From the Twin-Mommy: Having our boys in the NICU seems like a type of limbo. We are parents, and our little tykes are no longer in my belly. However, at the same time, we are still waiting to be able bring them home to find our own rhythms as a family. Right now, Dominic and […]
From the Twin-Daddy: Wendy, Trish, and Becca visited today, and Trish came out to the NICU to visit the boys. Dominic was busy playing with his pacifier (binky), and Alex seems to be sleeping through his first growth spurt.
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From the Twin-Daddy: Dominic and Alexander are two little boys made from the same life-stuff. One egg magically divided to bring two matching lives into being where previously only one had existed. For 34 weeks and 3 days, they were always together and held close by their mother. August 1st changed that, and Dominic’s wail […]
In the days following the birth we skipped backward and forward through our experiences, but as yet, we still haven’t posted about those early hours when our sons were making their way into this world through their own rather small doorway.* My own memories of that transition are undoubtedly colored by the drugs they gave […]
From the Twin-Daddy: Today I arrived to find a sad Mary who was frustrated because her pumping was only producing a pittance of colostrum (0.005 mL – 0.3 mL). It isn’t uncommon for a C-section mom to have this trouble, and preemie moms are also playing catch up. Medela’s site has a useful explanation of […]