New Arrivals

A post from my husband pulled from our family blog (it is private, so please contact me if you would like to be added to it):

Just a quick post about our good news. Our twins were born yesterday at about 3 pm. JDB weighed in at 2 lbs 1 ounce and 14 inches and BVB weighed in at 2 lbs 11 ounces and 15 inches. They were almost 28 weeks when they were born, so they will be in the NICU for a while (at least until December). Both seem to be doing well, but are having breathing issues and need to gain a lot of weight. All of this is expected (we are told) because they were born so early. According to the neonatologists, the babies are doing very well given they were born at 28 weeks. Apparently the Fairfax Hospital NICU is one of the best in the country, so we think they will be in good hands.

Shasta is doing well. She started contractions at 1:30 pm and was in full blown labor by 2:30 pm. The hospital did an emergency c-section that happened so fast, they had to put her under general anesthesia which has been hard for her to recover from quickly. There were apparently over 10 specialists in the room with her during the procedure. In the end, apparently the toxemia kicked in very strongly and forced her body to quickly remove the foreign objects (namely, the babies).

Needless to say, it has been a pretty crazy day and a half. We are pretty glad they are ok, and Shasta is thrilled about finally be able to leave the hospital soon and excited to return every day to tend the babies on her own terms and diet. It is really good thing Shasta was at the hospital, because who knows what would have happened had she been at home at the time. It was quite the blessing that she was there with a very competent staff.

We appreciate all of the constant prayers on our family's behalf and ask for your continued prayers on behalf of our family.