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My Twinkies are here
Hi ladies, just thought I'd share the arrival of my twins 
My boy/girl frat twins were born May 6th at 35+3 after baby A karate kicked and my water broke. She was footling breech so I had to have an emergency C section. My spinal anesthetic didn't work at all but I didn't want to be put to sleep. I had a pile of meds and nitrous but was screaming in pain for part of it. I don't remember a large part of it but I think my poor husband has PTSD!
Baby girl was 5lb4oz and was super healthy and came home with us. She developed jaundice and needed to be readmitted for a couple days of phototherapy.
Baby boy was 6lb1oz and had transient tachypnea of the newborn (due to section and drugs used during surgery). He required a few days of CPAP and then was slow to figure out feeding.
Both are now breastfeeding like champs.
This time in the NICU has been the HARDEST time of my life but I'm looking forward to bringing them both home tomorrow
In retrospect I would've done a couple things differently. I worked full time until the day before I delivered. I feel unprepared and have a guilty feeling that working made me deliver early. I also didn't eat enough, I only gained 32lns and one week post delivery I'm down 7lbs from my PRE-pregnancy weight. I underestimated how much energy they would take to grow. I also should've prepared myself for the NICU stay. My Dr. said very unlikely to need NICU since they were so big and close to term. I have bawled my eyes out every single day he was here and big time when she had to come. I wish I had been more emotionally ready for that.
Good luck with your pregnancies
My boy/girl frat twins were born May 6th at 35+3 after baby A karate kicked and my water broke. She was footling breech so I had to have an emergency C section. My spinal anesthetic didn't work at all but I didn't want to be put to sleep. I had a pile of meds and nitrous but was screaming in pain for part of it. I don't remember a large part of it but I think my poor husband has PTSD!
Baby girl was 5lb4oz and was super healthy and came home with us. She developed jaundice and needed to be readmitted for a couple days of phototherapy.
Baby boy was 6lb1oz and had transient tachypnea of the newborn (due to section and drugs used during surgery). He required a few days of CPAP and then was slow to figure out feeding.
Both are now breastfeeding like champs.
This time in the NICU has been the HARDEST time of my life but I'm looking forward to bringing them both home tomorrow
In retrospect I would've done a couple things differently. I worked full time until the day before I delivered. I feel unprepared and have a guilty feeling that working made me deliver early. I also didn't eat enough, I only gained 32lns and one week post delivery I'm down 7lbs from my PRE-pregnancy weight. I underestimated how much energy they would take to grow. I also should've prepared myself for the NICU stay. My Dr. said very unlikely to need NICU since they were so big and close to term. I have bawled my eyes out every single day he was here and big time when she had to come. I wish I had been more emotionally ready for that.
Good luck with your pregnancies
Re: My Twinkies are here
PCOS and MF
Two failed rounds IUI in 2010
IVF #1 in 2011 - BFP 8/5/11 - Our IVF miracle was born 4/8/12
FET 9/23/13; BFP -Twins-10/3/13; EDD 6/10/14; MC 11/1/13; D&C 11/4/13
FET 3/28/14; BFN - 4/7/14
IVF #2 - Transfer 2 embryos 11/14/14; BFP 11/24/14 - Beta 265;
11/26/14 - Beta 612; 11/28/14 - Beta 1263; 12/1/14 - Beta 3571;
12/3/14 - first u/s - two gestational sacs; 12/17/14 - two healthy heartbeats (132 and 134)
Our IVF miracles were born 7/16/15
***SIGGY WARNING***
Our Story
Me- 35, mild hypothyroidism
DH- 29, low count due to a chromosomal abnormality, only option is IVF/ICSI with PGD.
Married 5/13
TTC since 8/13
IVF/ICSI #1 ER 9/14 - 14R, 6M, 6F, 5 blasts off to PGD- 1 normal female, 2 balanced males
FET 12/8 of 2 frosties - 1 male/1 female - stick babies stick!
Beta #1 10dp5dt 444! Beta #2 14dp5dt 2,340! U/S 1/5-- TWINS!!! EDD 8/26/15
"You'll never see the rainbow if you can't survive the storm"
TTC summer 2008
Diagnose me. DOR, DH perfect
IUI # 1 6/2010, BFN
IUI # 2 8/2010, BFN
IVF # 1 10/2010 Canceled poor response
IVF 1.2 12/2010 BFP! mc 6 weeks 2 days
Mental health break for 10 months
IVF # 2 10/2011 BFN
IVF # 3 5/2012 BFP! 10 eggs retrieved (best ever)
7 fertilized transferred 3
Beta #1 14dpo - 72, Beta #2 17dpo 145 Beta 3 20dpo 521
First u/s June 15 saw HB 126 bpm missed m/c 7/5/12 10 weeks D&C 7/6/12
IVF#4 ER 9/30 ET 10/3 Beta 10/16 BFFN. IVF #5 final with o/e. ER 1/21 only 1 retrieved, hoping my lonestar is the one. Beta #1 2/6/13 = 209.... please let this be it! Keep growing lonestar! Beta #2 2/8/13 - 586! , Beta #3 2/10/13 = 1898. First u/s perfect little heart beat at 116 bpm. Measure 6 weeks 1 day. EDD 10/14/13
3/4/13 measuring right on track beautiful heartbeat 171 bpm, graduated from RE to OB... bittersweet.
PAIF/SAIF always welcome! Its a girl!
TTC#2 No birth control since DD was born. Getting ready to jump back in the saddle. Weaning this month. RE
appt scheduled 5/8. Here we go again!
11/13 beta #1 924!!! 2nd bet 11/15 1906, one more on 11/17 3rd & final beta 3430. First u/s 12/5, 7w4d, 2 heartbeats,
I brought both my babes home today! I am loving life and my little ones.