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The Wheelock Family: The Wheelock Quads are Born (Part 2)
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Saturday, April 24, 2010. The Wheelock Quads are Born (Part 2). Much of the following was a blur because of our exhaustion, delerium, and (for Crissie) pain medications. But first, I need to back up a little bit. I still don't know how long we stood there in silence watching everyone work. I do know that I felt my heart was literally being ripped in two- so much so that I thought was having a heart attack. Crissie sat and cried while I stood. We were completely devastated. We continued to wait for a mira...
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The Wheelock Family: NICU Update (D-Day + 17)
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010. NICU Update (D-Day 17). By the time I put the period on this sentence, what I think I know about the condition about our daughters will be old news. Seriously, it changes that fast. Are open. Then they're closed. Then one's open again. Got that fixed. The other one's open. Now it's closed. Check that. Yep, they're both feeding. No they're not. One of them is. Not anymore. One's not pooping. Now she's pooping. Starting feeds. Stopping feeds. Why? PDAs open. Crap! The sea turtle joke ...
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The Wheelock Family: February 2010
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Thursday, February 25, 2010. How did this happen? We've been directing more and more people to follow along with our journey on this blog, but the one question people keep asking is how this all started? To review: No Intrauterine Insemination (IUI), no In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), yes follicle stimulation, yes bedroom happy-time. Nothing against IUI or IVF, of course- people just ask us all the time because they hear "quadruplet" and they automatically assume implanted fertilized eggs. Mardi Gras follo...
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The Wheelock Family: January 2010
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Monday, January 18, 2010. Second trimester is here! We were looking forward to the second trimester for many reasons- foremost among those the subsidence of morning sickness. Unfortunately, we're still waiting. On top of occasional symptoms, she's dealing with the discomfort of being continuously stretched. and stretched. and stretched a little more. So, (drumroll please). Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Introduction to our Blog. So this is the blogosphere. There are so many hundreds of little things that most...
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The Wheelock Family: The Wheelock Quads are Born (Part 1)
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Saturday, April 24, 2010. The Wheelock Quads are Born (Part 1). We thought we were prepared for this. At 8:38 pm on April 17th, Amelia Frances (Baby B) was born first at 1 pound, 7.5 ounces. At 8:39 came Elena Marie (Baby C) at 1 pound 15.8 ounces, followed by Garrison Thomas (Baby A) at 8:40 also weighing 1 pound 15.8 ounces. At 8:41, Lillian Brooks was born sleeping. Nurse Tracy took care of Lillian. She had the difficult duty of bathing and dressing her. Once Crissie was stabilized, she and I ...Once ...
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The Wheelock Family: Amelia comes home!
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Monday, August 2, 2010. The long awaited day has finally arrived! Actually, it arrived this past Wednesday, but we've been a little busy since then. Amelia Frances finally came home to live with the rest of her family. Wouldn't you know it, we had just started to get into a rhythm with Elena, who had a two-week head start on her sister at home. We thought we had it all figured out. Here's a short list of things we weren't prepared for. Amelia's first bath at home. Twin sisters holding twin sisters (Awwww!
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The Wheelock Family: August 2010
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Monday, August 2, 2010. The long awaited day has finally arrived! Actually, it arrived this past Wednesday, but we've been a little busy since then. Amelia Frances finally came home to live with the rest of her family. Wouldn't you know it, we had just started to get into a rhythm with Elena, who had a two-week head start on her sister at home. We thought we had it all figured out. Here's a short list of things we weren't prepared for. Amelia's first bath at home. Twin sisters holding twin sisters (Awwww!
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The Wheelock Family: Elena comes home...
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Man, it's tough to keep up with this thing. Elena, who as I write this is nearly a pound less than Amelia, progressed so well on her bottle feedings that the doctors said she had to go home. So, yesterday, we loaded up the truck and took our first baby home. Looking forward to it. That was until last night, when it finally happened- wasn't quite the warm and fuzzy moment I'd imagined. Despite that, we'll never again take for granted how "easy" it is to make babies. The first...
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The Wheelock Family: July 2010
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Man, it's tough to keep up with this thing. Elena, who as I write this is nearly a pound less than Amelia, progressed so well on her bottle feedings that the doctors said she had to go home. So, yesterday, we loaded up the truck and took our first baby home. Looking forward to it. That was until last night, when it finally happened- wasn't quite the warm and fuzzy moment I'd imagined. Despite that, we'll never again take for granted how "easy" it is to make babies. The first...
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The Wheelock Family: Moving right along...
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Thursday, June 17, 2010. I've been a very bad blogger lately. I've started and stopped this entry a few times, and thus (because things change so fast) I've had to start over each time. I'll go "long story short" and say that overall, the girls are doing well. It's hard to believe that they are two months old today- or roughly 35 weeks gestational age. This is Elena taking a bottle. Momma and her babies. Elena sleeping without her feeding tube. June 17, 2010 at 8:55 PM. June 18, 2010 at 7:06 AM. Our quad...
