After this emotional roller coaster, I can't believe the day is finally here. I will update the blog asap tomorrow or the next day after the babies are born.
God is in total control of this pregnancy and our lives. I can't wait to see the blessings He will bring to us and I can't wait for everyone to meet them. Quade is ready for all of us "to be a family again." He is too sweet and I know he will be a huge help.
Through this pregnancy we have been blessed to experience the strong support and love of not only my family, but the friends we have made in Junction. I realize how much we are loved by so many. We are blessed to raise our boys in such a beautiful community. It is amazing how many thoughts and prayers we've received from family and friends all over Texas. We are truly blessed. Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers.
Love to all, Kaycie
Monday, November 29, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
31 weeks today 33 days in the hospital
This past week was a pretty uneventful week. The babies are getting bigger, but Baby B is moving all over the place. On Wednesday, Baby B decided to lay on top of Baby A which made it harder to find their separate heartrates for monitoring. They called for a biophysical which is really a sonogram in my room to make sure all is well. The sonographer said that Baby B was on top of Baby A and one of Baby A's legs was wrapped around Baby B laying on his chest. Baby A is head down and Baby B is head up. Anyway, to sum it all up, they are crazy in there.
I did have two regular sonograms at my doctor's office down the hall and the babies are doing beautiful. They are practicing breathing, well, Baby A practices more than Baby B, but they're practicing. They also noticed Baby B sucking. He has pretty lips! So they are growing well.
I do have a c-section date!! They decided to deliver the babies on Tuesday, November 30th which is 32 weeks and 2 days. I am starting to get excited, anxious about the c-section, but excited about the babies. The only thing that kinda makes me sad, but I understand, is that only parents and grandparents are allowed in the Neonatal ICU (NICU) - not even Quade can see the babies. The babies are not in separate rooms like an adult ICU; the babies are close to eachother. No one will be allowed to see the babies until they come home, and even then they said their immune system will still be fragile. We just have to be careful I'm sure. I know will be in the NICU at least 2-3 weeks, maybe 4. We may or may not have them home for Christmas. So, that was an upset, but it is what it is and I respect their reasoning and rules. I will make sure that everyone gets pictures and gets to meet them sooner than later.
The Lord has been with us through all of this. I still can't believe that we made it to 31 weeks and we are doing great! We are truly blessed. Pregnancy is a miracle, but this emotional roller coaster has been one miracle after another. We can't wait to have two beautiful miracles on November 30th, 2010. Please pray that they will be born healthy and strong.
Thank you again for your thoughts and prayers!
I did have two regular sonograms at my doctor's office down the hall and the babies are doing beautiful. They are practicing breathing, well, Baby A practices more than Baby B, but they're practicing. They also noticed Baby B sucking. He has pretty lips! So they are growing well.
I do have a c-section date!! They decided to deliver the babies on Tuesday, November 30th which is 32 weeks and 2 days. I am starting to get excited, anxious about the c-section, but excited about the babies. The only thing that kinda makes me sad, but I understand, is that only parents and grandparents are allowed in the Neonatal ICU (NICU) - not even Quade can see the babies. The babies are not in separate rooms like an adult ICU; the babies are close to eachother. No one will be allowed to see the babies until they come home, and even then they said their immune system will still be fragile. We just have to be careful I'm sure. I know will be in the NICU at least 2-3 weeks, maybe 4. We may or may not have them home for Christmas. So, that was an upset, but it is what it is and I respect their reasoning and rules. I will make sure that everyone gets pictures and gets to meet them sooner than later.
The Lord has been with us through all of this. I still can't believe that we made it to 31 weeks and we are doing great! We are truly blessed. Pregnancy is a miracle, but this emotional roller coaster has been one miracle after another. We can't wait to have two beautiful miracles on November 30th, 2010. Please pray that they will be born healthy and strong.
Thank you again for your thoughts and prayers!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Day 27 / Week 30
Yes, Day 27 in the hospital and I still haven't had the opportunity to go outside. I'm still on bedrest except for the 2 times week that I go get an ultrasound. I'm doing okay and hanging in there, but my body still thinks it's summer. I keep my room really cold!
I can't believe I'm 30 weeks! I had an ultrasound this morning and the babies are doing great! Baby A is 3lbs. 15oz. in the 85th percentile and Baby B is 4lbs. 2oz. in the 90th percentile. Big babies! The are doing great. They monitor their heartrates 2 times a day and that seems to be going great. The other day we say our first big deceleration on Baby B, which I noticed immediately, but it came back after a few minutes and it didn't happen again. Again, a deceleration is most likely a cord compression. Who knows, but they continue to show great heartrates and blood pressure so doctors are not worried.
