Exploring faces

By Friday, the boys were both ready to come out of the isolettes, and get to know us. Sho looks up into my mother's face, learning her voice. Meanwhile, Kay tries to jumpstart the breastfeeding schedule when he smells and hears me.
 

Congradulations

Kay's blue bear and Sho's brown bear with the flowers my family sent to the hospital. 

A slightly bigger world

My mom brought little Ty toys to size the kids up to, and this is Sho's brown bear. On the second day, the boys were hooked up with blue bililights to help ease jaundice until their livers were up to cleaning the system.

Kay's blue bear and mom's hand.
Sho's first diaper change. Luckily, he's too young to be embaressed by this picture.


Kay came off the bililights and his protective eye mask came off. He was able to look up at us, and a few minutes later, mom held him for the first time.  

The first 24 hours

After the c-section, mom was a little wiped out, but was able to go see the twins. At this point, I believe I was just beginning to get feeling back in my legs, and my whole world was a little fuzzy. Both boys were 3 lbs 3 oz, about 1440 grams, and to me, they didn't look small at all. They looked big and wonderful and full of trouble, but then again I was on morphine at the time. I believe this is Sho, though we hadn't picked out names by then.

The next morning I was a little more alert and ready to see my babies! This is Kay, the first boy, hooked up on the breathing aid and lots of monitors. When the nursing staff came in the night before, they told me they knew these were little Asian babies.

Sho, our second boy, was alert and anxious that morning. He used this pacifier to practice his sucking skills, although he couldn't suck strong enough to hold onto it. It seemed to me that they were getting stronger every hour. 

Biggest Mama

Unwittingly, these are the last pictures of me pregnant. Kathy got a lovely shot of what it's like to try eating on bedrest. (There were some advantages to having that big tummy) The second picture looks terrifying, but it's me hooked up to the monitors listening for contractions. The doctors decided to put me on hospital bedrest for three weeks, but none of us would have guessed that I'd be in there less than a week.
 

Lamont Baby Shower

My co-workers at Lamont Library had a baby shower for me, and really went over the top! They've been a great support through all this.



Thanks to everyone at the library!