The date is set!

Today we went in for my weekly check and we were told that the date of my c-section will be September 30.  Hopefully my body will cooperate until then and I can avoid preterm labor.  It's less than 3 weeks away so I can totally do this!  They will be 35 weeks, 3 days when they're born, so I'm hoping they'll be breathing on their own and can stay with me in the room. 

As far as pictures go, Mark and I will post or send out pictures when we are ready.  If the babies are in the NICU, we will wait to send out pictures until they are free of all tubes and wires.  Mark and I will decide when we will share the first pictures once the babies are born and everything settles down.

Because the babies will be premature their immune systems will be incredibly sensitive and they’re at very high risk for a virus that can be deadly to preemies called RSV.  Adults and other kids with colds or the flu are how babies get RSV. Flu shots are an absolute must for anyone who comes in contact with the babies. If anyone even has the sniffles or a cough within 10 days of visiting us, or their spouse or children have been sick within 10 days, we ask that they wait to come until their symptoms are all gone. I understand that some people don’t like to get flu shots, but we can’t compromise on this, so if someone wants to help but doesn’t want to get a flu shot, then cooking a meal and just dropping it off at the door is the best way to help until the babies are older and flu season is over.  Also, we want to keep the babies away from other children for a few weeks after they come home.  We don't know how long, it will depend on their health.

Enough of the serious stuff!  I have to brag about my husband now.  At around 31 weeks the pregnancy really started taking a toll on my body.  I try not to complain, but I couldn't help myself anymore and let him know about every ache and pain I was having.  On the Friday that marked 31 weeks he came home with beautiful hot pink roses.  It did help to brighten my day.  The following Friday, I got another bouquet of flowers.  He is amazing.  In my last post I wrote about how he is putting together a video for the babies, and well, it turned into more of a production.  He wants to make our own episode of Make Room for Multiples so he has been spending lots of time on that.  He went and got a microphone so that we can do voice overs and it is really looking like an episode of the show!  He has little clips of interviews with each of us and slideshows of pictures of us.  It is so cute and I can't wait until the babies are born and it's done!  He has been amazing throughout the whole pregnancy and I can't wait to see him as a dad!  He's going to be the best :)