I will talk to my doctor tomorrow about scheduling the c-section. I can't believe the time is almost here. They will schedule it on Week 32 which is November 29 - December 3. I may find out the scheduled date tomorrow. I am getting anxious and praying for the best. Thank goodness all is well.
Trey and Quade are doing great and hanging in there. I saw them yesterday. Quade and I colored and watched Handy Manny. He does really well when he visits. He is also very spoiled and gets into all my snacks, but whatever! Well, and he gets to go down to the Starbucks to get a Kit Kat bar! He loves to visit!! Whatever the reason, it always seems to be a positive experience. Yea! I'm proud of both of them.
Thank you again for all the thoughts and prayers!
I can't believe I'm 30 weeks! I had an ultrasound this morning and the babies are doing great! Baby A is 3lbs. 15oz. in the 85th percentile and Baby B is 4lbs. 2oz. in the 90th percentile. Big babies! The are doing great. They monitor their heartrates 2 times a day and that seems to be going great. The other day we say our first big deceleration on Baby B, which I noticed immediately, but it came back after a few minutes and it didn't happen again. Again, a deceleration is most likely a cord compression. Who knows, but they continue to show great heartrates and blood pressure so doctors are not worried.
I will talk to my doctor tomorrow about scheduling the c-section. I can't believe the time is almost here. They will schedule it on Week 32 which is November 29 - December 3. I may find out the scheduled date tomorrow. I am getting anxious and praying for the best. Thank goodness all is well.
Trey and Quade are doing great and hanging in there. I saw them yesterday. Quade and I colored and watched Handy Manny. He does really well when he visits. He is also very spoiled and gets into all my snacks, but whatever! Well, and he gets to go down to the Starbucks to get a Kit Kat bar! He loves to visit!! Whatever the reason, it always seems to be a positive experience. Yea! I'm proud of both of them.
Thank you again for all the thoughts and prayers!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Day 21 I think.
Week 29!!!! Yea! I can't believe I've been here 20 days and I've only been out of the room 6 times for sonograms. I still have not been outside so I hope everyone is enjoying the cool weather for me. I really have no clue where the time goes. I had the opportunity to work on a Keep Junction Beautiful grant for the city and the Veterans Day video for the school so those things kept my mind busy. I really enjoy working on the grants, and the Veterans Day video gets me emotional every year and I don't even know all the men in the video. It's amazing! I've been adding to the Veterans Day video since 2006 and this year I added over 100 pictures (many from an old Junction yearbook). I need some more Vietnam pictures, so if you know a Vietnam Veteran please have them email me their picture for the video next year.
Babies are doing great. Their heartbeats are wonderful and the nurses say their accelerations in their heartrate show great brain development. Their baseline heartrate is 140-150s and when they accel their heartrate is up in the 170-180s. They describe it as when you get up to walk across the room your heartrate will increase or when you excercise your heartrate increases; this is very similar but for 30 second increments. There dopplers are also great! The doppler is their blood pressure out of the umbilical cord. As many of you know their umbilical cords are in knots so they have to watch to make sure their cords are pumping blood appropriately. The cords come out of their belly buttons, are jumbled like a bowl of spaghetti and then they go into the placenta. I can't wait to see a picture of the craziness when they are born. It is truly a miracle that they can live like that.
Late last week I had a little more excitement, I guess. I was feeling really heavy so they checked my cervix again. Yeah, it's pretty much gone and starting to dilate (1-2), but many walk around like this for weeks before delivering. Anyway, they did another hormone test and this time it came back positive, soooo that pretty much means nothing. I asked the doctor and she said, "well, we know your cervix is gone, your starting to dilate and now your secreting the labor hormone, which means there is a 20% chance you'll deliver in 7-10 days." What is a 20% chance is that really even a chance! I don't know, maybe I'm thinking about rain. Then she says, "all I can say is your in the right place!" I have to agree. Thank goodness I'm here and not walking around in Junction. I am hoping my body will naturally go into labor or we schedule the c-section. I really don't want an emergency c-section due to decelerations in the babies heartrates, so hopefully all goes well. They are preparing me, though, I have now switched to Heparin shots instead of Lovenox. Lovenox (my blood thinner) lasts longer in the body but is only one shot a day; Heparin can be reversed easier but it's two shots a day. Fun!!! I now have bruised arms instead of a bruised tummy! Joy! But, that's okay there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
I know many of you think that I'm bored, but this morning a male nurse came in and said, "Your highness, your breakfast is served!" He told me that my room is great and that I am pampered. I told him that I am thankful to all of my family and friends who have pampered me with food and great stuff. I have a fan, refrigerator, food, plants, battery powered candles, etc. It's great. I watch tv, surf the Internet, and eat great ice all day. It's a blessing to be comfortable. On top of that, my room is like a large hotel suite (20X15) with large windows and a great view. It's really nice. I've also enjoyed my visitors! I look at this time of bedrest as time of rest because we all know I will not have rest for a long time.
