Safely Home

On Monday, the docs gave us the okay to take Cammy and Riley home with us. The girls had met all the goals they had for them, and now it's our turn to look after them.

Cammy's on the left, Riley's on the right.

By the way, the mystery babies from the previous video are as follows: Baby A was Riley, Baby B was Cammy.  Real difficult when one has a feeding tube, huh?  Well, I'll try to make it harder on you now that both little faces are free of tubes and tape.

Who's who?

By the way, the girls came home Monday afternoon!

Update on the Girls

Riley sleeping...

Cammy looking around...

Six days in, the girls are doing pretty well.

Cammy is definitely better off than her sister right now.  She now weighs 3 lbs 14 oz.  Riley is down to 3 lbs 11 oz.

Neither have ever needed any help with breathing.  This is due in large part to the steroid shots Becky endured while they were still in the womb.

Both are eating alright.  Cammy generally eats all that she's given, which is about 30-35 ml.  Riley, on the other hand, has a little bit more trouble.  She's all tuckered out and eating is just too much work for her sometimes.  They inserted a feeding tube Monday night.  It goes in through her nose, and the nurses use it when she's too tired to eat or they feel she just needs a break from trying to eat.  As of late, she's been feeding mostly from the bottle.  They've only needed to use the tube to get the last few milliliters down her gullet.

The doctors said to expect a 10-14 day hospital stay from the birthday.

Cammy's on the left and Riley's on the right.

Hello Cammy & Riley

Late last night, on March 15, our two beautiful, identical daughters were born.

Cammy Sue came out first, weighing 4 lbs 2 oz and measuring 16 in.

A few minutes later, out came Riley Jean, weighing 4 lbs 1 oz and measuring 17 in.

Both girls received two 9 out of 10's on their Apgar scores, and have not needed any oxygen whatsoever. Becky and I are praising God for His great care of our little ones!

You can check out a few few pictures of the girls here.

A fun night...

For those of you who don't know already, Becky and I had quite a fun night Monday night.

Around 6:30 pm, Becky stated experiencing some cramping.  After it persisited, I started recording the times when this "cramping" was occuring.  After the "cramps" occured 10 minutes apart, four times in a row, we knew she was having contractions.

We called Grandma and Grandpa Doane to take Cade for the night, and, after calling the OB, we headed to Spectrum.
While at the hospital, they hooked Becky up to baby & contraction monitors.  She continued to have contractions until 12:15 am, when they they her some medication to stop the contractions.  Five minutes after receiving the shot, the contractions stopped.

At about 2:00 am, they wheeled Becky down to have an ultrasound.  They did an assessment on each of the twins, which consisted of 8 parts.  Both twins scored 8/8.  One part of the assessment was observation of fetal breathing for 30 seconds straight.  These are the 'practice breaths' the infants take in the womb as they prepare for birth.  We had to wait a while, but each twin passed this part.

At 3 am, they transferred us to a new, bigger room, where we got a little bit of sleep (although each time Becky shifted, the nurse had to come in and re-place the fetal heart monitors).  Finally, at 6:30 am, they sent us home.

Becky had a doctor's appointment at 4:30 today, Tuesday, where he prescribed her an anti-contraction medication and put her on "sofa-rest," which is his terminology for a step above 'bedrest.'  She can get up to use the restroom, eat, shower, etc. but other than that, she needs to keep her keister in contact with the couch.

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