We had 30-week premature twins and one came home on oxygen. It is SO nice to have them home! But I'll admit that the first few months are kinda a blur. It's completely worth it - my boys are now teenagers!
my gf and I have 1 daughter wich 5 years old but she wants have more kids wich nice wich im glad to have them forever and way better then her ex was wich he was awwful and wouldnt buy her 5 year old daughter a pup as she wanted and he got angry at her and told them not get any but now im hers now wich im glade I send my gf google cards and it saved them added money up wich ive spent $850.00 on them towards get the little one her pup wich shes been so happy ever seince wich im a proud dad to her better then her other dad wich they have nothing do with him any more :)
I had 34-week twins and a C-section because they were both breach. When they were born I had five children under 5 years old. My life was a blur for the next two years. So worth it though. I had two more a few years later and those seven kids are the light of my life, they're now in their 30s and 40s. Those months of exhaustion and constant stress have given me so many decades of joy. God bless you and your family. I've been praying for you ever since you went to the hospital. So happy to see the end of hospital runs in sight for you. ♥️
Your babies are growing, Royal looks like Arthur and Truly looks like Bre I think. I have been praying so hard for them. Glad to here about your next step. Stay safe and sending lots of 💙🙏
Goodness I love to clean and organize if I lived closer to you guys I would come in for a weekend and get your house all set for the baby’s arrival. I love your channel and you’re doing a beautiful job with your family. Blessings to the two babies.
It is so wonderful you have the girls to help at home. I am so very proud of them and how well they handle family responsibilities. All the kids have great spirits about them. It is a joy to watch them developed into young adults. God bless you all. The babies are responding so much now the kids will all be happy to love on them.
Praising God and praying for complete healing that baby girl will breathe on her own… that they will breast feed so easily…. And that Bri will have God’s STRENGTH manifested in her and and at PEACE… love you guys and and are sincerely praying that Gods hand be on you ALL!
Praying for the great comforter to fill Bri with the peace that passes understanding, for babies to continue to do well and for transition process both at the hospital and when at home to go as smoothly and as easily as possible! Grace is doing an amazing job with her pigeons! She is one of the smartest and most industrious people her age I have seen! She is such a huge blessing and help to the family, but she's still a kid so please be sure to acknowledge her huge contribution! 💖👍💕👏
Yes but hand hygiene for ALL family members movig between the rental house and the farmstead wil be paramount until those preemies get thru Fall moldy air and this Winter's respiratory virus - teachable moment for all, think proactively how to avoid domestic hazards (like *not* bringing home a _self-propelled battery operated toy car_ capable of travelling unpredictably under foot, trip hazard for anyone, who could fall onto or over a nursing mom or a baby changing table!!!
@@clarekrishan1597 yes you're right!! Ive thought about hand hygiene since babies have been born,around premies in nicu!! Wondered since farm animals,dirt & manure,water in basement & creekwater,rainwater drainage all around & ppl handling everything,hands on face,mouth,etc.
When we brought home our now 19 month old he only took a bottle, he wasn't strong enough to nurse . Pumping was very hard to deal with mentally . However , my husband prayed over him and I every chance he had because he knew we both needed to heal properly. Through prayer , we found an amazing pediatric chiropractor and within a week's time our baby was able to nurse and has been a champ since . Prayers for this transition to go throughly .
@Rachael Hidenreich - ✅ So many times we are worrying & anxious, either trying all we can think of, or stop trying altogether in fear mode. 😢 I was surprised, then very thankful they had the foresight, when I learned my son & his wife took each of their newborns to their family chiropractor for initial appt. & begin regular care. 💕😆 Of COURSE infant's little spines, nerves, & l joints aren't in the optimal alignment after being in tight fetal position before birth, then the trauma of being born, tugged at & turned all about. I'd never thought about chiropractic adjustments for infants, but knew it's beneficial for school age kids (athletics, band, accidents) & of course for adults. I did take my 3 children to chiropractor throughout their school years. I've had adjustments since about 12 years old. Have birth defect of fused vertebrae in low spine, & been in several automobile wrecks. A good chiropractic doctor can ward off or treat many medical problems successfully.🙏🏼💕
When my kids were little we loved things that were put out for trash. We actually got two of those big battery operated cars. A corvette and an ATV type. Only needed new batteries. This is great news about the babies. It will be difficult having 2 at home but you have so much help that it's not going to seem as difficult as it is now. Hang in there. Soon you will all be under one roof and the new normal will begin. Blessings
Hearing you talking about bonding with your babies for several weeks after they are born makes heart burst. I think that is so important and my heart has hurt that you weren't able to do that. So please take that time and do so when they come home. I see so much of me in you and the things you say.
Bree you’re already blessed because you’re married to a nurse. I’m sure he has all kinds of tricks to keep a little stickers on their faces with the tubes
I had so much anxiety when my babies were little, I used to wish that I had married someone in the medical profession just for that extra sense of security for us all at that time!
When I was in the NICU with my youngest I had a kind nurse tell me in a year this will all be behind you and that sweet little one will be running and playing. A year later I was so happy that she was right. But boy was that NICU stay hard. Every video you share I identify with you and I am so excited for you to bring them home soon.
Beautiful pigeons Grace! I had a flock of 60 pigeons years ago. What fun they were and how wonderful it was to see them fly all around my property. Every day I would let them out to soar and streak through the sky and one by one they would come back to their roost. The day came when I had to move so I gave them away to a boy who lived 20 miles away. Three days after he took them they all flew back to me! I was so happy to see them again. I called the boy and he came again. They were gone for a week this time but somehow they got out and again they flew the 20 miles back to me. I was thrilled to see my pigeon friends again! I changed my plans to move and enjoyed my pigeons for years after that. I have very fond memories of those loving loyal birds.
