Miracle Twins

saltwins - 04:42am Jun 19, 2012 EST

At 21 weeks I went in for a routine ultrasound for our twins. My husband and I were thrilled to find out we were having a little girl and boy. My pregnancy was going perfect and I felt great. All of a sudden the doctor came in and informed us that my cervix had shortened greatly and our son's water bag began funneling down. I had to go to the hospital immediately from the ultrasound and received devastating news from the specialists. They told us that we were going to loose our babies within a few days to a few weeks and if they made it to the 24 week mark most likely they would have major disabilities. One specialist even suggested considering an abortion. I started crying immediately and couldn't believe what I was hearing especially since the babies were kicking me as they were informing us that I was going to loose them. That day was the worst pain I have ever gone through in my whole life. When my ob came in to speak with us he shed a little bit of hope on the situation. He explained to us that we would do whatever we could to save our babies. So that's when my hospital stay began. For 2 months I remained in the hospital laying flat in my bed. I laid on my sides every day for weeks. I was able to quick use my bedside commode and that was it. The nurses would change my linens, and thankfully my mother and sister would bathe me and wash my hair. The nurses would listen to the heartbeats of the babies multiple times a day and would measure my contractions based on how I was feeling. After a few weeks, due to contractions I eventually ended up remaining in bed for everything. I didn't sit up for fear that my water bag was going to break. To avoid blood clots, I had a machine with stockings that I wore nonstop (except during baths). I also had leg exercises the physical therapist worked with me on. Every day I would receive procardia every 6 hours for contractions and progesterone for strengthing my cervix. On week 28 I actually had another health scare when my heart went into SVT and after a few hours, finally returned to its normal rhythm. Every day was an accomplishment for me and when the weeks started passing by, my hope began to grow. I searched on line and read books about positive stories of hope to keep me going. Sadly I read about many stories that didn't end up with a happy ending. I didn't care about how long I had to lay there as long as my little ones were not taken away. My husband encouraged me to remain strong for the babies and ended up sleeping at the hospital with me. (He had his own hospital bed the nurses got him for my room.) We would talk to the babies and pray for god to not allow them to come until they were healthy. A few hours shy of hitting my 30 week goal, our babies were born. My contractions couldn't be stopped any more and my cervix was dilated to a point where they couldn't stop my labor. Our son was 3 lbs 1 oz. and our daughter was 2 lbs 14 oz. Both were delivered by c-section and were born a minute apart. Our son was the first one to come out and when I didn't hear his little cry I knew something was wrong. He was not breathing and needed to be resuscitated. He swallowed meconium and was a bluish color. I didn't see him until the day after because they rushed him out of the ER once they got him stable. Our daughter came out kicking and screaming and was a little peanut but a tiny fighter. The twins ended up spending 6 weeks in the NICU growing and developing into tiny little babies. Within that time they went from a breathing and feeding tube to drinking from a bottle and accomplishing all their little milestones in order to go home. Both came home a few days apart from each other and they have been inseparable ever since. They are now 9 months old (7 developmentally) and they are the sunshine in our lives. Both are happy perfect babies that our hitting their developmental milestones on track. My husband and I look at our babies and thank god for giving us these precious miracles. They are the best thing that has ever happened to us and I am extremely thankful