Day 6

So it's day 6 in the hospital and not much has changed. The boys are very active and at times are so active that they cause my contractions. The contractions seem to be fairly easy to stop with shots and IV drugs but they sure are no day in the park :-) The doctor's say that every day that they spend in my tummy is one day less in NICU and they sure seem to be having a party in my tummy so I guess we will try to keep them there.

At this point, the boys will stay in my tummy and I will stay in the hospital until the boys will be better off in the NICU from a nourishment stand point. Right now they are in the best place for their size and their hearts and kidneys are doing well. Andrew is continue to do well with his weight gain and development and Aiden is still lagging behind by 1/2 a lb. Aiden still has a lack of nourishment but we can't figure out if it's because Andrew is a piggy or if something is wrong with Aiden's placenta. Regardless, they are trying to fatten me up like a Thanksgiving Turkey as well as give me steroids and high calorie IV Fluids to increase everyones weight. The boys get 20% of what I gain but then they have to share it it - it seems like 15% goes to Andrew and 5% to Aiden. So in order to get more to Aiden I have to take in more - which in turn givens Andrew more - which makes Andrew bigger and makes it harder to carry the babies - vicious cycle but it could be a lot worse. The gain was going well at first because I had gained 3 lbs in the first 4 days I was here but now I lost all of it again plus another lbs ???? Who knows what's going on - when I am not pregnant I can gain weigh just from looking at food and when I am pregnant I can't shovel it in enough to help my babies grown???

We have an ultra sound tomorrow but it's just to peak and see how they are doing. We won't know weight and size again until later next week.

Travis is holding everything together very well at home and coming to visit as much as possible. Ashleigh is a big help and luckily Adam is too young to understand or really care about what's going on. It's going to be a hard road for us as a family but once the boys are born and we know they are healthy we probably won't ever even think about this part of our lives again!