This phase of the NICU feels like a long walk back to the car. I just went on a long international trip, and I’m back in the parking garage at the airport. But I can’t remember exactly where I parked. Maybe it’s this row here. Nope. Okay maybe the next row. Once I see my
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They said the “d” word
No, not diarrhea or death. Discharge! We now have discharge checklists in our room. It feels like the tides are turning this week. The gals are now 38 weeks gestational age (6 weeks actual), and I feel like we have entered “get the f out of here” mode. Or maybe just I have. Margo seems
FAQs
I’m finding this blog to be tedius at the moment (you’re probably like “yeah just shut up already”) so I figured I’d update in the form of an FAQ. Note: I wrote this post yesterday. How am I recovering? My c section recovery has seemed easier this time, and it has been pretty uneventful. Maybe
+/- 4 weeks old!
Today Margo and Annalee are 4 weeks old, but their gestational age is 36 weeks (so in some ways, they are both 4 weeks old and -4 weeks old) They have come a long way in 4 weeks! They are starting to be awake a bit more, cross their eyes less, and find their voices
Progress after stagnation
The twins are 3 weeks old (35 weeks adjusted) and it’s finally starting to feel like we are making progress (although we took a small step backwards today) Last week felt hard. For many days in a row, I would come to the NICU and see no changes in their care. Still on respiratory support.
The alien space ship
When I was inpatient, I often felt like I was in a sci-fi story. The plot had something to do with a prison that did medical experiments on the inmates. The NICU also feels like a sci-fi story, but this one is more like being on a space ship taking care of baby aliens. The
55 days later, the babies are here, but our journey is not over
Our baby girls were born on Thursday, September 5 2019 at 1:09 and 1:10 pm Margo Millie – 3 lb 13 oz Annalee Mary – 3 lb 11 oz Some stats: 53 days inpatient + 2 days postpartum 155 x 1 hour NSTs (these are the heartbeat monitoring sessions) 38 separate visitors excluding family!! 9
Goodbye, inpatient life
I’m going to keep you in suspense about our decision of when to deliver the babies. In the meantime… As my days as an inpatient come to a close, I am actually feeling a little sad! People think I am joking when I say that, but there are some things about inpatient life that have
The final week (probably)
Yesterday, we hit 31 weeks, and today is my 47th day inpatient. This pregnancy has required us to make some very difficult decisions. The first big decision was when to come inpatient, since you don’t want to come in before you would want the babies delivered. We didn’t think through that decision super carefully, so
Lessons from ultrarunning
It’s Cascade Crest weekend, which means it’s been almost exactly 4 years since I ran 100 miles around Snoqualmie Pass. When I did Cascade Crest, I didn’t really know what it was all about. Afterwards, of course I felt a huge sense of accomplishment, but I also felt selfish for partaking in an activity that