I had that dream when they were first born that they came home early❤️🙏🏻✝️. So precious! I really can’t imagine anyone giving this a thumbs down.....so strange! God bless ! I’m so happy for y’all ❤️🙏🏻❤️
I don't think they don't support, I believe for the health of the babies is their view. Breast feeding they don't know how much they're taking in & won't have the extra they're adding.
Their genders are SO evident!!!!!! Once again, GORGEOUS babies. If it's any consolation, you are all upheld in the throne room. We are sending you our love from afar.
Bri I pray for you! I pray your anxiety lessens and you’re positivity increases. May God show you the many blessings you’ve been given. Congratulations on the good news!
When the babies came on I got the biggest smile on my face! They look so good and are so beautiful. Be patient! They will be home soon. Man, Wilder is getting so big! Little Speed Demon!!!
I'm not sure what your lactation consultant thinks, but I used the Medela SNS (supplemental nursing system) with my premmie. It has a bottle for the milk and it hangs around your neck, then it has a tube that you tape to your nipple. so when your babies feed, you can still guarantee that the milk is going in and it still teaches them to breastfeed. It is something to think about if having a guaranteed milk amount is what your doctors want to for you to go home.
I was going to suggest the same thing although I didn't remember the name, or it may have been different when I worked in post-partum, older brain doesn't remember as well as it used to! Not only does it help in knowing the amount the baby is getting, it also helps the baby with the difference in sucking between bottle and breast. The tongue moves differently and it actually takes more energy to nurse. So for Truly especially, it might be helpful since she is still on oxygen.
Oh wow. That's awesome. I had a premie who is now 35. I would use the pump at the hospital and they would bottle feed her. When she was home I nursed her right away..she was a piggy of a nurser. So I was lucky in that regard.
Yes absolutely this. My last 1 had a bad tongue tie and my supply dropped and he had to have a bottle until he had the tie corrected and he of course had preference to the bottle at that point so I used the sns to help get my supply back up and him used to nursing but also make sure he was getting enough to eat. It’s definitely a lot of work using the sns but so worth it.
I had to use the SNS and it was VERY helpful in being able to supplement while my baby was still technically breastfeeding/sucking and helping to keep my supply up and cue my body to produce more milk (which I was struggling with).
What a sweet video ! Such a loving family The twins, so precious and glowing with an inner light!! ! Thank you for sharing your life with me, just one of many who are nourished emotionally by you. The soft sunshine and intense blue sky,, the pigeons learning to fly..so much young life thriving on the homestead. My grandmother was born in a little sod house on the North Dakota prairie, one of 11 children. I often wondered how her mother managed ?? She said, well the big kids took care of the little kids , the boys worked on the farm with their father, the girls in the soddy with their mother. My big concern was how did they dry diapers in the winter?? 120 some years later, here is your family, doing it the old way - everybody looks after everybody, work gets done. life goes on. It is beautiful to watch. My grandmother was 7 months pregnant around 1925 or so, and she had a bad fright when a strange man tried to come in her open kitchen door, She went into labor and my uncle was born early. She lived in a small town and the nearest hospital was 100 miles away. He was so tiny, they made a little bed in a shoebox and kept him in the warming oven above the wood burning cook stove, for an incubator.. After following the birth and care of your twins in the NICU, I can’t even get my mind around what a miracle it was that both she and her babe made it through.. He grew up and had a family of his own. I can only imagine that grandma kept him on her chest and breast almost all the time.,
I am so happy that the twins are progressing. Thank you, Art and Bri, for being such wonderful parents, for advocating for your babies, and for sharing your journey with us.🙂
I am soooo happy for you!!!! When my 3rd son was born, the doctor wanted him to stay 1 more night under the bili lights after I was discharged. I was a MESS!!! just leaving him for 1 night.... I can't begin to imagine what premie parents go through leaving their babies for weeks or months. They look beautiful!!! Praying your babies can come home soon!!!
I am so excited for your whole family! Finally going to be one big cohesive unit! Congrats! I will continue to pray that everything falls into place with no issues ❤️
keep moving forward. y’all can make it. time will keep moving either way. your families love you. this holiday season is something you could maybe have thoughts about to imagine and cheer up with
Wilder drives with an angel on his shoulder!! Lol Each day brings you so much closer and it will be so awesome to see that day arrive. Such great news. Congrats!!
You are both so strong and I share in your delight of the homecoming! Thank you so much for the update on your beautiful babies! We continue to pray for a smooth transition and may He continue to hold you in the palm of His hand!
