Mom and Baby A (6 pounds and 6 ounces):
Baby A gets his first bath; Baby B is under the heater. Baby B was a breach extraction and gave his daddy a bit of a scare. Since this was considered a high risk birth (twins and one breach) there were about 10 people in the room with us (as oppossed to our first two births when we had a nurse, a newborn tech, and a midwife). There were two teams of two newborn techs, three or four nurses, one doctor, and one midwife. Baby A came out quickly and cried quite quickly. Baby B came out quite blue, limp (in the words of a nurse), and quiet, and the Doctor called for a team "quick". Thankfully, momma was in a drug induced haze, couldn't see, and didn't seem concerned. I stayed with momma as they worked on the twins behind me. Within a minute the twins were screaming like crazy and scored 9's on their apgars. It was a good sound (at the time anyway). Ten minutes later we were down to about five people and I knew things would be alright. They took Baby B away from us for a few hours to check his blood sugars and to keep him warmed up, but there was no sense of urgency.
Our round-faced "Baby B" (8 pounds even):
The twins napping happily (this hasn't happened much since). You can see the beginnings of jaundice that has led to several heel pricks but seems to be okay. Baby A has a long thin face, is fussy, very expressive, and doesn't like to be moved much. Baby B slept his first day of life, has nice naps, and is very tolerant. They both love their momma very much.
Baby A getting ready to go home. They had matching outfits. Their momma got them for $.99 each (not only can she really birth some babies--she can shop).
Peace
1 comment:
Very nice. Thanks for the pictures.
Stephen was very blue at birth and scored a 4 on his first APGAR. The hasty folks took good care of him and he perked up quickly. He also had jaundice and had to spend a lot of time in a bassinet by the window.
Y'all are in our prayers.
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