Result

So after 16 weeks and 6 days in hospital, 16 weeks of sleepless nights, heartache and frustration, Jacob and Lilian were finally discharged from hospital on Monday 21st October 2013! We couldn't be happier with them being home and look forward to more... sleepless nights, heartache and frustration ;)

Over the last few days we have been extremely busy with looking after our babies and getting to grips with home oxygen and medications (both are so simple now we have had a go, but a lot of parents we have spoken to at the hospital have said that they found the whole thing daunting at first - we were just relieved to be getting them home we didn't care what 'extras' that came with).

In the very near future we will be back in hospital for Jacob's reversal surgery, but we hope to be back home very soon. Unfortunately, we don't get rid of hospitals that easily! The twins have got an extensive list of appointments and referrals that will be keeping us on our toes for the next few years (we're still aiming for everything to be back to 'normal' by a corrected age of 2 (October 2015)) but we will just have to see.

For family and friends, once Jacob has recovered from his surgery we would love to introduce you to the babies! We shall be in touch.....

For families on your own preterm journey, we hope that this blog has helped give you an idea of what you can expect over the coming weeks / months. We're told our babies were uncommonly old before they were discharged (2 weeks and 5 days after their due date), so rest assured that chances are your baby/babies will be discharged much closer to their due date. Nearly everyone we have met along the way have had their babies home around 2 weeks before their due date, it just depends on what issues the babies have had along the way.

To all our friends and family who have supported us along the way we would like to thank you all, it has meant a lot to us. For all of the medical staff who have cared for our babies we would like to extend our enormous appreciation in delivering our babies to us safe and sound, you will all be in our hearts forever.

So is this the final post on Our Impatient Twins? ... Most likely not, we do have the surgery and follow up meetings which we hope to continue to put up to aid other parents who may find this story reassuring or helpful in any way, but for now we will just be enjoying the long-awaited alone-time with our babies!