I can totally understand your trepidation and anxiety, Bri, about any changes with regards to your precious Truly and Royal. It has been such a difficult, long road getting them to where they are. You've done extraordinary work supplying breast milk for both babies for as long as you have and the fact that you are continuing on with it, is amazing. When I had my daughter 21+ years ago, I was told that breastfeeding was the best way to prevent allergies. I have anaphylactic allergies, so that was one of my biggest fears for her. Of course I was willing to breastfeed as long as they told me to. I was blessed with a huge milk supply. We came home from the hospital the day after I gave birth to her, only to have her become non-responsive and floppy by that same time the next day. After rushing back to the hospital with her, it was determined that she had dehydrated because my milk had yet to come in. I was given a room where I could stay with her, and was directed to the hospital "pump room" (which to me I always felt it sounded more mechanical than breast milk pumping). It was a room with uncomfortable chairs and pumps on these desk-type tables with partitions between each desk. It felt like they were there to prevent us from cheating on a test or something, haha. Anyways, in my effort to get that milk to come in, I'd go down there about every 2 hours and sit there until I had a couple ounces, which sometimes took an hour or more. Anyways, once my milk did come it, I had enough for 4 babies! It did decrease a bit, but throughout the entire 18 mo I breastfed her, I always had more than she needed. I was donating some to the hospital from when she was about 6 months old. I'd have done it sooner but wasn't aware of that program, which I thought was brilliant. Of course, they tested me, my blood, milk, etc. to make sure there were no meds, etc. in the milk. The nurses who ran the program were always amazed at how m much I would bring in. Even once I was no longer doing that, the supply continued. In fact, I could still express a few drops while I was in the shower up to a year after she'd finished! The human body is an amazing thing. Congrats on getting to the point where bringing your beautiful twins home, is in sight. You've all worked hard, made sacrifices and focused on them from the time you were admitted, Bri and I know that the older children will be so very thrilled to have both their parents at home, as well as their new siblings. I'm looking forward to getting a peak into life once they get home and hearing how things are going. You are both such a loving couple, there is no doubt that although you are spread very thin at the moment, you've got more than enough for all your kiddos. Best wishes and all my love. Take care of one another... the rest will just work out.❤❤💙💙💙❤💙 xo Heather🇨🇦
Thank you for sharing this exciting update! I also cannot thank you enough for bringing light to the anxiety piece of this unknown. Keep it up, you totally GOT THIS! All will feel right again once everybody is home 💙💜
I know you hear this all the time, but from the bottom of my heart you are an amazing family. Those precious babies, too darn cute. You are a blessing to me. 🤗💫🙏
So Delightful , such joyful news! They both look soooo pink, plump and healthy! Being able to with them 24/7 in the hospital and bringing them home soon to hug and hold and love anytime you want to, no wonder you are just beaming today! Grace and Pigeon project, very cool!
Love and prayers sent your way for all your family , I couldn't even imagine the stress of this journey you're on but such good news on your babies ❤️❤️ blessings always from me to you
Thank you for sharing with us. Your honesty in showing us your vulnerability, just reinforces that it’s ok to be frustrated, and you and Art handle it so well. Blessings to you.
What an incredible answer to all of our prayers!! Your family is truly a blessing to all of us, and thank you for letting us share in your family life!! Blessings in abundance!!
Both of your babies look just like their father, I think. They are so adorable. How nice to have home. I am excited for you. Enjoy! They grow up so fast!
Oh I love them, they are so precious and beautiful. Soon real soon they will be home. Still praying all keeps going well. God Bless your family and the little ones. Peace.
I’m so excited for you all. I remember bringing my son home from the NICU after eight weeks, he coded three times but now he is 34 married and a business owner and homesteader. You have so much to look forward to. May God bless you and your family.
Your whole family will be fine. Look at the drive, wear and tear, and time in the van, like commuting to a job (but this job commute, is only temporary, for a couple of months). No stress of leaving any of the other children in daycare, they are all safe at home. The babies are getting world-class care and are thriving. Your husband, family and friends, are all there for support. You have created a loving, nurturing home environment, for the family. Your body has physically recovered from the birth. You have a great plan to welcome the babies into the family. Yes, it will be hard work, like all babies are, but you are a strong woman, and this time of your life, will be in the rearview mirror, soon!
Love, Love, LOVE seeing those sweet beautiful precious babies snuggling together. They look so content❤. I am so happy for your family that the babies get to go home soon. I have been praying for you all and will continue to pray for you as I am sure so many others are as well. God bless you all.❤
So glad you are to this point. You will get through and your family will be all together at home very soon. YOU and Art have got this although a challenge. Wonderful !
Wilder on his four wheeler with his big smile made my heart happy. The babies sure are looking well, how nice to be able to have privacy at the hospital now. Grace is such a beautiful young woman with a kind heart for animals. I am sure she is a big help to you all at this time and I hope she gets to have some fun with friends too. God bless.
So precious and encouraging to know your family will be back together soon! I love the pigeons and how Grace has really enjoyed them and they come to her call! Love your family, adventures of your ongoing journey! God is Good and always with you all!❤️🙏🙌🦋🥰
Postpartum Party in the Big Bed! So sweet. The kids will get to finally meet them! I can't wait with you! Thank you God for all the little milestones and victories!! Praying for this transition. 💖💖💖 So amazingly cool about Grace's pigeons. She's doing such a great job!
