On Tuesday night, July 22, Stephanie began to have contractions and run a fever. Wednesday morning they drew blood work and her white blood cell count was high. This left us with no choice, we had to deliver Baby A to get rid of the infection. They induced Stephanie more to make it go faster as the sooner they got the infection under control, the better for Stephanie.
Elisha James was born July 23 at 3:26, weighing 12 ounces, and was 10 inches long.
After Eli was born they stopped the medicine, and Stephanie's contractions stopped. The other two babies sacs were still intact and their heartbeats strong. We thought we were in the clear. Then all of a sudden Stephanie's temperature spiked out of control into very dangerous territory. The doctors tried everything to break the fever, but nothing was breaking it. They told us we would have to deliver the other two babies, or Stephanie's uterus and life would be on the line. They left us for five minutes to take it all in, and in the process, Steph's contractions started again. They came back in and started the medicine to speed up the process again.
Isaac Matthew was born July 23 at 8:46, weighing 13 ounces, and was 10 and 1/4 inches long.
Micah Ray (our little tomboy) was born July 23 at 8:50, weighing 11 ounces, and was 10 inches long.
They were all three beautiful babies. The boys looked like me, with long everything, especially fingers and toes. Micah looked like Steph, with the cutest little pixie face ever. It all happened so fast, we are still in shock, and of course our hearts are broken.
However we have hope. As parents, our greatest goal was to raise our babies to love and serve Jesus with their whole hearts. Although it didn't happen as we had planned, that is exactly what our babies are doing, loving and serving Jesus.
Please pray for us as we have so much to deal with, and so much to do. God has been our stronghold and given us great peace, but it doesn't heal our broken hearts.
Thank you for your prayers throughout this process, and for your prayers as we try and move foward. God bless.
Matt and Steph - My heart aches with you as I pray for strength and peace for you and your families.
ReplyDeleteYou are both wonderful and Godly people, strong in your faith. I cannot imagine what you are going through, but I know that the Lord will be with you and use this to bring others to Him. Derry and I are praying for you and your families. We love you!!
ReplyDeletedonna schnieder contacted me to see if i could possiblycontact you. my name is sarah, i have lost some sweet babies too. a few times. if you would like to talk or wonder at what happens next you can email me.
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