Babies are here!!

jfoster516 · September 2014

A little over a week ago on Sunday evening I was having really bad back pain that wouldn't go away, so I took some Tylenol and went to bed. I woke up Monday morning still in pain, so my husband convinced me to call the Dr before he went to work, so I did. Dr told me to go to triage to be checked out. When I got there we found out I was having contractions and was 3cm dilated. So they started giving me Procardia and steroid shots, and paste we could hold our till Wed. So I was on the dreaded hospital bed rest. Well we made it till Friday when I started showing signs of pre e. So at about 7 in the morning they decided that today would be the day we meet our babies. They stated racing threw bloodwork and a shower calling or parents and by 9:30 I was getting my epidural. Avery Anne was born at 10:05 weighing 4lbs 5.5oz and 17 3/4in long, then came Nolan Robert at 10:06 weighing 4.5 and 18 1/2in long and last was our little guy Brayden Nils born at 10:07 weighing 3lbs 12 oz and 17in long. I was 33w1d. Avery and Nolan are in the NICU, Nolan need a little oxygen after being born but was quickly off of it. They both have jaundice and are on feeding tubes and heated isolates, but are starting to try to nurse and doing great. Brayden has had a rougher time though. After they couldn't get his breathing regulated with oxygen they had to transfer him to children's hospital where he got a breathing tube put in. Then his lung collapsed so they had to put on a chest tube. He was also jaundice and on a feeding tube and iv fluids. He is starting to come around and they were able to transition him off the breathing tube to just oxygen today and removed his chest tube. We are hopeful he can rejoin his brother and sister soon.