Good news guys, tx for sharing. You are both inspiring folks especially advocating for those babies for so long. Happy and proud of it all. Godspeed.😇💖 can't wait until you are all at home, continued blessings. Great job on the pigeons, never thought I'd say that. Go Wilder go, have good safe fun on your vroom vroom
Wonderful news! The babies looked healthy and strong! I always prepare for the worst but expect the best and take one day at a time. Your families will offer to help. Take it and take care of yourselves. 🥰
What a perfect opening vid of your dump find - a 4 wheeler, & that beautiful child, having so much fun on it. I was surprised at how well he was able to control it when he picked up speed, rounded the corners without coliding with the porch railings, even though he'd been looking back, grinning at the camera - so amused & pleased that dad was right behind him. Amazing camera work to always be able to watch. He'll love seeing it when he's older. Great choice of music too on that sunny early Autumn day. Otherwise, my heart goes out to you & your babies. They both are looking amazingly healthy, though still weak. Meanwhile, today you two look exhausted & stressed. You're both being so strong & competent despite so many hurdles you must jump every day. This next change might allow you both to relax a bit each day until it's time to bring them home, & I was glad you mentioned that they might be able to come home at the same time. Let's hope Truely builds up a bit more so she can come off oxygen. And I believe your insistance on organic, non GMO formula may help them build the gut bacteria they must have sooner. It might perk them right up, by improving their diet. I hope you two have been able to eat decent food during this stressful time. If there's a non-stress diet, I'd recommend it to be gentle with yourselves. You both have so many plates spinning at all times. When you sait it would be a few more weeks of you both driving back & forth each day, driving an hour each way...is a drain. Is there someone who could volunteer to drive you so you could rest as just a passenger, & maybe check emails, or nap while they're driving? Though I can see you both accept having do so much now, by knowing this too shall pass, I just hope that you both just have some time to rest & relax - now - not have to wait for 2 weeks from now. Coming home with a preemie must be a stressful time, though mixed with the pleasure of being back together as a family - which you two described so beautifully - it really touched me. I hope it will be as beautiful as I imagine it will be, when you finally bring the twins home, even though two preemies are going to need twice the vigilence. I really hope you get some real hands on help from friends & neighbors, so you can both start taking more naps so you can get back to feeling more rested. Don't want to overstep, but I think your faces both show inflammation. Maybe you'd both been esting a lot of bready things or sweets, but if not, that pinkinsh, slightly puffy looking face - which I can get too, could be due to elevated Cortizol levels, which need to be reduced. You might do well to take some calming herb teas & also anything that naturally lowers stress on your body. Turmeric is one thing that lowers our BP. It has many other helpful properties - but for inflammation, it's one of your best & trusted options, I believe. Also I can personally attest to taking HA & MSM together daily. Some skin care produts are now including HA. It helps heal tissue - like our disks, so I've been taking it for my arthritic fingers for many years now - over 10 years, & it really helped to reduce the level of inflamation in my body. It's good for the brain, the eyes, the heart, our muscles, etc. So when I began taking it, it helped to heal my bones & HA helps disks retain moisture & suppleness. Many of us are dehydrated, so the disks have less plumpness. So now my joints are under much less stress.These nutrients healed my finger joints, to the extent that I can go for weeks without taking the HA & MSM, & now, most of the time, I'm without pain in my fingers. After a while, like lately, I'm starting to feel it coming back a bit, so I'm reminded to start taking it again. My last joints on both hands are damaged by years od not knowing these would help.The OTC would wear off in about 3 hrs & I'd be in pain again. The end joints of my fingers used to get red & hot with inflammation. Since I started taking those, now I rarely take an OTC for pain. Also, I can see the difference in my face when I take them too - since it reduces the inflammation in my whole body. Also try taking two Omega 3 capsules every day. It really helps many things as well as stress & anxiety & depression. Bottom line, it may help you feel more fortified with alll you have to do every day.
Look at those sweet chunk-a-monks! Awwwww they r COMING HOME SOON! YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SOOOOOOO GOOD AND THE LOVE FROM A FAMILY IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. I wish it was enough for every family and im so glad it was this time for yall! And I hope the ppl that it went a different way can find peace also.
Beautiful video. Grace your pigeons are so cool I enjoyed watching you training them. Art and Bri soon and very soon you'll have the whole family together at home. So proud of you and the children keeping your farm going. Bri you are doing a great job...your babies and children are your first priority. There is no shame in making your family number one..house chores will always be there.
Aww, the babies royal and truely are so cute and they look so great. Grace is doing so great with her pigeons and she does so much around the house to help. I'm sure things will become less hectic without all the traveling, once the babies are home.
I‘m so glad you were able to have an influence on which formula those beautiful babies‘ bottles are fortified with. As a 40+ year old german, i grew up on Hipp myself and both my babies were fortified with Hipp. My MIL sent it to me regularly when we were stationed in the US, so I never ran out. This was 15 years ago. Glad to hear that it is now available in the US also. You are doing right by those babies - never be afraid to advocate for your babies! You are doing a great job Momma! All of your kiddos are lucky to have you both. Keeping my fingers crossed you‘ll all be together soon - at home! 🙂
We had 30-week premature twins and one came home on oxygen. It is SO nice to have them home! But I'll admit that the first few months are kinda a blur. It's completely worth it - my boys are now teenagers!
my gf and I have 1 daughter wich 5 years old but she wants have more kids wich nice wich im glad to have them forever and way better then her ex was wich he was awwful and wouldnt buy her 5 year old daughter a pup as she wanted and he got angry at her and told them not get any but now im hers now wich im glade I send my gf google cards and it saved them added money up wich ive spent $850.00 on them towards get the little one her pup wich shes been so happy ever seince wich im a proud dad to her better then her other dad wich they have nothing do with him any more :)
🙋🏼♀️🕊. It’s amazing! When challenges come are way .sometimes we think we can’t do it ….but we do and we look back and say it all came together❤️🕊❤️🕊
I had 34-week twins and a C-section because they were both breach. When they were born I had five children under 5 years old. My life was a blur for the next two years. So worth it though. I had two more a few years later and those seven kids are the light of my life, they're now in their 30s and 40s. Those months of exhaustion and constant stress have given me so many decades of joy. God bless you and your family. I've been praying for you ever since you went to the hospital. So happy to see the end of hospital runs in sight for you. ♥️
Your babies are growing, Royal looks like Arthur and Truly looks like Bre I think. I have been praying so hard for them. Glad to here about your next step. Stay safe and sending lots of 💙🙏
I’ve thought that for ages now. What a wonderful outcome. All my love, Ellen. Queensland, Australia.
Goodness I love to clean and organize if I lived closer to you guys I would come in for a weekend and get your house all set for the baby’s arrival. I love your channel and you’re doing a beautiful job with your family. Blessings to the two babies.
I'd be there to lend a hand!
It is so wonderful you have the girls to help at home. I am so very proud of them and how well they handle family responsibilities. All the kids have great spirits about them. It is a joy to watch them developed into young adults. God bless you all. The babies are responding so much now the kids will all be happy to love on them.
Praising God and praying for complete healing that baby girl will breathe on her own… that they will breast feed so easily…. And that Bri will have God’s STRENGTH manifested in her and and at PEACE… love you guys and and are sincerely praying that Gods hand be on you ALL!
