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My miracle babies are here! (XP)
My amazing miracles were born last Friday, March 25, at only 24w1d and after a crazy rollercoaster ride of pre-term labor.
I was admitted to the hospital on Monday, March 14 at only 22w5d for a funneling cervix and contractions 8 minutes apart. (I think I updated yall breifly about that?) I was put on hopital bedrest, given 72 hours of Indocin and a continuous IV of magnesium sulfate and things seemed to calm down. After six uneventful days, I woke up early Sunday morning when I felt a gush of fluid, which turned out to be my bloody show and a leak on Baby A's water bag. I was rushed to a delivery room where they checked and told me that I was fully dialted and effaced.
Luckily, my doctor was AMAZING and did a Hail Mary attempt at stopping my contractions with a huge push of the mag and another round of Indocin which, combined with lots and lots of prayers, worked! Unfortunately I was still dialated and now had a baby with a ruptured bag, so they put me on total bedrest in the Trendelenburg position and we all crossed our fingers that I could make it to the "viability mark" of 24 weeks. Baby A's fluid levels decreased at first but then thankfully leveled out, though I continued to bleed and have frequent but irregular contractions.
I was able to hold off for 6 more days like that, putting me at 24w1d, when my contractions picked back up and the doctors decided that it was go-time. I was able to deliver vaginally and naturally, though it was rushed and stressful because both babies were butt-first breech. My doctor was, again, INCREDIBLE, and the NICU team was awesome as well and everything went as smooth as we could have hoped.
Audrey Kateri was born at 12:02pm, weighing in at 1lb5oz and 12.25 inches, and her brother Grayson Robert followed 2 minutes later, born at 12:04pm, weighing 1lb8oz and measuring 12.5 inches. Both babies came out crying and kicking and were the teeniest, most beautiful things I have ever seen.
Our NICU stay has been blessedly uneventful so far and I have been, for the most part, incredibly pleased with the doctors and nurses. I know we have a long long LONG road ahead of us but I'm cautiously optimistic and trying to take it one day at a time. We need lots and lots of prayers from here on out!
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Your story makes me want to cry, that is amazing! So glad you had what sounds like a great team of doctors. I hope their NICU stay continues to be uneventful and that they're home with you as soon as possible. Remember to take care of yourself too, NICU stays are rough on everyone!
They are beautiful. Sending prayers for uneventful NICU stay and the babies coming home as soon as possible. Congratulations!
What a strong Mommy and what fighters your two LOs are! You and your babies will be in my T&Ps. Wishing them a quick and unventful stay in the NICU.
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You and your medical team did an amazing job keeping them in those extra weeks. It sounds like your little ones are fighters too. Hope their NICU stay is short and boring!
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Congrats those are some good weights for being so early. If you have time hope on over to the preemies board there are some really wonderful people over there and I know there is aleast one person that had a baby born at 24 weeks. Good Luck with everything.
It's amazing you hung on when fully dialated. Your dr. sounds awesome. Congrats on your little bundles. I will def. pray for health and continued growth and development.