Valentines Day 2012

Well Lilly and Bryce have not officially had their Valentines Day with us yet as we are waiting for Lilly to come home from the hospital first but as soon as she does we will post all about it.

But in the mean time here are just a few pictures the nurse took of our sweet girl.

My Twins And Their Life in the NICU

So far my babies are progressing quickly and doing so well I dont think they will be there long!

They both started off in incubators with oxygen, Jauniduce lights, IV's and constant care. Lilly had good lungs and her brother stole all the food. So he was fighting to breath and she just needs to gain weight.

By the 4th day my Lilly girl was off her oxygen and her jaundice light was removed.
Bryce's oxygen was bumped up.

Day 8 Bryce is now down to 3 liters of high flow and will be removed in a day or two from all oxygen and Iv's. Lilly IV's bumped up but she is not far behind from getting her Iv's also removed. Also Bryce can now wear clothes.

Bryce started out with 5cc of breastmilk and is now at 25cc but will be bumped 5 cc more every 8 hours till he is maxed at 45cc. My poor Lilly since her belly is so small only gets 3 cc of mommys milk every 3 hours till she gains some weight.

So after the next few days as soon as all Iv's and all oxygen is off they get to come out of their incubators and back to their normal beds were we have to see if they can maintain their own temperatures. If they can Bryce will be home in a week and Lilly in about 3 weeks after she packs on more weight.


Lillyana and Bryce Mommy and Daddy love you so much and we are proud of you both!

My Birth Story

My day started off as any other normal Tuesday morning Jan 24, 2012, I get up and head over to my doctors appointments at the perinatal unit for my ultrasound and monitoring. Well this morning turned into a day I never expected.

After I was done with the ultrasound the doctor reviewed everything and said he is concerned that Lilly didn't have any fluids left and her blood flow was poor and that 1 of 2 things was going to happen. I was either going to be admitted or I was delivering tonight. After much discussion with my OB and another doctor there at that office they thought it was best to deliver or should could possibly die. So of course I called Doug and without trying to scare him told him the news and he flew over to the hospital so darn fast. Me I was calm as can be it just shot my BP up to 160/100.

So I left the perinatal unit and headed up to see my OB where he tells me the plans and what he wanted to do and that was to deliver these babies at 7:15 by emergency c-section. Not what I wanted but I knew it may happen and I was prepared for it.
So now I head up to labor and deliver and was hooked up, everyone arrived and just waited.
I got my epidural and wow that sucker hurt!
Right at 7:15 I was wheeled down to the operating room and of course then I begin to feel sick from the epidural but pulled through till my babies were born at 7:32 Bryce Connor 5 lbs 1 oz 18 inches and 7:34 Lillyana Kay 2 lbs 14 oz 15.5 inches.
At first I didn't hear any cries on Bryce but that was because his cord was wrapped around his neck and couldn't breath but as soon as it was removed and gone he cried away. As soon as Lilly came out she cried liked a champ. Doug didn't get to cut Bryce cord because of his situation but did cut Lillys cord.

After I was all sutured up I went to recovery room and was there for an hour but it didn't seem like it. I then got wheeled to the nursery to see my little ones before sent to my room.

They very next morning I was up and moving around like nothing ever happen to me. So I headed down to the NICU where my precious gifts from god were at and stayed with them and haven't left since.

They Are Here!

Introducing:


Lillyana Kay Buehrer

2 lbs 14 oz

15.5 inches long

born at: 7:34 pm Jan 24, 2012

And

Bryce Connor



5 lbs 1 oz

18 inches long

born at: 7:32 pm Jan 24, 2012

Both Babies are in the NICU but both doing well!

The End is Near!

Today I was sitting on the couch thinking....





I can't believe that I will be a MOM sometime in the next 3 weeks! I have dreamed about this for so long and now it's going to be here so soon that I am in shock that it's really happening!

How is it possible that it's my turn to take maternity leave???!

I have a nursery set up, baby products all over the house and the pack in play next to my bed just waiting for the twins to come and live at our house forever!

As hard as I try, it's just not possible for me to picture what they will look like. Will they have hair, what color hair, will they be little or big, will they have my features or Doug’s? I just can't wait to put a face to her precious names!

My mind is racing with thoughts about labor, being at hospital and basically all of the unknowns but I know that it will all be perfect when I get to meet Lillyana and Bryce for the first time!

I absolutely cannot wait to see Doug holding his little precious babies!

I'm just thanking God that my dream is about to come true! I am about to be a MOTHER of 2!!

Update on the Lilly

Yesterday Doug and I spent a half of a day at the hospital having test run on Lilly to make sure she was OK. Last week my Ob decided to make me a high risk patient because Lilly was not growing like Bryce. With that being said he scheduled me with the perinatal unit for extra testing.

We arrived at the hospital around 9:30 am for an U/S at 10 we didn't get in till 11. The nurse tech did her whole procedure which seemed like forever and then says Bryce is almost 5 lbs and Lilly is almost 3 but I am going to go report to the doctor and while I'm gone the tech student is going to try and find a 4 chamber heart photo before she can leave the room. "You say what?" I never agreed to this. So another hour or at least it seemed that long passes and at this point I cant lay on my back any longer and ask to get up. She quits and leaves and the doctor comes in and tells us the placentas look good. Lilly has no fluids around her and that's dangerous but she seems to be growing just slower than she should and that could just be because she was an IVF baby but that he wants me back weekly for monitoring and we will keep and eye on her and go from there. In the mean time he wanted a non stress test. But there was a problem with that. The nurses were all gone to lunch and that I would have to come back at 1 so go get lunch and see you in a hour.
off to the cafeteria we went, believe it or not but the food was really good. After lunch we still had some time so we went to the gift shop and looked around. So many things that I want so that was not a great idea. After we was done looking it was close to time so we headed back and waiting in the lobby for them to call me in.

Back in the office we headed back to and U/S room so she could see where the twins were laying so she could hook them up easier. Bryce was head down and Lilly was breech.
Off to room A in the non stress test room there the nurse hooks me up but cant find the hearts correctly because they were so close to each other. This was supposed to be a 20 min test and 1 hour later and i am still not hooked up so she goes to get the head nurse who then takes another hour to hook me up. Finally all hooked up 2 hours later and minutes go by and Lilly moves and I need to be re hooked up again. This sucks by finally at 4 I am done and get to make my appointments for every week after and get to go home.

Now today I am just waiting for my OB to call me with my results and what he wants to go next.

8 months Preganany

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 32 Weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 20 Pounds total so far

Maternity Clothes: Yes for sure unless I can find big baggy night clothes

Gender: 1 boy: Bryce Connor and 1 girl: Lillyana Kay

Movement: All the time, sometimes they are kicking or pushing so hard that it hurts.

What I miss: Getting to sleep straight through the night

Cravings: None, never really had any either.

Symptoms: Heartburn still and severe rib pain.

Best Moment this month: Finding out that Lilly is going to be fine just a small baby.