Praying for the great comforter to fill Bri with the peace that passes understanding, for babies to continue to do well and for transition process both at the hospital and when at home to go as smoothly and as easily as possible!
Grace is doing an amazing job with her pigeons! She is one of the smartest and most industrious people her age I have seen! She is such a huge blessing and help to the family, but she's still a kid so please be sure to acknowledge her huge contribution! 💖👍💕👏
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Yes but hand hygiene for ALL family members movig between the rental house and the farmstead wil be paramount until those preemies get thru Fall moldy air and this Winter's respiratory virus - teachable moment for all, think proactively how to avoid domestic hazards (like *not* bringing home a _self-propelled battery operated toy car_ capable of travelling unpredictably under foot, trip hazard for anyone, who could fall onto or over a nursing mom or a baby changing table!!!
@@clarekrishan1597 yes you're right!! Ive thought about hand hygiene since babies have been born,around premies in nicu!! Wondered since farm animals,dirt & manure,water in basement & creekwater,rainwater drainage all around & ppl handling everything,hands on face,mouth,etc.
When we brought home our now 19 month old he only took a bottle, he wasn't strong enough to nurse .
Pumping was very hard to deal with mentally .
However , my husband prayed over him and I every chance he had because he knew we both needed to heal properly.
Through prayer , we found an amazing pediatric chiropractor and within a week's time our baby was able to nurse and has been a champ since .
Prayers for this transition to go throughly .
What a tremendously ,dedicated mother Bre is! And to have Art at her side! !What a great family.WOW ! ! !
@Rachael Hidenreich - ✅
So many times we are worrying & anxious, either trying all we can think of, or stop trying altogether in fear mode. 😢
I was surprised, then very thankful they had the foresight, when I learned my son & his wife took each of their newborns to their family chiropractor for initial appt. & begin regular care. 💕😆
Of COURSE infant's little spines, nerves, & l joints aren't in the optimal alignment after being in tight fetal position before birth, then the trauma of being born, tugged at & turned all about.
I'd never thought about chiropractic adjustments for infants, but knew it's beneficial for school age kids (athletics, band, accidents) & of course for adults.
I did take my 3 children to chiropractor throughout their school years. I've had adjustments since about 12 years old. Have birth defect of fused vertebrae in low spine, & been in several automobile wrecks.
A good chiropractic doctor can ward off or treat many medical problems successfully.🙏🏼💕
They look so good. They look like their daddy.
When my kids were little we loved things that were put out for trash. We actually got two of those big battery operated cars. A corvette and an ATV type. Only needed new batteries. This is great news about the babies. It will be difficult having 2 at home but you have so much help that it's not going to seem as difficult as it is now. Hang in there. Soon you will all be under one roof and the new normal will begin. Blessings
Hearing you talking about bonding with your babies for several weeks after they are born makes heart burst. I think that is so important and my heart has hurt that you weren't able to do that. So please take that time and do so when they come home. I see so much of me in you and the things you say.
Bree you’re already blessed because you’re married to a nurse. I’m sure he has all kinds of tricks to keep a little stickers on their faces with the tubes
I had so much anxiety when my babies were little, I used to wish that I had married someone in the medical profession just for that extra sense of security for us all at that time!
It seems the sound is too quiet. I can barely hear them talking. My phone is on high.
@@davidhansen1478 same with me!! They lower voices & talk softly,& fast,i cant hear but half what's said!!
When I was in the NICU with my youngest I had a kind nurse tell me in a year this will all be behind you and that sweet little one will be running and playing. A year later I was so happy that she was right. But boy was that NICU stay hard. Every video you share I identify with you and I am so excited for you to bring them home soon.
Royal and Truly are so so beautiful! I pray that the Lord will bring the babies home together soon! God bless you!
Blessings to you all
Babies bath time was adorable.
Beautiful pigeons Grace! I had a flock of 60 pigeons years ago. What fun they were and how wonderful it was to see them fly all around my property. Every day I would let them out to soar and streak through the sky and one by one they would come back to their roost. The day came when I had to move so I gave them away to a boy who lived 20 miles away. Three days after he took them they all flew back to me! I was so happy to see them again. I called the boy and he came again. They were gone for a week this time but somehow they got out and again they flew the 20 miles back to me. I was thrilled to see my pigeon friends again! I changed my plans to move and enjoyed my pigeons for years after that. I have very fond memories of those loving loyal birds.
I had that dream when they were first born that they came home early❤️🙏🏻✝️. So precious! I really can’t imagine anyone giving this a thumbs down.....so strange! God bless ! I’m so happy for y’all ❤️🙏🏻❤️
It's easy to click thumbs down without noticing. I'm confident that is the reason.
I support you on breastfeeding. So sorry the hospital does not support breastfeeding.
It takes a lot of baby energy to nurse, sometimes more calories than they get, so, it is a hard situation...
They need to keep track of the babies intake.
They can also track intake by measuring output - weigh the diapers.
I don't think they don't support, I believe for the health of the babies is their view. Breast feeding they don't know how much they're taking in & won't have the extra they're adding.
What wonderful news!! GOD IS GOOD!! So looking forward to seeing your children holding their new brother and sister! Continued prayers for you all!!
The babies look so good! So happy for them and your whole family.
Their genders are SO evident!!!!!!
Once again, GORGEOUS babies.
If it's any consolation, you are all upheld in the throne room.
We are sending you our love from afar.
I loved our recycling center when we could retrieve items to recycle our selves. So many good things go to waste.
Bri I pray for you! I pray your anxiety lessens and you’re positivity increases. May God show you the many blessings you’ve been given. Congratulations on the good news!
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You two are making a plan together, blessing to you all!
