8 More Days until I meet my Twin Girls!! (5.25.13)

So far I have been in the hospital for about 3 weeks now.  I miss taking care of my Ella so much!  Only a week longer left in Mommy Jail.  I took a tour of the NICU last night and it really opened my eyes about how important breast milk is for preterm babies.  I knew it was important but now I know it is very important for preterm babies because it protects from infection, provides nutrients and promotes healthy growth.  I also learned that my milk is specifically suited exactly for my girls being that I am delivering them preterm.  They have pumps here at the hospital for me to use and I can also rent one to take home.  This Tuesday and Wed I am getting another round of steroid injections to help the babies lungs before I deliver.  I can't wait for the Big Day!  June 3rd!!  There is so much to look forward to this summer!  The birth of my twin girls, my sister's 30th birthday and wedding, my orientation for starting school to become an OB Ultrasound Tech which I start in the fall, having a girl's night out and date nights with my hubby :)  The journey of carrying my twins is almost over and now starts a new journey of the NICU and then taking them home.  They said the babies at least have to be 35 weeks and doing everything on their own before they can come home.  So they will be in the NICU for at least 3 weeks. 

It's OFFICIAL!! 2 More weeks and I get to meet my Precious Miracles! (5.20.13)

I am 30 weeks today!!  I am going to deliver my twins at 32 weeks!  Only two more weeks and I get to meet my precious angels!  I am so excited!!  We haven't scheduled the exact c-section date yet but will when it gets a little bit closer.  Just had an ultrasound and the babies are still looking great!  My sister Sarah and my friend Jackie are coming to visit me today...I can't wait!  Jimmy and Ella will be coming up today as well!  I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.  I'm nervous about the 
c-section but that's to be expected. Ella is doing much better when leaving the hospital.  She know's that this is where I am at and she say's Bye Mommy, I love you!  She's so sweet!   I hope these next two weeks fly by!!

I'm so Huge!  My two angels are growing nicely!

Sleepless in Detroit :/ (5.15.13)

So far the amount of sleep I am getting is about 4 to 5 hours a night while waking up every hour and a half to pee.  I'm so tired all the time yet I don't do anything!  I go for a walk everyday and after 5 min I get out of breath and my back and belly hurts.  I go to bed around midnight and get woken up at 5:30 from the Resident Dr checking in on me.  Then at 6am the nurse comes in to monitor the babies heartbeats for an hour, then at 7am my MFM Dr (Provider) comes in to check on me and see if I have any questions and let me know how my ultrasounds/Doppler's are.  So far the twins are weighing the exact same 3.2 pounds :)  It's starting to go by faster in here now...thank god!  I was just recently diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes :(  I LOVE Sweets so this was such a bummer!!  I am now on a diet to regulate my blood sugar and get my finger pricked 4 times a day...which is NOT fun!!  The good thing is that my blood sugar level was only 5 above normal and that as soon as I deliver the twins the diabetes will go away!!  YIPPEE!!  This has been teaching me to count carbs and the difference between good and bad carbs and I can def take that with me for the rest of my life to eat healthier.  I asked one of the nurses about the c section I am going to have in a couple of weeks and she took me step by step of what happens.  It made me feel better to know what to expect now.  I am nervous but less nervous than I was before.  Every time a baby is born they play Brahms' Lullaby over the loudspeaker in the hospital.  I love hearing it!!

One Week Down...5 More To Go (5.12.13) Mother's Day

I cannot wait until the day I can have a Venti White Chocolate Mocha from Starbucks!! Only 5 more weeks to go. My Angels will be here soon <3 I just wish the time would fly by faster. Expecting a visit from my Hubby and Princess:)))) Happy Mother's Day to all the Mother's!! A BIG HUGE Thank you to my Mama (Dawn Manis) who brings Ella up here everyday to visit with me. I couldn't even make it in here if it wasn't for you bringing her up and my Dad (Bryon Manis) for making it possible for Mom to bring her. <3  The babies heartbeats are still looking good.  Wednesday I get my Ultrasound and get to see my girls again and will know how much they are weighing :)  I go for a walk everyday with my Princess and Mom to the Hospital Garden outside.  It's so nice to get out of my room everyday and go outside!  Today was a nice Mother's Day (for it being spent in the hospital) I asked the nurse If I was aloud to go off campus to go to dinner but she said no :(((  Instead Jimmy brought me Pizza Papalis for dinner which is my favorite pizza!  Ella brought me a card with her hand print, balloon, flowers and creme brulee from Astoria Bakery (my favorite bakery).  They stayed from 2pm to 9pm.  I got to spend 7 hours with them!  It was sooooo nice <333.  I'll be 29 weeks tomorrow!  It's getting closer!  =)))

