to breastfeed on the mag (which I need for another 24 hours). I am going to try to nurse them in an hour so keep your fingers crossed for us that they will be good eaters. Sorry if any of this is rambling but I am still a bit loopy and I am on Mag so my thinking is not that clear yet. I will post some pics soon.


TWIN A- Christian Michael 5 lbs 8oz and 18 3/4 inches
TWIN B-Alexander Cooper 5 lbs 9oz and 18 1/4 inches

The NICU nurses are convinced that they got my due date wrong, but my OB thinks it was the protein drinks, horizontal rest etc.

 

Congratulations!! I know you are super excited that they are so healthy. Great weights!!

 

congrats!!!!!!!!!!! that is so awesome! good luck breastfeeding!

 

CONGRATS ON HEALTHY BABIES!!!

 

CONGRADULATIONS on your beautiful boys!

 

:Clap: Congrats Momma!! :Clap: Welcome Christian and Alexander to the world! :wub:

 

Congratulations!! Happy Birthday Christian and Alexander! Welcome to the first year!!

 

Congrats that is wonderful news
Happy Birthday Babies

 

congratulations!

 

That is AMAZING! I am soo thrilled for you! Truly and inspirational story! Best of luck breastfeeding! Please update soon!! Enjoy those babies!!
reb

 

Congratulations, what great news! So wonderful you could have them at 33 weeks and they are so healthy!! Good luck!
Molly

 

Woohoo! Happy Birthday Christian and Alexander! I'm so glad they are so healthy.

 

wow! that is REALLY great weights for their age!!
so happy that everything looks as healthy as it does
good luck breastfeeding!!
see ya over at FY

 

Congratulations! :Clap:

 

Congratulations............. :yahoo: I am so happy for you
Welcome to the world :welcome: Christian Michael and :welcome: Alexander Cooper
I hope you can breastfeed soon.
Post pics whenever you can

 

CONGRATS! That is awesome!!!

 

Awesome! Congrats and good luck! :banana:

 

Congratulations on your healthy little boys!!!!
Can't wait to see photos :wub:
See you in First Year!

 

Congrats on your 2 healthy baby boys!

 

Congratulations! I loved reading your post. Helps me believe that if our babies decided to be born now, we'd have healthy babies, too! Can't wait for pics, let us know how breastfeeding goes too.
Susan

 

Congratulations! If you need any breastfeeding support or advice, feel free to stop by our breastfeeding forum! The link is in my signature!

 

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Congratulations! If you need any breastfeeding support or advice, feel free to stop by our breastfeeding forum! The link is in my signature!



Thanks for the link!

 

Congratulations and welcome baby boys! :itwins_boys: :banana:

 

:Clap: for healthy babies.

 

Congratulations!!! Yipeee!! I am so happy that are healthy babies!! Good luck with the breastfeeding and I hope that all goes well!! Welcome babies!! :welcome:

 

Congratulations!!

Dianna

 

Welcome to the world little boys! Congratulations Momma! Enjoy these sweet new little boys!

 

Congratulations and great job on growing those boys! :Clap: I'm glad to hear that they are doing fantastic and make sure to get some rest before they come home. Congrats again!

 

Congratulations on your boys! Those are GREAT weights! And I love their names (my twin sister's name is Christian! )

 

Sorry I'm late, but CONGRATULATIONS!!!! That gives so many of us SO much hope!! Looking forward to more updates!
jen

 

I'm astounded you could post on the mag! Go you! Congrats on big healthy babies!!!

Dominique

 

Congratulations! x

 

congrats to you! glad they're doing so well! never underestimate bedrest!

 

YAY!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! :birthday: SWEET BOYS!!!!!!!

 

The boyss are breastfeeding like champions!! It is all I do all day. They are nippling breastmilk feeds (when we go home from NICU at night) of up to 2 ozs already...I am gonna be one busy lady Thanks for all the support along the way ladies.