When the babies came on I got the biggest smile on my face! They look so good and are so beautiful. Be patient! They will be home soon. Man, Wilder is getting so big! Little Speed Demon!!!
I'm not sure what your lactation consultant thinks, but I used the Medela SNS (supplemental nursing system) with my premmie. It has a bottle for the milk and it hangs around your neck, then it has a tube that you tape to your nipple. so when your babies feed, you can still guarantee that the milk is going in and it still teaches them to breastfeed. It is something to think about if having a guaranteed milk amount is what your doctors want to for you to go home.
I was going to suggest the same thing although I didn't remember the name, or it may have been different when I worked in post-partum, older brain doesn't remember as well as it used to! Not only does it help in knowing the amount the baby is getting, it also helps the baby with the difference in sucking between bottle and breast. The tongue moves differently and it actually takes more energy to nurse. So for Truly especially, it might be helpful since she is still on oxygen.
Oh wow. That's awesome. I had a premie who is now 35. I would use the pump at the hospital and they would bottle feed her. When she was home I nursed her right away..she was a piggy of a nurser. So I was lucky in that regard.
Yes absolutely this. My last 1 had a bad tongue tie and my supply dropped and he had to have a bottle until he had the tie corrected and he of course had preference to the bottle at that point so I used the sns to help get my supply back up and him used to nursing but also make sure he was getting enough to eat. It’s definitely a lot of work using the sns but so worth it.
👍 I used that too and I’m sure that played a big part in transitioning my first baby onto the breast after a failed start to breastfeeding.
I had to use the SNS and it was VERY helpful in being able to supplement while my baby was still technically breastfeeding/sucking and helping to keep my supply up and cue my body to produce more milk (which I was struggling with).
What a sweet video ! Such a loving family The twins, so precious and glowing with an inner light!! ! Thank you for sharing your life with me, just one of many who are nourished emotionally by you. The soft sunshine and intense blue sky,, the pigeons learning to fly..so much young life thriving on the homestead. My grandmother was born in a little sod house on the North Dakota prairie, one of 11 children. I often wondered how her mother managed ?? She said, well the big kids took care of the little kids , the boys worked on the farm with their father, the girls in the soddy with their mother. My big concern was how did they dry diapers in the winter?? 120 some years later, here is your family, doing it the old way - everybody looks after everybody, work gets done. life goes on. It is beautiful to watch. My grandmother was 7 months pregnant around 1925 or so, and she had a bad fright when a strange man tried to come in her open kitchen door, She went into labor and my uncle was born early. She lived in a small town and the nearest hospital was 100 miles away. He was so tiny, they made a little bed in a shoebox and kept him in the warming oven above the wood burning cook stove, for an incubator.. After following the birth and care of your twins in the NICU, I can’t even get my mind around what a miracle it was that both she and her babe made it through.. He grew up and had a family of his own. I can only imagine that grandma kept him on her chest and breast almost all the time.,
Gosh this is such good news! Very exciting. You're both doing this step by step, good job. The twins both look like Art right now.
I am so happy that the twins are progressing. Thank you, Art and Bri, for being such wonderful parents, for advocating for your babies, and for sharing your journey with us.🙂
I am soooo happy for you!!!! When my 3rd son was born, the doctor wanted him to stay 1 more night under the bili lights after I was discharged. I was a MESS!!! just leaving him for 1 night.... I can't begin to imagine what premie parents go through leaving their babies for weeks or months. They look beautiful!!! Praying your babies can come home soon!!!
I love how you two always support each other, that's your strong point, from there you can do anything!!!!
Awesome update! Thanks guys!
You are so kind and brave to open your hearts to us. Thank you so much. I think of you every day and say a silent prayer for you.
I am so excited for your whole family! Finally going to be one big cohesive unit! Congrats! I will continue to pray that everything falls into place with no issues ❤️
So exciting to hear about the transition for you and babies. Praying for all the family
So happy for the progress the babies are making. Praying for them and you all.
keep moving forward. y’all can make it. time will keep moving either way. your families love you.
this holiday season is something you could maybe have thoughts about to imagine and cheer up with
Wilder drives with an angel on his shoulder!! Lol Each day brings you so much closer and it will be so awesome to see that day arrive. Such great news. Congrats!!
Prayers to you and the entire family!!
Awww, happy tears from me this morning. Answered prayers. Sending you much love and many hugs from NH❤️💕💜
You are both so strong and I share in your delight of the homecoming! Thank you so much for the update on your beautiful babies! We continue to pray for a smooth transition and may He continue to hold you in the palm of His hand!
That’s great progress, so glad for your family, your one step closer to getting them home!
I can totally understand your trepidation and anxiety, Bri, about any changes with regards to your precious Truly and Royal. It has been such a difficult, long road getting them to where they are. You've done extraordinary work supplying breast milk for both babies for as long as you have and the fact that you are continuing on with it, is amazing. When I had my daughter 21+ years ago, I was told that breastfeeding was the best way to prevent allergies. I have anaphylactic allergies, so that was one of my biggest fears for her. Of course I was willing to breastfeed as long as they told me to. I was blessed with a huge milk supply. We came home from the hospital the day after I gave birth to her, only to have her become non-responsive and floppy by that same time the next day. After rushing back to the hospital with her, it was determined that she had dehydrated because my milk had yet to come in.
