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RedWingsFan
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Late Intro
RedWingsFan
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Hi Ladies:
I've been a lurker on this board for quite a while, and finally decided it's about time I introduce myself (I apologize in advance for being a lurker for so long 
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Here's a short version of my story - DH and I had tried for about two years to get pg, and after two early miscarriages, 6 failed rounds of Clomid and 4 failed IUIs, we finally got our BFP in late July of 2009. At our first u/s, we found out it was twins!! The first two trimesters of my pg were pretty uneventful and I felt relatively good. At the beginning of my third trimester, we went in for an u/s and the dr. saw that my cervix had shortened significantly from the previous u/s, and was measuring less than 2. I was taken up to L&D for some monitoring, and apparently I was also having contractions (not painful, just a stomach tightening that I really wasn't aware of at the time) - this was at 26w6d - long story short, I was in and out of the hospital for the entire third trimester with contractions and shortened cervix, and spent 10 weeks on bedrest and Nifedipine. By some miracle I was able to cook the babies for 10 more weeks, despite frequent contractions and a slowly shortening cervix.
At our 37w appointment (I was actually only 36w6d that day, but whatever), the u/s showed that the blood flow through our daughter's cord was compromised, there was protein in my urine, and my bp was up significantly from my last appointment 5 days earlier - our dr. decided to deliver that day, and so two hours later, I was in the OR getting ready to have our babies.
Everett and Madeleine were born at 36w6d, at 1:10pm, weighing 5lb15oz and 4lb15oz, respectively. They did great and did not spend any time in the NICU, and we all went home together.
They're now 6 weeks old, and time is flying by - it's been really tough at times, since I've been at home by myself since they were 1 week old, but it's amazing how time flies and how much they are changing! I go back to work in 2 weeks and am both excited and scared.
Anyways, I wanted to thank you ladies, as this board provided a lot of comfort and information while I was on bedrest and/or in the hospital, and has also been a great source of information for the time that I've been home with the babies.
I hope to get to know all of you as we all share this very special journey of being a MOM.
Beck
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Re: Late Intro
Congratulations and welcome! Glad you were able to keep the babies cooking an additional 10 weeks.
The ladies on this board are wonderful! Looking forward to hearing more from you
Congrats on your little ones! So glad they cooked for a while longer.
I see that you are in Chicago. I would love to tap into you for the resources you have found in the area.
hello and welcome! Don't worry....it took me a while to come out of "lurkdom" too lol
Congrats, and welcome!
You're a Red Wings fan, but live in Chicago? Oh dear, what do the Blackhawk fans say?
I grew up in metro-Detroit, although don't live there anymore.
SoldiersGreenBean and ErinCB - so nice to see other Red Wings fans
I'm originally from Canton (between Ann Arbor and Detroit), but moved to Chicago nine years ago for law school - I met DH here and never moved back....I miss it though - I actually love downtown Detroit and we go out down there or to games whenever we are back in the area.