 

Back Inpatient...Final Countdown! (5.8.13)

So I have come to the conclusion that if I blog everyday it will be like I am slowly counting every day instead of letting it be a blur of days so it will go by quicker.  Does that make sense?  I will be blogging a couple days a week instead.  So far the first couple of days have gone by OK.  The plan is to get the babies heartbeats monitored twice a day and an ultrasound once a week.  We are trying for a 34 week c-section.  The Dr said 34 weeks is the farthest he will let me go.  I hope that they are born at 34 weeks.  They will have more time to develop and less time in the NICU.  The first night was the hardest again.  It's so hard seeing my 2 year old leave and cry cause she's leaving her mommy. The monitoring of the twins heartbeats are going great.  Dr says there are a couple twists in their cords but that is to be expected.  He says the flow of the cords are perfect and the babies are weighing the same around a little less than 3 pounds.  The hospital food could be better.  The whole meaning of breakfast in bed has lost it's significance!  :/ 

Ella fell asleep on my lap in the hospital bed <3

Day 5...Discharge Dayyyy!!! (4.12.13)

So here I am at 10:15am waiting for my discharge papers.  I ordered breakfast and cleaned and packed my bathroom.  The nurse came in and said she will be back with a T-Dep shot for me and a list of appts so I can remember when to come back for my Dopplers that I get once a week.  She also said I should make an appt every two weeks with my OB...but I will be back here in 2 weeks so I don't see why I need to go see him.  Ok Seriously...It's an hour later now and still no shot or discharge papers!!  I'm so ready to get back into the Real World.  Why is it taking so long??  My husbands birthday is this Monday!  I'm so glad I get to be home for his bday!  I'm hoping to have a date night with him soon to PF Changs!  I have been craving it forevesss!  Here it is 2pm and still at the dang hosp!  I got my T-dep shot but am waiting on a dr to call back to schedule my weekely Dopplers.  The nurse said she is so sorry it's taking so long.  She will just call my cell to schedule the Doppler and now I am waiting on the discharge papers.  I called Jimmy and him and Ella are on their way up here to get me!!  3pm left the hospital and finally home!!  Home Sweet Home!! <3

Day 4 Down...52 More To Go. (Thurs 4.11.13)

Dr Goyert came in to check on me and ask if I had any questions.  He see's me daily but I have no questions.  Ordered breakfast at 9am just when the Dr came in to do the daily ultrasound.  She says the babies are doing well and are active as normal.  I'm getting a little worried becasue my belly is already so big and I still have 7 more weeks until I deliver the babies!  I look like I'm about to pop!  This is how big I was when I was pregnant with Ella at like 38 weeks.  I just hope the twins have enough room and do not decide to come out any earlier than 32 weeks!  So I took an hour nap from noon to 1pm.  Jimmy called then and said Ella and him will come up here shortly.  He said he and Ella didn't get any sleep becuse she has diaper rash.  My poor baby!!  It figures she has to have that when I am in the hosp and can't take care of her.  He said she woke up every hour last night and he took her diaper off for most of the night and gave her a bath at 2am and put oatmeal on her.  He said she was crying so hard it was hard for her to breath.  My poor poor princess!!  These are the times I need to be with her to take care of her :(  So good newwwwsssss!  My Dr says I get to go home and be outpatient for 2 1/2 weeks.  I have to come to the hosp every day for an hour to moitor the babies.  Then I have to come back to stay at 27 weeks until I deliver at 32 weeks.  I am so freakin Happy right now!!!  I get to be home with my princess and hubby for 17 days instead of being inpatient.  And if anything happens with the babies we will know because I am going to be monitored everyday for an hour.  Went to bed around 11 and woke up every hour to pee.  I woke up at 6am to the nurse takeing my vitals and then monitoring the babies heartbeats.  Then since they kept moving around we couldnt get them on the monitor so the Dr came in to do an ultrasound and says they are doing very well.  :)  Dr Goyert then came in and said that I will need some shots before I leave and that I will come back everyday at 2pm to get the babies monitored.  He says if ever I don't feel the babies or I start bleeding or anything I should be worried about just come in to the hosp right away.