Opening Night!

It was a dark and stormy night...

And boy, was it! The fast version is that we are now the proud parents of two bouncing baby boys.

At 12:05 AM on September 5, 2011, Dexter Alvin Ren-Hao Ying was born weighing 5 lbs, 13.5 oz and 19" length. Less than a minute later (also at 12:05 AM), Spencer Mitchell Ren-Jie Ying was born weighing 6 lbs, 0.5 oz and 18.75" length. Both boys are healthy. Dexter is fine, but being monitored in the NICU bed. Spencer is also fine but was having irregular breathing so he is on a nasal tube to teach him to breath evenly and help regulate his breathing (but he is not on a respirator).

Now for the longer version:

So, we were at a Labor Day picnic and around 8:30 PM, we had early warnings that the babies were getting ready. After a quick visit to the emergency room and monitoring for about 2 hours, we were told that the babies were ready to arrive and that they were getting ready for a C-section.  We hopped in the car shortly after 11:00 PM and heading north.  We hit a major thunderstorm around York PA that slowed us down for about 40 minutes (visibility was VERY bad), but we made it to the hospital around 1:30 AM.  They were putting IV's in the boys and getting the settled into the NICU.  At 2:00 PM we were able to go into the NICU and spent about an hour with the boys.  We weren't able to hold them yet, but we could touch them and talk/sing to them and have them hold onto our fingers.  Both are healthy and doing great.  When they are able to regulate their own body temperature, breathe regularly without aid (Dexter is able to do this already and Spencer should be okay soon), and eat a specific amount per day, then they'll be ready to leave the hospital.  The staff expect us to be here a few days.  They've been fed so far by IV, but the staff say that they plan to try them out on formula later today.  


The hospital has been great to us.  They had an empty room and allowed us to stay here overnight.  Fortunately for us, they have no scheduled births for this week and as long as there aren't too many unscheduled births in the next few days, we should be able to stay here as long as the babies are in the NICU.  We've been in to see the boys twice today and will be going back pretty soon to visit again and take some photos.


Stay tuned for more details!