One year ago today, our babies came home to my body. In just two hours, it will be exactly one year since Skip and I met up at Dr. B’s office and had two gorgeous blastocysts transferred back to my womb. And now, those two are fighting nap time while taking a little ride in their swings. I can’t help but smile when I look at them and think of all we went through to get to where we are now. They are certainly miraculous little guys and were worth every bit of frustration, disappointment and tear shed that led to their arrival into our lives. If you’re interested in a trip down memory lane, my post-transfer blog entry can be found here.

We got word today that Ace is being evicted from the Special Care Nursery.  Basically, he’s fine now, and insurance doesn’t care to pay for a baby who doesn’t need care.  Of course, this is great news, because it means he’s coming home tomorrow, but it’s sad because Nate isn’t. Read the rest of this entry »

If I could write the word SUCK bigger in the title of this post, I would.

I was at the hospital last night for the boys’ 11 pm and 12 am feeds.  Nate was sleepy, but he took 30 cc by breast and the rest by bottle.  While I was feeding Ace, Nate started to desat a little bit, which means his blood oxygen level was dropping below 90. Read the rest of this entry »

When I got to the hospital last night to feed the boys, the doctor told me Ace had pulled out his nasogastric tube (NG tube, the tube that goes through his nose down to his belly and how he’s taken most of his feedings) and that they decided not to put it back in.  He had been taking his feeds by bottle since pulling out the tube.  Then he told me Nate followed suit and pulled his out and was also taking bottles! Read the rest of this entry »

Well, we’ve just been working on the feeding by mouth thing with the boys and they are improving. Ace took a full feed by breast yesterday, and Nate took one partially by breast and finished with a bottle. Today, the nurses asked if I can come in for more feedings, which is a step forward! Read the rest of this entry »

I was just uploading some pictures we took today to our family web site at http://www.cronck.com and was thinking about how lucky we are to have not one but two beautiful, healthy babies.  I can’t wait to have them home. Read the rest of this entry »