Labay Family: 4 Sets of Twins and a Singleton... Oh, my!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

4 Sets of Twins and a Singleton... Oh, my!

So every Tuesday we have a playgroup that invades JBrew - and it is eh, fun. Really, it is mad chaos! Just picture this... 4 sets of twins and a singleton (9 babies) and 5 Mommies - we shut ourselves in the meeting room and along with everyone's favorite toys and lots and lots of Cheerios we let the babies have at it! It is great for them all to learn to be more comfortable around other kids and for them to have playmates besides just each other. Sure there is a lot of sippy cup stealing and someone is always fussing a little, but I think all the Mommies are happy to get out of the house. Plus, it gets everyone really tired and ready for a nap! We tried to take a group picture this morning, but that didn't happen - LOL! I don't think there is any way to organize a group of that many babies. Jenna and Britni did take a few random shots so maybe I will add them to this post later.

Guess what else... As of last night my babies are drinking their formula/milk out of SIPPY CUPS! I am so proud of them. Babies usually have a hard time with this transition, and I was worried what would happen, but they did great. I am throwing out the bottles today - there is no going back!

Update: Here is a pic of our playgroup!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Yea I am posting about this tomorrow and I will send you the pictures. What fun! Maybe one day we will get a group shot!; September 15, 2009 at 9:15 PM

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My Pregnancy

Feb. 22, 2008 - Positive Pregnancy!
Feb. 28, 2008 - TWINS!
14 Weeks - Cervical Cerclage
24 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 3 days -Pre-Term Labor. Sent home on fetal monitoring and terbutaline pump. I have to monitor for contractions once a day and send the readings in for review. The terbutaline pump in a cathater in my leg that sends a contiunous flow of "anti-contraction" medicine into me. Complete bed-rest!
28 Weeks - Admitted to the hospital for 90% effacement of cervix. Cerclage still in tact but pulling. If it broke I would have to deliver and this is too soon. The babies are measuring 2.8 and 2.11 pounds. Was in the hospital for 23 days this time.
31 Weeks - Was sent home. Babies were 3.9 and 3.10 pounds. Stay on bed-rest.
36 Weeks 3 Days - Scheduled C-Section
Babies Born October 3, 2008!!!

5 Years of Infertility

Brent and I had dated for years - since my senior year of High School and were finally married on September 27, 2003. We had been together so long that we decided we would start a family immediately. Things turned out to be a bit more difficult than we planned. After many years of trying and medical intervention I was finally diagnoised with Endometriosis in Feb. of 2007. My disease was severe - stage 4 and had spread to my liver. After having exploratory surgery Dr. Cook thought that my ovaries and tubes were capable of functioning properly enough to produce a pregnancy but with the hostile environment inside of me I would need lots of help. We began Lupron therapy that would last 6 months as a way to try to "kill" off some of the endo. When the 6 months was up we began rounds of Clomid with IUI (Intra-Uteran Insemination). We did 2 cycles of this with no result. Our only other option was IVF which we decided to begin in January of 2008. After carefully following the treatment schedule of meds. and shots we had 14 eggs retrieved on Feb. 5, 2008 and of the 14 eggs 6 fertilized and became embryos. On Feb. 8, 2008 Dr. Gill transfered 3 of the best of the embryos. Two weeks later (Feb. 22nd) MaryLou called with the good news that my pregnancy test was positive!!!