1st Blog Post from the Hospital...

I was admitted in the hospital on Thursday so that the dr’s can monitor our twins closely – My dr. tried to get home care for me (someone comes to my house every day to monitor the twins), but she wasn’t able to get it (not enough room in the program? I don’t know.) Bummer, that would have been so nice J Oh well. I’m here in the hospital having 2 NST’s a day.

  Matthew’s Uncle, Aunt and cousin came for a quick visit on Friday, and on Saturday Matthew, Nicole and the kids popped by We hung out in my room for a bit, walked around the hospital, showed the kids where the NICU is, walked through an outside garden, and headed back to my room. J

Yesterday I got a  ½ day pass so I could go to church in the afternoon. It was so nice to get out of the hospital for a bit and do something ‘normal’  I had to be back in the hospital by 6 so after church we headed home, made some supper, put the kids pj’s on, and headed to the hospital to have a picnic in Mommy’s hospital room. Matthew and the kids stayed till a little after 8. Matthew’s parents came by for a visit as well last night.

 While the kids where here I needed my second NST for the day so the kids got to see how they do the Non-Stress Test – They had lots of questions. Miriam was wondering if they did the C-Section in my room… lol and if she could please watch!... I explained that they do the operation in an operating room, and that there would be lots of blood and it would be yucky. That didn’t seem to faze her at all, she still wanted to go watch :-P haha! She sounds so much like me haha - I already watched a C-Section of 32wk old twins on youtube just to know a little more about it :-P (I’ve also read quite a bit, but nothing beats seeing it – I wonder if they will let me watch my own? On a screen? I dunno) After all that, Miriam didn’t think it was fair that Daddy could be there and she wasn’t allowed :-P   

Dylan thought that because we could hear the babies so clearly through the NST machine, that the babies could hear him through the machine as well… so he was talking to the machine for a few mins before I realized what he was doing. I explained to him that the babies can hear him better if he’s closer to Mommy’s tummy. Also, at one point we could hear that Pete had the hiccups, after we heard him hiccupping for a min or so Dylan tried to grab my water bottle, I told him to ask Daddy for his water bottle cuz he isn’t supposed to touch mine… so Dylan asked Matthew, then I asked Dylan what he wanted it for, he said to me “I wanted to give you some water cuz Pete has the hiccups.” Awwww! Trying to look after his little brothers already – that boy is so cute!

Lydia just thought all the buttons were so cool – and SLIDING bathroom door was so fun. (We put a chair in front of it so the kids would leave it alone :-P) Lydia thought pretending to sleep on Mommy’s bed was fun, and standing on the windowsill and looking down was also a hoot. She probably spent ½ of the time by the window. We are on the third floor, so we know Lydia isn’t afraid of heights (none of my kids are)  

 Anyway, on to an update on the twins. So far the NST’s (non-stress tests) have all been good, save the one I had this morning… both babies were moving around quite a bit, and then Repete’s heart rate dropped for a tiny bit, they left me on the monitor for a while to see if it would do that again, but it didn’t. Both babies are moving around and seem to be happy. Yay! The dr. said that any sign of stress they will likely send me straight to the OR for a C-Section. :-S   (still nervous about the recovery/ driving back and forth to see my babies at the hospital, I don’t think I’ll be ready for that no matter how much I read)

My next ultrasound is on Wednesday. We’ll see how the babies are doing and if Repete has grown. If things look too risky to leave them in any longer then off to the OR we go… :-S Most of the dr’s I’ve talked to are fairly sure these babies will want to come out sooner than later – but I’m still hoping to hit 34 weeks, even if I have to be bored in the hospital for 2 weeks, the longer they are in me the less time in the NICU hopefully.

 I talked with the NICU dr. for a little bit yesterday. He came by to chat a little about what normally happens in the NICU, some of the problems our babies could have when they come out etc. He said if I make it to 33/34 it’s likely that Pete may not have to spend any time in the NICU, he said from the ultrasounds things look really good. He said Repete also looks really good as far as he can see, except for his size, so he’ll probably need to be in the NICU to grow.  I’m thinking having one in the NICU and one out is going to be more of a challenge than both in the NICU, or both out :-S Hopefully Repete (and Pete?) only have to be in for a short time.  

Not much else happening around here. I’m sitting around in my hospital room, cross-stitching, reading, watching movies, browsing the internet… (yay! Internet in my room! :-D ) Otherwise I am allowed to walk around, but there are only so many times you can walk around the hospital in a day before that gets pretty boring too.. lol.  And now my nurse advised me not to walk around too much cuz Repete is quite low now… :-S

I wanted to mention two SUPERHERO’S in my life right now:

First of all there’s SUPERDAD! 

 Working full time, finishing a bathroom reno, visiting his wife in the hospital. He tries to get home in time to make supper and get the kids in bed so Nicole doesn’t get burnt out in a few days :-P ) Matthew also set up some WIFI for me, and he’s been able to visit me everyday. He brings me some home cooked meals, and snacks just in case I get a yucky meal :-P (the meals here have all been pretty good so far) He also brings me things from home that I forgot – razor, belt, travel mug (filled with coffee) etc. and takes home the books that I’ve read. With Matthew doing all this and more really takes a load off my shoulders! And I haven’t heard him complain about it yet – I LOVE HIM!

Second is SUPERAUNTIE (SUPERSISTER? SUPERNICOLE?) Otherwise known as ‘Nanny Nicole’ :-D  

She really is amazing. She’s up before Matthew leaves for work, takes care of the kids, and takes care of the house – cleaning, laundry etc. She really is amazing! The kids love her and it’s so nice that the kids can stay home and have a somewhat normal routine. THANK – YOU SO MUCH NICOLE! Taking care of 3 little kids and a house is no easy thing – and for a 16yr old auntie, it really is a SUPER POWER! 

Although Nicole is doing an amazing job I’m sure If anyone would like to help out she wouldn’t turn you away. Here is a little list of things I’m sure she’d love help with :-D You can phone the house to talk to Nicole, or txt/facebook/email me and I’ll txt her to see what times work etc.

- You could go visit her so she isn’t too bored/get burnt out too quick

- Come by and help out with some chores

- Take one or more of the kids for an hour or so – playdate, to the park?

- Bring a meal

So it seems with all this time on my hands, I’ve gotten carried away and written a super long post :-S 

I’ll leave you all with a list of a few things I’ve been really thankful for lately.

-SUPERDAD!

-SUPERAUNTIE!

-Fantastic nurses! (even changed my mattress at 10pm because there was a really horrible lump I couldn’t get away from, no matter how I slept)

-Fairly good hospital food

-Able to walk around

-Visitors

-All my meals made/brought to me, no dishes, sheets changed for me, room cleaned for me J

-Air conditioning

-Books, internet/laptop, dvd’s, magazines,

-My own clothes

-No IV (yet)

-Healthy babies (as far as we can see)

-My own room, with my own bathroom, and my own shower.

-A window

-Friends, family, and church family.

Thanks again, for all your support and prayers!