By the way, those of you who want to post a comment but you're not having luck, I think you have to sign up for a Google account. I just used my same username and password as my normal email account and setup a quick Google account; if you do that then I believe you can leave comments. If not, email is great too. Love to all!
Babies are doing great. Their heartbeats are wonderful and the nurses say their accelerations in their heartrate show great brain development. Their baseline heartrate is 140-150s and when they accel their heartrate is up in the 170-180s. They describe it as when you get up to walk across the room your heartrate will increase or when you excercise your heartrate increases; this is very similar but for 30 second increments. There dopplers are also great! The doppler is their blood pressure out of the umbilical cord. As many of you know their umbilical cords are in knots so they have to watch to make sure their cords are pumping blood appropriately. The cords come out of their belly buttons, are jumbled like a bowl of spaghetti and then they go into the placenta. I can't wait to see a picture of the craziness when they are born. It is truly a miracle that they can live like that.
Late last week I had a little more excitement, I guess. I was feeling really heavy so they checked my cervix again. Yeah, it's pretty much gone and starting to dilate (1-2), but many walk around like this for weeks before delivering. Anyway, they did another hormone test and this time it came back positive, soooo that pretty much means nothing. I asked the doctor and she said, "well, we know your cervix is gone, your starting to dilate and now your secreting the labor hormone, which means there is a 20% chance you'll deliver in 7-10 days." What is a 20% chance is that really even a chance! I don't know, maybe I'm thinking about rain. Then she says, "all I can say is your in the right place!" I have to agree. Thank goodness I'm here and not walking around in Junction. I am hoping my body will naturally go into labor or we schedule the c-section. I really don't want an emergency c-section due to decelerations in the babies heartrates, so hopefully all goes well. They are preparing me, though, I have now switched to Heparin shots instead of Lovenox. Lovenox (my blood thinner) lasts longer in the body but is only one shot a day; Heparin can be reversed easier but it's two shots a day. Fun!!! I now have bruised arms instead of a bruised tummy! Joy! But, that's okay there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
I know many of you think that I'm bored, but this morning a male nurse came in and said, "Your highness, your breakfast is served!" He told me that my room is great and that I am pampered. I told him that I am thankful to all of my family and friends who have pampered me with food and great stuff. I have a fan, refrigerator, food, plants, battery powered candles, etc. It's great. I watch tv, surf the Internet, and eat great ice all day. It's a blessing to be comfortable. On top of that, my room is like a large hotel suite (20X15) with large windows and a great view. It's really nice. I've also enjoyed my visitors! I look at this time of bedrest as time of rest because we all know I will not have rest for a long time.
By the way, those of you who want to post a comment but you're not having luck, I think you have to sign up for a Google account. I just used my same username and password as my normal email account and setup a quick Google account; if you do that then I believe you can leave comments. If not, email is great too. Love to all!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Day 13
I had an ultrasound today. Baby A is 2lbs. 14oz. and Baby B is 2lbs 15oz. Almost 3lbs!They are doing great! On the other hand, the contractions I had Friday and earlier last week did not help my cervix. My cervix is continuing to shorten (not dilate); two weeks ago it was 1.6 cm. or so and now it's at .6 cm. Anyway, we are taking it day by day. I thought my doctor would put me on strict bedrest after seeing that, but all she said was you're in the right place. I have full faith that the Lord has lead me to these doctors. I have been all over Texas with the babies and I feel I am in the right place.
We're hanging in there. I got to see Quade on Saturday. There was a dog costume parade at the hospital and he loved it! I'm sad I missed Halloween with Quade, but Trey took him Trick or Treating with friends. He was Handy Manny for Halloween. I know he had fun. I may miss Thanksgiving too, but thank goodness I won't miss his birthday and Christmas.
I know this is my opportunity to rest, because I know I won't have it for a while OR ever again. I'm trying to look at the positives.
Love to all!
We're hanging in there. I got to see Quade on Saturday. There was a dog costume parade at the hospital and he loved it! I'm sad I missed Halloween with Quade, but Trey took him Trick or Treating with friends. He was Handy Manny for Halloween. I know he had fun. I may miss Thanksgiving too, but thank goodness I won't miss his birthday and Christmas.
I know this is my opportunity to rest, because I know I won't have it for a while OR ever again. I'm trying to look at the positives.
Love to all!
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