Babies arrived early, but safely!
Apr 19, 2015 8:52:36 GMT -5
Post by neongreen on Apr 19, 2015 8:52:36 GMT -5
Alice Catherine and Cassandra Jeanette were born via c-section at 2:35am/2:36am on April 12, at 30w4d. Despite being very early, Alice weighed 3lbs 4oz and Cassandra weighed 3lbs 14oz. Luckily, I had gotten the steroid shots a couple days before, so they've been doing EXTREMELY well - they both came out pink and crying, and even though my hospital usually doesn't keep babies that young, there was no reason to transport them to the larger medical center, so the Level 2 NICU has been able to meet all their needs.
They were on oxygen their first day/night, but then that was reduced to just air flow via nasal cannulas, and they haven't needed those for a couple days. Their feeds have been steadily increasing, so their umbilical lines were able to come out yesterday. Both have been in and out of the phototherapy lights (especially Alice, who bruised herself up a bit in her mad dash to get out), but that's to be expected. They'll probably be in the NICU for about 4-6 weeks (which will give us time to finish getting the house ready!).
I'd been having BH for weeks and had just been diagnosed with cholestasis. When I went in for monitoring (which the doctors bumped up by two weeks due to the cholestasis diagnosis), there were a number of signs I was going to deliver sooner rather than later, hence the steroid shots. (Which, again, everyone is saying how amazing it is I got them when I did.) The doctor told me that if the contractions started getting painful, go to the hospital, which they did on Saturday evening, so we went. Long story short, I progressed through labor at lightning speed (unmedicated
), but they were still able to do my medically necessary section after all efforts to stop the labor failed. Afterwards, the doctor and all the nurses said they never imagined that night would end the way it did! While not the ideal situation, I'm recovering well, and the girls are doing absolutely wonderfully for how early they came.
And now the part that everyone actually cares about!
Alice looking very glamorous in her robe after getting a sponge bath and her hair washed:
Cassandra looking a little sleepy because the nurses had the nerve to weigh her before feeding her, and that was cause for much crying:
They were on oxygen their first day/night, but then that was reduced to just air flow via nasal cannulas, and they haven't needed those for a couple days. Their feeds have been steadily increasing, so their umbilical lines were able to come out yesterday. Both have been in and out of the phototherapy lights (especially Alice, who bruised herself up a bit in her mad dash to get out), but that's to be expected. They'll probably be in the NICU for about 4-6 weeks (which will give us time to finish getting the house ready!).
I'd been having BH for weeks and had just been diagnosed with cholestasis. When I went in for monitoring (which the doctors bumped up by two weeks due to the cholestasis diagnosis), there were a number of signs I was going to deliver sooner rather than later, hence the steroid shots. (Which, again, everyone is saying how amazing it is I got them when I did.) The doctor told me that if the contractions started getting painful, go to the hospital, which they did on Saturday evening, so we went. Long story short, I progressed through labor at lightning speed (unmedicated
), but they were still able to do my medically necessary section after all efforts to stop the labor failed. Afterwards, the doctor and all the nurses said they never imagined that night would end the way it did! While not the ideal situation, I'm recovering well, and the girls are doing absolutely wonderfully for how early they came.And now the part that everyone actually cares about!
Alice looking very glamorous in her robe after getting a sponge bath and her hair washed:
Cassandra looking a little sleepy because the nurses had the nerve to weigh her before feeding her, and that was cause for much crying:
I can't believe all that hair, so cute!
