Tuesday, April 7, 2009

The Twins Arrive!!

The twins showed up a little earlier than expected (at 33 weeks). Considering how early they arrived, their weight was quite impressive (about 5lb and 4lb). However, because they are such premies, they will need to spend some time in the NICU.

As such, I have been putting in 10 hour days at the hospital myself. While I was pregnant my plan was to cook up a storm and freeze meals for after the babies were born. That plan went out the window when they showed up last week! Thankfully, my mom has been a huge help with meal preparations.

I spent 5 days in the hospital recovering from a C-section. During that time she brought me chicken soup with butternut squash and kale, hard boiled eggs, cinnamon cookies, fruit, and more. Of course I ate SCD yogurt for breakfast and had plenty of snacks too.

Now that I am basically living at the NICU during the days I bring my own lunch and snacks. For example, today I brought meatballs (made by mom), hard boiled eggs, a salad, cookies, cheese sticks, yogurt with blueberries and SCD granola, and an apple with peanut butter. Sound like a lot of food? You need many calories to nurse a set of twins!

At night when we come home hungry and exhausted, my husband and I make a simple dinner of grilled meat with veggies or a stir fry, taco salad, etc. I am making SCD yogurt from organic half and half to help increase my caloric intake.

The twins are doing really well and gaining weight at a great pace. We hope they can come home soon. My husband swears that their stellar progress is due to the SCD and I tend to agree. : )

10 comments:

Kimberly said...

Yeah!! What a blessing to have twins and that they are doing well. Thank goodness for moms too:) I am so happy for you and your family! Take care!

Amy McKenna said...

Yay for healthy SCD babies and mommies! It's so great that your mom can help you guys out with the cooking right now. I'm so happy for you guys!!!

Sherry said...

Even though we still can't eat the yogurt and cheese like you can, we're still trucking on the SCD. Nothing motivates me more to stick to the diet then reading your posts. Really.

Congratulations and best wishes for your healthy family!

chris.whitmore1@gmail.com said...

CONGRATULATIONS!! Awesome to hear you and the babies are doing well. I'm glad you updated us. God Bless and I will be praying for your new arrivals!

Isabelle Ghoukasian said...

Congratulations! I've been checking your blog daily as I thought the twins might arrive earlier than you expected. I wish you all the best and I'm so happy for you and your husband. You'll have to post pictures soon! Take care. Isabelle

Anonymous said...

Well congratulations!!

Beth said...

Congratulations Jill and hubby! Glad to hear of the twin's safe delivery and that you are recovering from surgery well. Good health and many blessings all around!

Jasmine said...

Congratulations on the new babes!

Jasmine said...

Congratulations! + Congratulations!!

Tracee said...

The twins arrive in April and you haven't made a post since...funny how that happens. Congrats.