On April 4 our twins were born. Nathaniel Schubert was the first one out, followe by his brother Alexander Jeffrey. Both are in NICU putting up a good fight right now. Here is what happene to get to the birth of our beuatiful boys.
On Tuesday I had some vaginal discharge that was disturbing to me so I called the doctor's office. They said it was nothing but I said I want to come in anyways just to calm my nerves. They checked my vital signs, and since I was already having some sympotms of pre-e before Tuesday they were very worried when they found protien in my urine. They sent me to the hospital just to get some lab work done since it only takes an hour to get results here, but a couple days thru the office. My labs came back not normal so I knew I was going to be in the hospital for a while. They started me on Steriods on Tuesday to help with the boys developing lungs, since things happen so fast we didn't know how much time we would have before I worsened and they had to get the boys out to save me. Wednsday morning Dr. Yates came in to check everything out and Alexander (aka Baby B, Alex or AJ)'s heart beat was severly low, below 100. All I know is it took 6 minutes from the time they started pushing me to the OR to the time both boys were out. I was put under general anestisia and the next thing I woke up very disoriented. Alex and Nate were born at 26 weeks 3 days. They both have a very long and hard battle. As of now things are looking good. Everyday it's going to be a dance of two steps forward and one step back or two steps back and one forward. I am going to be discharged on Sunday, but coming back every day to visit my two little angel boys. They are getting the best care at a level 3 NICU at St. Agnes in Baltimore.
Thank you to everyone who extended their thoughts and prayer.
