Today's appointment announcement is that the girls will be arriving at 34 weeks. Given their growth restriction, this is their best chance for survival and healthy longevity. Barring any further development, we'll be delivering at 8:30a on Wednesday, Sept 9, 2009.
The vital stats haven't changed; hearts look good, lungs look good, blood flow is normal, and both girls are moving and breathing as expected for their gestational age/development. We are planning for a NICU stay of up to 2-4 weeks, though we are hoping for shorter. I am sure that this will provide additional challenges and emotional havoc as Gwynne is able to be discharged and return home sans babies 4 days post-delivery. Having a glass half-full attitude, Gwynne will be able to have her incision heal prior to the girls coming home and I will be able to focus more of my paternity leave around the girls' arrival home versus their stay in the hospital.
We're into crunch time...the nerves are peaking a bit...but we're just as excited as ever.
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