NICU day 2

Today we were able to spend a little time with the babies skin to skin

but had to put them back in the isolates to maintain body temperature.

Bode is doing better than Miya today…

were told this will switch from day to day…

Here is our little Miya...

and little Bode...

Day 2

The babies are in the NICU and are doing ok, every hour is different, but we are told that ups and downs here are normal. We were only able to hold them for a few minutes out of the isolates for some skin-to-skin contact and then we had to put the back. Mike held Bode…

And I held Miya…

Putting them back and not being able to hold them is so hard…

Baby A and Baby B

Today started out as any other normal day. I was 35 weeks and 5 days pregnant and so ready for Miya & Bode to be out of my HUGE body. Trying to stay off my feet while chasing Kaidin around. Mike was working and I was trying to keep myself from going crazy with how uncomfortable I was. I was taken off my terbutaline pills (to stop preterm labor contractions) a couple days ago when she did my “swab” to make sure I wasn’t going into labor anytime in the next two weeks. It came back negative and so I was taken off the pills (she said she has NEVER seen one of those test fail). This was somewhat of a relief as they made me want to speed clean everything and grind my teeth. Fun times were had on those pills let me tell you! I was having contractions all day, and was told it was all ok, we did the “swab”… Well Mike came home from dinner and we had his yummy spaghetti and I ate tons as I was starving as usual. The contractions just kept getting worse but staying about the same minutes apart, not close but strong. Right after dinner about 7:30pm I told Mike I was getting scared as Miya was breech and what if that “swab” test was wrong, I couldn’t have these babies at home. I paged my doctor on call whom just happened to be having a nice dinner with my Peri (my high risk OB doctor). She told me to come in right away but not to eat anything (yeah, too last just ate a TON of spaghetti) that I was fine but she would give me some terbutaline to stop the contractions. Well Mike has ALWAYS been with me at any appointments but this time I knew I was just going to get a shot and be sent home, we had been doing this weekly for some time, so I just had him drop me off at the ER (after hours to L & D) and take Kaidin to get some ice-cream and they were going to visit my brother & his family. I told him I would call him when I was ready to be picked up. Well I got in, got hooked up, got a couple shots of terbutaline and my contractions were not stopping. I was getting worried and Mike wasn’t answering his phone, after all they were out for ice-cream right?!?! All of the sudden in walks my OB and Peri together in scrubs and she said “well let’s have those babies” OMG SAY WHAT! I had no bag, no clothes, no husband, no nothing. This can’t happen right now. I am a planner and this was not on my “to-do” list today. We still had plates in the sink, spaghetti all over. I started going into panic mode. She said to get everyone here and I had 20 minutes at most. Mike answered his phone and thought I was joking, my sister came to the rescue to get Kaidin from my brothers, Mike came to my rescue and my mom & dad jumped in the car and got there as fast as possible. These are the “I am so scared but still smiling” photos before heading into my c-section.

On 4.20.09 20 minutes later little Ms. Miya made her appearance weighing 5 pounds exactly.

After a scary few minutes of little Mr. Bode being stuck and doctors franticly trying to get him out, 5 minutes later little Mr. Bode made his appearance weighing 5 pounds and 5 ounces.

They were both then transported together to the NICU. And our NICU journey begins…