Praise from the Heart!

 

So the girls, had their final check up with their Cardiologist today.
At Birth the girls had 2 open heart valves. Their PDA and Their PFO valves. This was a little scary to me for many reasons but also because my mom was born with an open PDA valve and it never shut on its own and at age 2 she had to have open heart surgery.

That was such a scary time for my grandparents that even until just recently my grandma would still cry when she told that story.

So when my girls were born with the same issue, I couldnt help but have some hesitations about it. But today when they followed up with their Cardio Dr he said that their valves had closed all on their own and that he would not need to see them anymore!!

I am SO proud of my babies and all they have overcome. They were born without a breath in their lungs, and here there are today and you would never ever know all the struggles they went through to be here.

I absolutely love them with everything inside of me.

I tell them every single day that they are "Mommy's Special Baby" And they truly are!

I take so much pride in them, and it warms my heart to see other people melt over them like I do! I love when people ask for me to post more pictures, more often, or when they claim to be facebook stalking me for updates,And when they brag about how much they love our blog and such.

I mean what Momma doesnt like to brag about their kids?! :)

My girls to me just seem Extra Special because of the fact that I was told more than once, that these amazing moments I have with them, I would probably never have.

And because I know how excited it makes me that I DO get to share these moments with them, it makes me that much more excited that so many of you guys love sharing these moments too!
So thank you for the love you show to my sweet girls! They totally deserve it, and I am not even going to be modest about it! haha :)

Today my chunkster Em weighed 15lbs 6 1/2 oz!!!
And My Molly weighed 14lbs 6 1/2 oz!!!

Only a pound difference between them but it feels like much more than that when you are holding them. Or atleast to me it does!

My girls are having some constipation problems. Especially Molly. Pray for them. I know that it doesnt sound as serious as the other issues they have had but it pains me to see them so uncomfortable and in so much pain.

This has happened many times before, but today when Molly was trying to go potty she was straining so hard that milk literally started coming out of her nose and also very thick saliva and milk started draining out of her mouth.

She was having a hard time catching her breath and I have no choice but to stay calm for her but everytime I see this happen on the inside I am wanting to freak out.

I hate seeing her struggle so much to go potty. The Dr said give her prunes. And I do, and it seems to work for both of them but if I miss a day without giving it to her then she struggles all over again. And I do not feel it is normal for a baby to need prunes EVERY single day in order to be able to poo. So, I am going to give this a while longer to work itself out before I expect their Peditrician to do something more about this.

I am a little concerned because when they were in NICU it was stressed how important it was for the babies to have breast milk because there is a bowel disease found only in premature babies and it is said that breast milk helps prevent them from getting that disease. So the past couple days, I have been kinda beating myself up over the idea of maybe I should have gave them my milk longer?

I did the best I could for as long as I could, but maybe it wasnt enough because now my babies cant seem to poop without help! :(

Just pray that this is minor and will pass!

Well that's it for now!

Thanks for reading and there are more pics in their 8 month Album.

Until Next Time...