I was given a room where I could stay with her, and was directed to the hospital "pump room" (which to me I always felt it sounded more mechanical than breast milk pumping). It was a room with uncomfortable chairs and pumps on these desk-type tables with partitions between each desk. It felt like they were there to prevent us from cheating on a test or something, haha. Anyways, in my effort to get that milk to come in, I'd go down there about every 2 hours and sit there until I had a couple ounces, which sometimes took an hour or more. Anyways, once my milk did come it, I had enough for 4 babies! It did decrease a bit, but throughout the entire 18 mo I breastfed her, I always had more than she needed. I was donating some to the hospital from when she was about 6 months old. I'd have done it sooner but wasn't aware of that program, which I thought was brilliant. Of course, they tested me, my blood, milk, etc. to make sure there were no meds, etc. in the milk. The nurses who ran the program were always amazed at how m much I would bring in. Even once I was no longer doing that, the supply continued. In fact, I could still express a few drops while I was in the shower up to a year after she'd finished! The human body is an amazing thing.
Congrats on getting to the point where bringing your beautiful twins home, is in sight. You've all worked hard, made sacrifices and focused on them from the time you were admitted, Bri and I know that the older children will be so very thrilled to have both their parents at home, as well as their new siblings. I'm looking forward to getting a peak into life once they get home and hearing how things are going. You are both such a loving couple, there is no doubt that although you are spread very thin at the moment, you've got more than enough for all your kiddos.
Best wishes and all my love. Take care of one another... the rest will just work out.❤❤💙💙💙❤💙
xo Heather🇨🇦
Thank you for sharing this exciting update! I also cannot thank you enough for bringing light to the anxiety piece of this unknown. Keep it up, you totally GOT THIS! All will feel right again once everybody is home 💙💜
So excited for both of you. It will all settle down once you get them home. Congratulations
I know you hear this all the time, but from the bottom of my heart you are an amazing family. Those precious babies, too darn cute. You are a blessing to me. 🤗💫🙏
Blessings! Blessings! Highly anticipated happy homecoming for the precious babies! They both look just like you Arthur! ❤❤❤🙏🙏🎈😊
So Delightful , such joyful news! They both look soooo pink, plump and healthy! Being able to with them 24/7 in the hospital and bringing them home soon to hug and hold and love anytime you want to, no wonder you are just beaming today! Grace and Pigeon project, very cool!
How exciting to be in the home stretch.
🙏🏻for your family everyday.
Love and prayers sent your way for all your family , I couldn't even imagine the stress of this journey you're on but such good news on your babies ❤️❤️ blessings always from me to you
Thank you for sharing with us. Your honesty in showing us your vulnerability, just reinforces that it’s ok to be frustrated, and you and Art handle it so well. Blessings to you.
Such wonderful news about the babies!! Grace you are doing a great job with the pigeons.
What an incredible answer to all of our prayers!!
Your family is truly a blessing to all of us, and thank you for letting us share in your family life!!
Blessings in abundance!!
AH they are so beautiful!! I can imagine you must be so exited with the news that they are in transition to come home. Be blessed
Both of your babies look just like their father, I think. They are so adorable. How nice to have home. I am excited for you. Enjoy! They grow up so fast!
Oh I love them, they are so precious and beautiful. Soon real soon they will be home. Still praying all keeps going well. God Bless your family and the little ones. Peace.
They are the cuties. So precious. Stay safe. You got this Bri.
Babies growing beautifully. And so are the pigeons wow that is wonderful how they just know. Almost home Bri!
That is such good news about the babies, very exciting! I hope it all goes well through the transition period & after you bring them home.
Gossssh everytime i see those babies, it makes me tear up! They're so beautiful & strong 💛
I’m so excited for you all. I remember bringing my son home from the NICU after eight weeks, he coded three times but now he is 34 married and a business owner and homesteader. You have so much to look forward to. May God bless you and your family.
Your whole family will be fine. Look at the drive, wear and tear, and time in the van, like commuting to a job (but this job commute, is only temporary, for a couple of months). No stress of leaving any of the other children in daycare, they are all safe at home. The babies are getting world-class care and are thriving. Your husband, family and friends, are all there for support. You have created a loving, nurturing home environment, for the family. Your body has physically recovered from the birth. You have a great plan to welcome the babies into the family. Yes, it will be hard work, like all babies are, but you are a strong woman, and this time of your life, will be in the rearview mirror, soon!
It's so good to see you happy Bee.. Both the babies are beautiful. They are coming home soon!
Love, Love, LOVE seeing those sweet beautiful precious babies snuggling together. They look so content❤.
I am so happy for your family that the babies get to go home soon. I have been praying for you all and will continue to pray for you as I am sure so many others are as well. God bless you all.❤
Good job, Grace! Love your efforts to train your pigeons. Excited for your baby brother and sister’s transition and continued progress.
So glad you are to this point. You will get through and your family will be all together at home very soon. YOU and Art have got this although a challenge. Wonderful !
You're a wonderful Mother, Bri. Give yourself grace and love in the moment each day, tomorrow will take care of itself.
Wilder on his four wheeler with his big smile made my heart happy. The babies sure are looking well, how nice to be able to have privacy at the hospital now. Grace is such a beautiful young woman with a kind heart for animals. I am sure she is a big help to you all at this time and I hope she gets to have some fun with friends too. God bless.
So precious and encouraging to know your family will be back together soon! I love the pigeons and how Grace has really enjoyed them and they come to her call!
Love your family, adventures of your ongoing journey! God is Good and always with you all!❤️🙏🙌🦋🥰
They are precious. Can't wait for you to come home!
How exciting! It's great to hear the babies are close to coming home... together! 🎉💖
Art & Bri ♡ you two just radiate God's love. Continued prayers for your family!
Postpartum Party in the Big Bed! So sweet. The kids will get to finally meet them!
I can't wait with you!
Thank you God for all the little milestones and victories!!
Praying for this transition. 💖💖💖
So amazingly cool about Grace's pigeons. She's doing such a great job!
they are beautiful, thank God for the good news. i hope you will have help at home. GOD BLESS YOU.
