update

The boys are doing so well, I could not be a prouder mama. They've moved up to two feedings by mouth, and yesterday they had each gained 15 grams. They're both over 4 lbs, K is a few ounces away from 5. R's just a really really good pooper :) I think it's harder for him to keep any weight on. Other than that we are just taking this one day at a time. A is starting to repeat everything we say, it's adorable. She's getting more comfortable with the boys I know she's going to be a great big sister.

Daddy & R

R

Daddy & K


The nurses love her :)

Our boys <3

K

What a week!

Our boys are here! When I came in on Sunday they did another fFN and it was positive. So we tried all the meds again but my boys wanted out, K had been head down but moved for some reason. I ended up having a cesarean which was one of the scariest things I've ever done.. But mommy's have to put their big girl pants on sometimes.
R was born first, at 7:33 pm on May 12, 2010. He was 17 inches and weighed 4 lbs exactly. We have pictures right when they came out, hopefully. G doesn't know where he put the camera. There was a lot going on. (: K was born at 7:34 pm. He weighed 4 lbs 9 oz and was 18.5 inches long. They were born at 33w3d which isn't terrible, definitely better than 29 which is when it all started. They're both doing really well, surprising a lot of the nurses we've talked to. R isn't on oxygen and K keeps going back and forth. They both like their binkies so they'll be ready to feed soon after all. (: they've been a little yellow so now they have them on the lights.. They get to wear sweet sunglasses. (: So.. Picture time!

G prepping for the operation.
He looks handsome, yeah. (:

K pulling a Zoolander. That's an oxygen hood over his head.

This is R, they're both really alert.

K, before they took him to NICU. I was so out of it..

The first time I got to see R awake.

R and his daddy. He already chose his favorite, haha. If his dad is around he only has eyes for him.

Wednesday night, the first time I got to hold K.

K and daddy.

K had to have his iv put through his belly button. I watched, he didn't cry or anything. Poor things have my veins I think, they're hard to get ivs in. It looks like he's just chillin though, it's cute.

R, this is the light for jaundice. He even held onto me for a little bit.. Only because his daddy wasn't around.

Today R discovered the binky.
And he loves it.

This is K, he grabbed my hand and wouldn't let go haha. Those glasses protect their eyes.. And just look awesome (:

May is here already!

This past week has been really busy, not so much for me since I'm not allowed to do too much of anything but the girls had finals and Alicia graduated with another degree. I'm currently back in L&D, which officially is 4 weeks in labor. Yup, FOUR. The contractions aren't terribly painful or anything, it's just really uncomfortable. I think the medications are the worst part, I know my baby boys will be so completely worth it though. Mother's day started off so well, my family is so good to me. I think the boys enjoyed dinner a little too much though because it started getting bad pretty fast. I think my body knows it shouldn't be in labor yet but I'm so huge it wants to be, haha. All these contractions and not a single change where it matters.. if you catch my drift. My doctor said we'll wait and see how today goes and we can see if I can go home or not. I literally cannot get bigger and the pain gets really bad.. I think we're just ready to finally meet. <3


Melanie, Alicia, and Ashley at Alicia's graduation. I wish I could've gone. But there's always Melanie's. :)

G's parents.

A at dinner. Okay, a small confession, I broke bedrest to attend but it has been four weeks! It was nice to get out for a couple hours, and i was sitting the whole time.

Mothers day morning. (:

Big Belly!
we're at 33 weeks now!!

31 weeks and sunshine (:

So.. I'm home on bedrest, its definitely not the most fun I've ever had. I'm technically not allowed to do anything, which is hard but I'm hoping it'll get easier. My contractions have kind of stopped, sometimes I get a few in an hour but then they go away so that's been really nice.
Today we are at 31 weeks!
I have an appointment with our doctor tomorrow morning, but as of wednesday last week R weighs 3 lbs and K weighs 3 lbs 9 oz.
It's so nice outside today, I'm hoping this means the snow will stop. We sat outside for a while.. A has so much fun out there its cute to just watch her explore everything.

30 weeks!

I'm still in the hospital, still having a lot of contractions. Still don't really know when the boys are coming. Some things have changed though, I was taken off the magnesium and feel 2,000 times better on this new i-something and trebutaline. Tomorrow I have to stop taking the I one because you're only allowed to take it for 72 hours. I just hope the trebutaline works by itself this time..
We have a sonogram tomorrow, i'll meet with the perinatologist on Wednesday. Dr. Lindstrom has been great though he is in everyday and answers all of our questions.

He basically said I will not be leaving until I have them and we're just trying to buy as much time as possible but eventually none of these will work and that's the day we'll meet the boys. We are at 30 weeks today, they will be fine. I just hope we can all be healthy enough to go home together.

My mom, grandma Lupe and grandpa Robert came on Saturday and brought me tulips and cute things for the babies. And that little swan? My A picked it out. She's the best!

too many big words i dont understand.

This has been such a crazy week so far. Sunday night I came into the hospital because Mt contractions weren't stopping. The first medication they gave me didn't do anything so after thirty minutes they gave me trebutaline (if that's spelled wrong Blame google.) around 2 in the morning they let us go hone because my contractions had stopped.
Then on Monday I was in bed pretty much all morning, taking it easy like they said. Even A slept until eleven because she had stayed up so late the night before. But sure enough around 12 they start all over again even though I was still really shaky from the medicine so I know it was still in my system.
Anyway so I went in again and this time my doctor came and said he was going to have them admit me. Its been rough, I'm now on a combination of antibiotics and magnesium sulfate. They had to up my dose of the mag so I've been really out of it but as long as the boys are staying in that's good.
Also, A isn't allowed in the area because of flu season so that's been super hard staying away from her. My doctor said that tomorrow I can maybe meet her down in the lobby for a bit so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
We also talked to the doctor in charge of the nicu here and she was realky helpful. Its still really hard for me because I didn't expect any complications but I liked how honest she was. The boys, if born this week and they may not be, will need to stay here for six to ten weeks. I will be able to visit them whenever I want though, which isn't what I was told in the beginning, so that's a big relief.
Sorry there are no pictures but right now I just look like an octopus woman with all these tubes and cords sticking out of me. There will be plenty of my precious little boys anyway :)

23 weeks

This pregnancy has gone by so fast, I can't believe the boys will be here in less than 4 months! Last week we had a sonogram but of course my ultrasound tech was grumpy (i never get nice ones!) so the screen faced her and i missed the whole thing. BUT there is another woman that works there so hopefully we'll get her next time. I cant load pictures for some reason but they each weigh 1 lb 1oz which is right where they should be at 23 weeks. Now I can stop stressing so much over their size. Our doctor said that they'll grow about the same as single babies until almost 30 weeks and then for every pound a single baby would gain they'll split it. Online i read that started "splitting" weight" at 20 weeks so i've been worrying about nothing. I should probably stop google-doctoring myself. A is running around talking all the time.. she's having issues hearing the word no but thats pretty normal. (; I've put potty training on the back burner for now for now, she did so well at first and now she doesnt seem to care which really is okay. She's only 15 months old.