Our first time...

Jillian

Ashlyn Marie Bueno
Weight: 5 lb 1.5 oz
Length: 16.5 in

Jillian Ryanne Bueno
Weight: 4 lbs 8 oz
Length: 17 in

Happy Birthday Jillian & Ashlyn

Here are pictures of Baby B










Here is Baby A... Hang in there kiddo! Tough girl.

We have a date! We have a date!

I can't believe it. I have always been a planner throughout my life and yes I understand you can't plan when you are going to have your baby, but I just wanted some date to go off of as I lay here in the hospital. We are set for a c-section on Tuesday, April 7 at 5:30 ( I am assuming its at night). There is still a chance these girls will come sooner. I do have another ultrasound on Monday to check fluid levels and if everything looks good we are set for the 7th. Thats 11 days away and I am going to continue to countdown. Its so crazy how our lives are about to change, but its so exciting that we are going to be a family of four very soon or actually five I have to count our baby Luke! Ohh poor Luke he is not going to know whats going on he is going to come home (hes been staying at Jeffs dads house) and find two babies crying and two babies playing with his toys. But Jeff has reassured him that he is his number one boy! Hopefully he will be the girls protector and not be overcome with jealousy when Jeff holds the babies. I am sure he is going to be sniffing them for days. When I had my first baby shower and I brought the gifts home he sniffed the gifts all night and even ended up sleeping in their room that night. It was really cute. For those that know Luke you know he has a really deep bark to the point where it scares some people at first so my friend Kelly told me to put my stomach by Lukes face when he barked so the girls get used to it so I did I just hope it works or else these girls are going to be scared of Luke. We do call Luke our gentle giant he loves to sit on our lap (he thinks he is little) and he is the best cuddler and he has the sweetest gestures. Ahh I miss him. I know this post became all about Luke, but he is our boy and we have always treated him like our child and I know that will never change. So Yeah to having a c-section date and Yeah to Luke becoming a big brother very soon.

14 days in the hospital

Yes I am couting the days! So yesterday was a good day because I got to shower. I am able to take a shower every 3 days and let me tell you I could stay in there all day long. I have become friends with a lot of the nurses they have been really great to me and when you are up at 12 a.m. and 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. you mine as well get to the know the person that keeps waking you up. Today I met a nurse that was here in antepartum for 3 months. Her and I talked for a couple of hours and she gave me such wonderful advice on how to stay sane here in the hospital. She said one day she even counted all the holes in one of the ceiling tiles. Now I haven't gotten to that point yet. I don't know how but my days go by pretty quick its my nights that seem to drag on and whats weird is I do not like going to sleep. I can't get comfortable anymore and its almost like I just wait for the sun to rise because its like WHOOHOO my stay here is getting shorter and shorter. My morning starts off with breakfast and then the nurse comes in and does the fetal monitoring of the babies, which is two monitors strapped around my stomach and they listen to the babies heart and watch the heart rate. Then there is another monitor strapped to my stomach which records my contractions. Now this process should only take 20 minutes, but nope not with me. Baby B is such a mover it takes us a 1/2 an hour just to catch her. She is always kicking and wiggling and moving around its so great to see and feel. Thats our active one. She takes after Jeff already. While Baby A we find as soon as the monitor is placed on my stomach. So the monitoring usually lasts around an hour to 2 hours. Then after that believe it or not I am exhausted because they have me in all these weird positions just to get Baby B. Well if you are still reading this post Thank You because I pretty much just rambled.

We have little fighters!

Sorry its taken so long for another update, but I wanted to be sure I was giving out the right information. So last I know we posted was that Baby A was down to 1 cm of fluid and the c-section would be sometime this week. Well our baby girl decided she is not ready to make her appearance. Yesterday I had another ultrasound to check the fluid and she is back up to 7.7 cm of fluid, which is so wonderful. So in 4 days her fluid went up pretty high and Dr. Linzey was so pleased to see that. So the c-section has been canceled and he wants to see me make it TWO more weeks. That would put me at 36 weeks and the girls will be so much better staying where they are now for the next 2 weeks. Making it to 36 weeks with twins is such a huge milestone because that means either less time in NICU or no time at all spent in NICU and they could come home with us. By the time these girls come I am going to be so happy to get out of bed, walk around, enjoy the outside and most importantly bringing home two healthy baby girls. So our countdown continues and although Jeff and I were so excited to meet out little ones this week waiting 2 more weeks is the most important thing to do for them.

Doctor came by......

On Wednesday I had an ultrasound done to measure the fluid level. Baby A is now down to 1 cm of fluid of course I was freaking out, but the nurses reassured me that fluid comes and goes. It replenishes itself by laying in bed and drinking lots of water. But I wanted to hear it from my doctor. Dr. Linzey stopped by this evening and said that both babies look great and even though the fluid is low on Baby A he is really happy with how they are growing. He explained to us that he would like to have the c-section next week. He will have me do another ultrasound on Monday to check the fluid level and that will determine what day next week. I will be 34 weeks at that time. With twins he doesn't want to take anymore chances of a problem arising with fluids or anything else. So if our girls don't come any earlier then next week it looks like we will be having them sometime next week. Jeff and I are so excited to finally meet the two little ones that we have dreamed about for so long. As soon as we get our c-section date we will let you know.

I get to WHAT?!!!?!!!

