Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Kiddos Meeting Ben
The kids came back up to the hopital the next night and Ben was out of the NICU so they finally got to see little Ben. They were thrilled to see him and to have both the boys in the room together. Again, we are so blessed that Ben only had to stay in the NICU for 24 hours.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Our Hospital Stay
Since the boys arrived via c-section we were in the hospital nearly five days. I wasn't too thrilled with having a c-section but the silver lining was that we were able to spend all that time getting the boys adjusted to the outside world and making sure they were alright. The nurses were incredible and helped get the babies on an incredible schedule. They were also extremely helpful with some feeding issues that each of them had.
Ben ended up in the NICU the first night. He was having trouble maintaining his body temperature and blood sugar. The nurses were nice enough to let me get out of bed that night and go down and see him even though I wasn't supposed to get out of bed till the next morning. That was hard to see him all hooked up but we knew it could have been so much worse! He didn't have any issues with his breathing and that is what would have really worried me.
Ben ended up in the NICU the first night. He was having trouble maintaining his body temperature and blood sugar. The nurses were nice enough to let me get out of bed that night and go down and see him even though I wasn't supposed to get out of bed till the next morning. That was hard to see him all hooked up but we knew it could have been so much worse! He didn't have any issues with his breathing and that is what would have really worried me.
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| Poor Baby Ben with his IV in his head. So sad. :( |
Thankfully Ben only had to stay 24 hours in the NICU. To our surprise, the nurses brought him back the next night at 9:30. We were thrilled to have the boys back together and know that Ben was ok. He is so much smaller than Will and seems so much more fragile.
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| One happy Mama!! |
Grandma and the kids were able to come and visit the second day we were in the hospital. The kids were excited but Andrew was really concerned as to why Ben was not there and why he was in a different place. The NICU is a hard thing to have to explain to a 6 year old. Here are the kids meeting Will for the first time.
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| Ella wasn't too sure. She claims boy babies are boring and girl babies are more fun. Why? Because girl babies have "prettier clothes and are fun to dress". Haha! |
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| Grandma! What would we do without you??!! We can't thank you enough for everything! |
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| Kiddos opening their presents from the babies! |
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Our Family is Complete!!
Our boys are here and we couldn't be happier!! They kind of took us by surprise since we really thought they were going to make it to their scheduled c-section date on the 17th.
On Tuesday night I was having my normal contractions that I have had for weeks that never resulted in anything and were sporadic and would stop once I would lay down. I will admit that I was ready for the boys to come even though we hadn't hit the full term mark of 37 weeks because I was so uncomfortable! Carrying nearly 12 pounds of baby is not an easy task! Anyway, I just jokingly told Eric he better get some sleep tonight because we would be in the hospital the next day. Well, the babies must have been listening. I woke up a little after 2:00 a.m. to baby A(Will) kicking so hard. I remember thinking that he was kicking so hard he was going to break his bag of water. Well, sure enough, one more big kick at 2:20 a.m. and I felt a pop! Eric woke up out of dead sleep with me saying, "Oh my gosh! My water just broke! My water just broke!" Eric jumped out of bed and ran into the closet, back into the bedroom, into the bathroom, into the closet and back again. I kept asking for a towel. I guess he forgot where we kept those. ;) I wasn't really having contractions so we gathered all the our stuff and got in the car. We got to the hospital about 3:10 and went up to admitting. My contractions were picking up and we were in a room by 3:20. They did an ultrasound and I was hoping and praying these little babies had flipped head down. However, no one cooperated and both were still breech. C-section was inevitable!
I will have to say that after having three unmedicated births, I would much rather go through that pain than going through surgery. I thought it was very scary and overwhelming. The hospital staff was incredible and really the c-section could not have gone better. We went into the operating room about 4:40 and by 5:00 a.m. the babies were born!
On Tuesday night I was having my normal contractions that I have had for weeks that never resulted in anything and were sporadic and would stop once I would lay down. I will admit that I was ready for the boys to come even though we hadn't hit the full term mark of 37 weeks because I was so uncomfortable! Carrying nearly 12 pounds of baby is not an easy task! Anyway, I just jokingly told Eric he better get some sleep tonight because we would be in the hospital the next day. Well, the babies must have been listening. I woke up a little after 2:00 a.m. to baby A(Will) kicking so hard. I remember thinking that he was kicking so hard he was going to break his bag of water. Well, sure enough, one more big kick at 2:20 a.m. and I felt a pop! Eric woke up out of dead sleep with me saying, "Oh my gosh! My water just broke! My water just broke!" Eric jumped out of bed and ran into the closet, back into the bedroom, into the bathroom, into the closet and back again. I kept asking for a towel. I guess he forgot where we kept those. ;) I wasn't really having contractions so we gathered all the our stuff and got in the car. We got to the hospital about 3:10 and went up to admitting. My contractions were picking up and we were in a room by 3:20. They did an ultrasound and I was hoping and praying these little babies had flipped head down. However, no one cooperated and both were still breech. C-section was inevitable!
I will have to say that after having three unmedicated births, I would much rather go through that pain than going through surgery. I thought it was very scary and overwhelming. The hospital staff was incredible and really the c-section could not have gone better. We went into the operating room about 4:40 and by 5:00 a.m. the babies were born!
Baby A: William Luke Hensley
born at 4:58 a.m. 9/7/11 weighing 6 pounds exactly and measuring 19 3/4 inches long.
Baby B: Benjamin Eric Hensley
born in the exact same minute 4:58 a.m. on 9/7/11, weighing 5 pounds 7 ounces and also measuring 19 3/4 inches long.
Proud Mommy and Daddy!
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