First Week Progress

This was my first visit up to the NICU to meet my little girls.

Avery                                                                          Sophie

I was still receiving Magnesium through my IV for 24 hours following the delivery, so I wasn't feeling my best.  It was so great to finally get to hold my girls.  Both had feeding tubes and IVs, but no oxygen.  They were small, but looked so much better than I had expected.

I spent most of that day in bed, in a fog.  My blood pressure was still high, (reason for the magnesium) and they had given me another medication to stop the hemorrhaging from the night before.  I was sure glad when all of that was over!

My wonderful husband brought me 2 Winnie the Poohs after delivery.  He said that since I couldn't have my girls in the room with me, he wanted me to have something to represent them.  Our nursery theme is Pooh.

Over the next few days that I was in the hospital, we visited the girls often.  They were doing amazingly well for being 6 weeks early.  Their feeding tubes were removed after only 2 days.  They continued to receive antibiotics through their IVs for a few days, but those were removed after less than a week.

Avery                                                                                                                      Sophie

On day 5, the girls had a little bit of jaundice.  They were put on bili-lights for a couple of days.  These lights were nice and toasty.

...and then...My babies were a week old.