Being on hospital bed rest for me means basically I can only get up to use the restroom and then its back to bed. I have been here since Thursday evening only getting out of bed to use the restroom. So to my surprise my doctor came by and said I could take a quick SHOWER!!! I was so excited. I have never appreciated a shower more in my life then I did this evening. It was wonderful and I could have stayed in there so much longer, but I know its not good for me or the twins. So to everyone who has visited me thank you for putting up with my the way I looked and smelled. I am a new woman now!!!
I am getting through each day and I am getting used to the nurses waking me up every 3 hours in the middle of the night to give me my meds or check my blood pressure. The hardes part is when Jeff leaves he gets to go home. I think hospitals should have like mini suites for patients like me that have to stay for who knows how long that way their spouse can also stay with them through the night and be there with them. Jeff has been wonderful about being here as much as he can and also for taking care of me since I went on "house arrest" in January. He has been my strength through all this. His positive attitude and his smile is what comforts me when I am alone in the hospital. So this is my Thank You to my husband for staying strong for me when I know this is hard on you as well.
Other then my exciting shower we had an ultrasound done to check fluid levels so we will have those results tomorrow when the doctor comes and explains them.

Happy St.Patricks Day!

Well, I woke up to a phone call from Lindsay about 5:15am saying that she's having some contractions and some bleeding. I flew out of the house and got to the hospital by 6:15am. Not too bad considering the 91 traffic. After a few hours of testing and monitoring her contractions they decided to give her another dose of medication to calm down the contractions. Dr. Linzey was paged about 7am and he was also monitoring her but from his office. They decided to remove the stress test monitors to get Lindsay comfortable. It's about 9:45am right now and she's feeling much better.
Finishing Jeffs post. It was a long morning, but the shot for the contractions stopped and the babies looked good on the non stress test. Jeff and I got to take a short nap around 11. Dr. Linzey came by and said he was ready for them to come today, but is so glad that the contractions stopped because they need to be in there a little bit longer. So here we go day by day. Hope you all have a good St. Patricks Day and drink some green beer for me.

X-ray results

came back great. No signs of pneumonia

Is it safe for an X-Ray?

Lindsay has this nasty cough still- going strong for about a week. Our doctor ordered an X-ray today to get an inside look at her chest. The nurse told Lindsay today about the X-ray and her first response was "Is it safe for an X-ray?" Dr. Linzey knew that was coming and already told the nurse he only wanted one photo. It made me chuckle, he knows how she is!

We're waiting for those results...

sneak photo! Tammy and Kimmy visit

Water Broke...kinda

No pictures just yet... still waiting for the approval from Lindsay...but here's a recap of what's happened so far. Pardon grammar and punctuation!!

Lindsay has been sick with a cold and her cough was intense for a few days. On Thursday March 12th at approx 3:00pm she ruptured her membrane and sprung a leak. The first phone call was to our neighbor Jamie but went unanswered. The second phone call went to me but went unanswered. (at work and doing something at the time...tell you in a bit) The third phone call went to her Mom but went unanswered. Finally she got a hold of her Dad who showed up at our house in 5 minutes. Normally it takes him 15 min at least.

When he got to our house, our neighbor Jamie showed up as well... Lindsay was concerned on what she needed to pack. Jamie said don't pack just get in the car. Here they go in the car on the way to the hospital ripping through traffic at a speed of 65 mph in the fast track lane. (no speeding tickets will stop them!)

Another phone call went to me and I finally picked up. I was working in Ontario at the time and was a bit busy when she called the first time. I was making my rounds in the warehouse and then saw a few work friends battling at a game of table tennis on their break. Game on.

After the phone conversation, I packed my things and headed for the hospital. Driving safe was on my mind as I averaged 90mph and at times revved the MINI to a safe speed of 135 in the same fast track lane. Arrived at the hospital to find Lindsay and her Dad just stopping for valet. What timing.

3:40pm - Lindsay was admitted and wheeled to her labor and delivery room. Family started to show up and things were moving along fast. Our doctor was not on call that evening and guess who freaked out? It makes sense that we were nervous since we haven't met with this other doctor before. Few hours go by and we head to the ultra sound room for measurements. Few more hours go by and we're headed back to our labor room with our files. Babies weigh 4 lbs 8 oz and 3 lbs 11 oz. We were stoked. But what now?

8:00pm - more medication for Lindsay to help with the babies lung development and to reduce the minor contractions she's been having. Some antibiotics to help with infection and other long needles were the highlight of the hour. The feedback from the nurses said they didn't want to deliver and wanted to delay as long as possible. Guess who freaked out? The time frame given was 72 hrs - 4 weeks depending on what the doctor said. Also found out no going home for Lindsay. She's staying until we deliver. Still waiting to get confirmation from the on call doctor...

10:00pm- family was getting tired in the waiting room. They asked about the status and gave their support as they exited the hospital. Found out that Lindsay will be transferring to antipartum for an unknown amount of time. Still waiting to get confirmation from the on call doctor...

11:45pm- On call doctor has stopped by! Reviewed ultra sound report (measurements) and gave us some news that it's important for the babies to stay where they are and not deliver. Goal was to keep contractions to a minimum monitor for infections and hope for 2-3 weeks or 36 weeks so the lungs can develop.

Friday the 13th!
2:00am - Moved from labor/delivery to antipartum. Much bigger room and better bed for her stay. Night nurse Allison was awesome and even brewed me some coffee for my drive home.

What a day!