Since my water broke early without any warning and there was no fluid left around Emma, we did not have the time to do the two rounds of steriods to help lung development and they had to perform the emergency c-section. Since their lungs were not developed properly, they both had to wear the c-pap machine in order to give them some extra oxygen to keep their lungs inflated. Logan was able to get off of his after about a day or so. It took Emma a little longer - she had to wear the c-pap for about a week and then another few days of just straight oxygen through a little tube in her nose. She sure was a fighter.
They both were a little jaundiced and had to spend a day in their "tanning bed" wearing the cutest little shades to protect their eyes.
They had to be fed through a tube only for the first few days and then were were able to start feeding them one bottle a day. The nurses were so nice and coordinated their bottle feedings for when I was up there to visit the babies.
They were both hooked up to all kinds of wires to measure their heart rate, oxygen levels, etc. It made picking them up and feeding them very difficult, but there were no amount of wires to keep us from holding our little ones!
I was able to visit the babies twice a day - once in the morning and once in the evening during their time in the NICU. The nursing staff was awesome, so I knew they were in good hands, but it sure didn't make it any easier leaving each time. Since I wasn't able to drive for the first two weeks, it made it very difficult because I had to rely on people to drive me there and back. Our friends and family were so great to help out! Even though that was probably the toughest 2 1/2 weeks of my life, it did give me some time to recover from my surgery and prepare for the babies to come home.Here's a few other pictures of the babies while they were in the NICU:
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