A lot of you have asked how the boys are doing so here's a little update! After they were born at 29 weeks to everyone's (including our doctors) surprise! Zach (Twin A) was 2 lbs 11 oz and Teddy (Twin B) was 3 lbs 2 oz.
They have made amazing progress and growth in the past 5 weeks! Zach is now 4 lbs 9 oz and Teddy is 5 pounds! They are on low flow cannulas which means they are almost breathing completely by themselves and they have started to bottle and breastfeed.
Feeding themselves (not through a gastro-tube) is the main hurdle for them to come home. This takes time for them to master, but our boys are fighters. The doctors say to not expect nicu babies to come home before their due date (June 2nd), but we are hoping and praying they come home for Mother's Day!
We really appreciate everyone's kind words, prayers, thoughts, and meals. We are so full in our hearts with all our boys, we can't wait to be full in our home too!
Work-life balance doesn't exist these days. Being the only employee definitely doesn't lend to taking time off to heal or to spend all day sitting watching two little angels sleep. It's stressful, the stress makes my milk supply stress, so I try getting a symphony to help with milk. Welp, that has been battle royale for no known reason and here's the kicker...it wasn't the insurance! The stress of that topping everything else is dwindling my supply and patience. I can only hope to get it going again, fingers crossed!.
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