Saturday, March 29, 2008

Boys are home



Our baby boys got to come home Tuesday of this last week. It has been a whirlwind, but so amazing. They are the sweetest things ever. They love to be by each other. Scarlett and Abram are such great helpers too.


I had to have surgery again on Friday, but things went well. This was our last ditch effort and we are all doing the No Hysterectomy dance, which is what will happen if this doesn't work out. I have faith that it will.


Maxon is becoming such a chunk and weighing in at a whopping 6 lbs 7 oz and Zane is pulling up the rear at 5 lbs 14 oz. Both are excellent little nursers. We are just hoping that they can sleep through the night just a little bit longer so we can get some sleep. Sorry this is sort of scattered, but my brain doesn't work quite right lately, I think it's all the blood loss!


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Monday, March 24, 2008

Updates

Babies should be home some time this week. I have been in and out of the hospital since Friday. I had to have a D&C due to retained placenta and things went wrong and I hemorraged all Friday and Saturday and almost had to have a transfusion. I was in the hospital the whole time and released late Saturday night. I went back to the ER this morning for severe chest pain, they checked for clots and everything, but I am ok. Just sore from having such a low hemoglobin level and for being severely anemic. I am just trying to take it easy and get my strength back before the babies come home. They are doing great and have gained so much weight. They just have to continue to take all their feedings by bottle and then they can come home. They already passed everything else.
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Friday, March 7, 2008

My boys!

So, I guess since it has been almost a week since the birth of our babies, I better post a new blog. Maxon Wayne and Zane Albert Lyman joined our family 7 weeks early last Saturday morning.

I will try and give the shortened version of their birth. I went to the hospital Friday night because my lower back was spasming and my Dr. thought it could be back labor. They hooked me up, and I only had about 3 contractions in an hour, so they sent me home, but never checked to see if I was dilating any more. So I went home and went to bed around midnight. I woke up to use the restroom around 4:00 and felt a pop and a trickle, but I just thought I was having some bladder issues because who doesn't when they are pregnant. When I stood up it went away and never leaked again...well, until way later. So I went back to bed and around 5:00 I started having some contractions that I thought were Braxton Hicks, so I took my medicine to make contractions stop and tried to go back to sleep. They started getting painful, but were 9-12 minutes apart. So I got up to pack the kids bag just in case and they started hitting every 3-5 minutes. So I woke up Seth and he loaded everyone and thing into the car and we booked it to the hospital. He was going 80 MPH on 65 and passing people on the double yellow line, but this truly was an emergency. These babies were coming. So we got their around 6:50-7:00. They got me in a room and were hooking me up and I told the nurse forget doing that, just check me, the babies are coming. So she checks, and swears, and tells me I am complete, and all hell breaks loose! Immedietely there are twenty people in the room and then they decide to deliver in the OR were there is more room. So we go in there and the nurse poked me a million times getting the IV in. The doc tells me to try and push on the next contraction, so I try and feel like nothing is happening and then out pops Maxon with one little push at 7:13 am. He cried right away. The contractions kinda stalled after that and they did an ultrasound to make sure Zane was head down. He was, so the Dr. tells me she is going to pop my water on the next contraction and then I am going to push, so she does and I do and out comes Zane with one push at 7:18 am. He cried right away and they let me hold him for a minute.


Max weighed 4 lbs 9 oz and was 16 1/2 inches. Zane weighed 4 lbs 6 oz and was 16 inches long. They both have done wonderfully. They never needed oxygen. They passed all their premie newborn tests with flying colors and we are patiently waiting for them to understand bottle feeding and breast feeding and then they can come home. The currently have feeding tubes in place because they only stay awake for about 5 minutes and then zonk out, but we are working on it every day. Max latches on like a champ and Zane gets to try breastfeeding tomorrow. They are the cutest little things ever. They love sleeping in the same crib and Zane will stick his fingers in Max's mouth to suck. They are also absolutely identical in every way. Max has a bit of a chubbier face, but other than that, it is really hard to tell them apart.

We are so blessed to have these little additions. We are pretty much living at the hospital right now and I am pumping like a dairy cow to make sure these little guys get the best. Thank you everyone for your love and support. It has been much appreciated. I probably won't post again until they are home because I am never home.
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