Our life in NICU

    With the twins being 6 weeks early they had to spend some time in the NICU to learn how to eat and grow.  They call them feeders and growers while in the NICU.  We were blessed to have amazing hospital staff. Jimmy and Chris took such good care of us and when it was time to head home we felt a sense of loss and yet excitement. Dr. Neal and Dr. Lassairs were our primary doctors while in the NICU.  

      Here is what a typical day looked like for us.

Get up at 7:00 and head down to the Hospital to hang out with the babies.  

Tyler ate at 8:00, 11:00, 2:00, 5:00 while Emma was on the 9:00, 12:00, 3:00, 6:00 feeding schedule. We would arrive and would have to scrub in - below is a photo of Bruce wearing the yellow scrub outfit that we wore for 17 days while our little ones grew and grew.  While there I would start with one baby and Bruce would get the other one ready.  Usually that was Tyler since he was on the earlier schedule.  Then Bruce would feed Emma while I pumped and then we would give them skin to skin time with us.  Each time it was about 4 hours all together and we would do that morning and night. 

Here is Tyler in his isolette - this was a special bed that helped them regulate their body temperature.

Bruce feeding Tyler

Emma being woken up for feeding in her cozy isolette..

Bruce feeding Emma

Skin to Skin with Emma - aka Kangaroo Care

In the photo's below the twins were 1 week old 7.2.10