They have arrived!!!!

Twin BOYS!!!!!!!!!!!

Born 11/14/10 at 35 weeks 1 day gestation. Labor was induced due to pre-eclampsia.

Conner Anthony was born at 6:41pm. 4 lbs 14 oz, 18 inches long.
Caden Michael was born at 7:19pm. 4 lbs 10 oz, 18.5 inches long.

Both have quite a bit of hair!

Both boys are in the NICU but doing well! Conner is on room air and is working on feedings, Caden is on oxygen and hopefully will be on room air soon. They both go under the billiruben (spelling) lights today.

I was able to deliver them both vaginally, but had a rough go at it. Four hours of pushing and they finally came out with assistance of forceps (both). I'm still hurting, but it's getting better daily... and not to mention, totally worth it!

I'm being discharged today, and it will be very sad leaving them behind. Hopefully we will all be reunited by Thanksgiving.

I promise to post pictures soon!

I'm free!!

I'm still on bedrest, but have been released from the hospital! Two full weeks, but now I'm resting in my own bed with my cuddly pooch as company. Now... let's keep these babies cooking.

Hospital stay

I was admitted into the hospital last Tuesday (10/19/10) and have been here ever since. I was sent due to cervical changes noticed at a regular OB visit. Now, I'm here for a number of reasons...
- Pre term labor. I'm 100% effaced and 2cm dialated
- Borderline Pre-Eclampsia. High blood pressure and protein in my urine. This needs to be monitored closely, as if I get worse, the only cure is to deliver the babies.
- Contractions. They have since been controlled with medications (which also help with my blood pressure)
- Multiples. Having two babies automatically makes me high risk
- Platelet count. I'm within the normal ranges, but close. Just keeping an eye on it since we're here anyways.

The first few days I was on Magnesium Sulfate. That drug kicked my @$$! So glad to be off of that. Now, I'm just on oral meds and close monitoring.

The prediction is that I will be here until I deliver. We'll see what happens.

Hoping to keep babies in for at least another two to four weeks. (I'm at 32 weeks now)

GREAT NEWS: Babies weights are looking good! 4 lbs 5 oz and 3 lbs 11 oz
Keep growing, little ones!

31 week belly shots

fFN test

Had a fFN (Fetal Fibronectin) test done Tuesday (used to predict pre term labor) and it came back positive.

RESULTS:
a negative result is 95% accurate in predicting that you will NOT go into labor in the next two weeks.
A positive result, and there are a lot of false positives, could mean your body will go into labor in the next two weeks.
The test is internal and checks for a protien that is present before labor.
Mine was positive. Ugggg. I loved the reassurance of those negative results all this time. So, I went in Thursday to get my first of two steriod shots to mature the babies lungs, second one was Friday.
Better to be safe than sorry.
So hope this is a false positive and I'll be able to keep these babies cooking.

I'm 29 weeks today, hoping to make it much further!!

Pictures

This is a slideshow of the babies room in progress. We still have a ways to go, but I love it so far!

Well, we've hit 23 weeks. As of right now I've been ordered to 'modified bedrest'. A bit sooner that when we had anticipated, but we're dealing with it well. We'll keep you updated.

Belly Pic

As requested, here is a 17 week belly pic (about 3 weeks ago).