I had a plan for dealing with their early arrival, but the doctors all agreed that even though I'd successfully carried them in my self-made incubator for quite some time, it probably wasn't a good idea to let me take them home and sit on them in the nursery until they were fully baked. John assured them that he would keep me on the nest and feed us well, but they were a bit worried about the squish factor since I'm still carrying much of my pregnancy belly. Their smarty-pants solution was to send them to the bright, sterile, plastic incubators of the NICU for further warming and feeding. Seems a bit unnatural to me, but I guess they know best.
After spending a few days visiting our girls for feedings every three hours and meeting other families who are doing the same, one thing is certain... we are incredibly fortunate to have made it to 35 weeks and to have two beautiful girls who are healthy and doing very well. The only two criteria they each have to meet before being released to our inexperienced care is to eat everything they need by mouth and to maintain their body temperature. Every day they get closer to reaching these goals.
I'll be sitting on them in the nursery at home in no time....
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