THEY ARE HERE...DECEMBER 1st, 2008

The boys finally decided it was time to meet their mommy and daddy. Yesterday, Kaden was showing lots of dips in his heartrate so my doc had Dr. Gonzalos come in to do another Ultrasound. Both babies looked great and my amniotic fluid was good as well. He decided he would check me, so it was then we found out that I was 3cm dilated and about 75% effaced. He said if we gave it a day or two that my water would break, so him and my doc consulted and they decided to do a C-section at 1pm. Chris and I were so excited and couldn't wait to meet the little guys. I got back to the Operating Room at 1:22 and back to recovery within an hour. The boys looked great and sounded great. I stayed in recovery for about an hour and then was wheeled into NICU to see the boys. Both boys were doing great. Kaden was having to have a little oxygen to help him out, but he is off of it as of right now. The NICU doctor said they should be able to come home somewhere between 5 and 10 days. I will atleast be here until Friday. And now for the pics you have all been waiting for......

Proud Daddy with Kaden (right) and Quinn (left)

Kaden William Hamm born December 1, 2008 at 1:41pm

4 pounds and 7 ounces and 17 inches long

Quinn O'Kelley Hamm born December 1, 2008 @ 1:41pm
4 pounds 8 ounces and 17 3/4 inches long

First time for Mommy to see her beautiful sons.

Kaden (left) and Quinn (right)

33 WEEKS AND 4 DAYS

On Wednesday November 26th, Kaden decided to show another dip on the monitor at around 4:30 am, so that meant back to L&D for monitoring. Both boys actually showed another dip the day before around 2pm. I had gotten up to go to the bathroom and while I was hooking my monitors back up I noticed the low heartrates. So I got the nurse and from that point on, I can't get out of the bed. Not even to go to the bathroom. How fun is that??? Since this is my third time to be taken down to L&D, my doc decided to just leave me down here until I deliver. Also on Wednesday, Dr. Gonzaloz, the high risk doctor, came to do an U/S on the babies to check my amniotic fluid level. My levels were a little low, but that was normal for twins. He also had a fun time looking at the boys. At one point, he went Oh My Goodness....this boy has a lot of hair. So I guess we will have to see how true that is. After meeting with Dr. Gonzaloz and then him consulting with my doc, they decided that since I will be 34 weeks on Sunday, they are going to stop all my meds that are keeping me from going into labor on Monday. After you reach 34 weeks there is really no reason to stop labor. So Monday we will just see what happens. Hopefully we will have two sons by the first of next week.

AN INTERESTING DAY ALREADY

I was back in L&D this morning around 5am. The reason behind this was Kaden (Baby B) showed a dip on the heartrate monitor. His heartrate dropped down to 60 for about 4 minutes, but this was more than likely due to a way that I moved or something. But his heartrate came back up and neither baby has shown in many problems, but due to procedures I was given some oxygen and fluids and sent down to L&D for monitoring. By 11am my doc called and said that it was okay to go back to the Perinatal Floor to my room (#251). I am now to stay hooked up to the monitors constantly. These little boys are just loving giving their mommy trouble before they even get here. But they are keeping me and their daddy on our toes and I'm sure from now on that's how it will always be (HA!), but we are going to enjoy and cherish every minute of it.

33 WEEKS and 1 DAY ULTRASOUND

I got my Ultrasound and..................Quinn (Baby A) weighs 4 pounds and 5 ounces and Kaden (Baby B) weighs 4 pounds and 8 ounces. If I make it another week we just might have five pound babies. And it confirmed again that they are both definitely boys. They were showing it off pretty bad....it was so funny!!!! My fluid levels measured good and the overall U/S looked good. So if they do another U/S it will probably be in about two weeks, that is if I'm still here. That's all for now!!!

THE BEGINNING OF WEEK 34

I'm back on the perinatal floor. My doc came around this morning and said everything looked stable and that I could go back upstairs, so I am now in room 251. She also ordered me an U/S today so we can check the growth of the babies. And for right now the babies are on the monitors 24/7. This morning about five minutes before my nurse came in to get my tape that shows all my contractions and the babies heart rates, Kaden showed a little dip after one of my contractions, but his heart rate went right back up. They felt like the dip happened maybe because I had just gotten up to go to the bathroom, but we are watching them just to make sure. As soon as I have their weight and growth information, I will post again.

33 WEEKS

Well I've made it to 33 weeks. YAY!! Yesterday was a really bad day. At about 11:30 am the nurse came into check my blood pressure and it was high. She waited a little while and checked it again and it was still high and it kept getting higher. I had several runs of having high blood pressure so they wheeled me down to labor and delivery to get hooked back up on the magnesium and to have some blood work done to see if I was headed in the direction of having Preclampsia. At this point we were under the impression that we might have babies in about one hour if my blood pressure didn't calm donw. As soon as I got down to L&D and was hooked up to the Mag, my blood pressure starting going down. My blood work came back fine. Then I had a bad spell of contractions that were pretty bad. I finally got some pain medicine and everything settled down for the night. This morning they took me off the Mag and started me back on the Procardia (a pill). Everything seems to be stable right now. So maybe I'll get through another week. I'm still in LDR #2, but hopefully will get moved back to another room on the Perinatal floor either tonight or tomorrow.

32 Weeks and 4 Days

Well my doc came by this morning with the results of the Fetal Fibornectin test. And the test came back positive which means I am highly likely to deliver early which we all pretty much knew that, but with a positive result that means that both docs want me to stay in the hospital. So the plan for now is that I will be in the hospital until Monday the 24th and then we will reevaluate everything on Monday. I will be getting another U/S on the babies to reevaluate the babies weight. Another factor that played a big part in whether to go home or not was the fact that I don't really go 24 hours without having a flare up with these contractions so therefore if Iwas at home I would be calling the doc everyday about something therefore it is better for me to just stay in the hospital and be monitored here, plus I'm doing nothing but resting and eating which is what me and the babies need most right now. Oh and I've got a poster up in my room that has a calendar on it and everybody is predicting when they think the babies will get here. They calendar goes from now until Christmas Day. So if you want your name on the calendar just send me your date. There will be a prize, but we don't know what yet. Unless the babies come this weekend, I'll post on Monday after my visit with the doc and hopefully my U/S.