Wonderful update. So thankful for good progress of babies. Nice to see Grace with the pigeons also. 💖🙏
Praying you have an easy transition and bring those beautiful babies home soon.
Good news guys, tx for sharing. You are both inspiring folks especially advocating for those babies for so long. Happy and proud of it all. Godspeed.😇💖 can't wait until you are all at home, continued blessings. Great job on the pigeons, never thought I'd say that. Go Wilder go, have good safe fun on your vroom vroom
Art you seem so positive. Keep it up your babies will sense that.
Great news, praying for you guys
Wonderful news! The babies looked healthy and strong! I always prepare for the worst but expect the best and take one day at a time. Your families will offer to help. Take it and take care of yourselves. 🥰
So happy for y'all!! Nothing better in life then a happy family tucked in bed under the same roof!
How EXCITING for you!!! ❤️💛💙💕 big prayers being answered!
I think Everyone is praying n sending positive energy to you both!!!
Those babies are beautiful and looking chubby which is great, really looks like you have turned a corner. Peace love and happiness. 👶 👶
While we can still see the stress in your body language, the happiness is overflowing from your eyes and smile. So glad there’s good news!
The babies are so beautiful!
What a miracle they are!
What a perfect opening vid of your dump find - a 4 wheeler, & that beautiful child, having so much fun on it. I was surprised at how well he was able to control it when he picked up speed, rounded the corners without coliding with the porch railings, even though he'd been looking back, grinning at the camera - so amused & pleased that dad was right behind him. Amazing camera work to always be able to watch. He'll love seeing it when he's older. Great choice of music too on that sunny early Autumn day.
Otherwise, my heart goes out to you & your babies. They both are looking amazingly healthy, though still weak. Meanwhile, today you two look exhausted & stressed. You're both being so strong & competent despite so many hurdles you must jump every day. This next change might allow you both to relax a bit each day until it's time to bring them home, & I was glad you mentioned that they might be able to come home at the same time. Let's hope Truely builds up a bit more so she can come off oxygen. And I believe your insistance on organic, non GMO formula may help them build the gut bacteria they must have sooner. It might perk them right up, by improving their diet. I hope you two have been able to eat decent food during this stressful time.
If there's a non-stress diet, I'd recommend it to be gentle with yourselves. You both have so many plates spinning at all times. When you sait it would be a few more weeks of you both driving back & forth each day, driving an hour each way...is a drain. Is there someone who could volunteer to drive you so you could rest as just a passenger, & maybe check emails, or nap while they're driving?
Though I can see you both accept having do so much now, by knowing this too shall pass, I just hope that you both just have some time to rest & relax - now - not have to wait for 2 weeks from now. Coming home with a preemie must be a stressful time, though mixed with the pleasure of being back together as a family - which you two described so beautifully - it really touched me. I hope it will be as beautiful as I imagine it will be, when you finally bring the twins home, even though two preemies are going to need twice the vigilence. I really hope you get some real hands on help from friends & neighbors, so you can both start taking more naps so you can get back to feeling more rested.
Don't want to overstep, but I think your faces both show inflammation. Maybe you'd both been esting a lot of bready things or sweets, but if not, that pinkinsh, slightly puffy looking face - which I can get too, could be due to elevated Cortizol levels, which need to be reduced.
You might do well to take some calming herb teas & also anything that naturally lowers stress on your body. Turmeric is one thing that lowers our BP. It has many other helpful properties - but for inflammation, it's one of your best & trusted options, I believe.
Also I can personally attest to taking HA & MSM together daily. Some skin care produts are now including HA. It helps heal tissue - like our disks, so I've been taking it for my arthritic fingers for many years now - over 10 years, & it really helped to reduce the level of inflamation in my body. It's good for the brain, the eyes, the heart, our muscles, etc. So when I began taking it, it helped to heal my bones & HA helps disks retain moisture & suppleness.
Many of us are dehydrated, so the disks have less plumpness. So now my joints are under much less stress.These nutrients healed my finger joints, to the extent that I can go for weeks without taking the HA & MSM, & now, most of the time, I'm without pain in my fingers. After a while, like lately, I'm starting to feel it coming back a bit, so I'm reminded to start taking it again. My last joints on both hands are damaged by years od not knowing these would help.The OTC would wear off in about 3 hrs & I'd be in pain again.
The end joints of my fingers used to get red & hot with inflammation. Since I started taking those, now I rarely take an OTC for pain. Also, I can see the difference in my face when I take them too - since it reduces the inflammation in my whole body. Also try taking two Omega 3 capsules every day. It really helps many things as well as stress & anxiety & depression. Bottom line, it may help you feel more fortified with alll you have to do every day.
Look at those sweet chunk-a-monks! Awwwww they r COMING HOME SOON! YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SOOOOOOO GOOD AND THE LOVE FROM A FAMILY IS A BEAUTIFUL THING. I wish it was enough for every family and im so glad it was this time for yall! And I hope the ppl that it went a different way can find peace also.
Yippee. This is great news! And si lovely to see you being able to do normal baby things with them
Such good news about the babies! Blessings to you all🙏🏻💜😊
So sweet giving them a bath wrapped up at the same time ❣️ Praying for you and babies
Beautiful video. Grace your pigeons are so cool I enjoyed watching you training them. Art and Bri soon and very soon you'll have the whole family together at home. So proud of you and the children keeping your farm going. Bri you are doing a great job...your babies and children are your first priority. There is no shame in making your family number one..house chores will always be there.
The babies are really growing so precious.
The babies look like Art. Everything will be OK. YOur kids are so Blessed with Awesome parents!!!
Happy days are coming ..... Art, I can see your face in that bundle of joy. The babies are looking good thanks to Bri and her wonder milk. Amen
Thank you.
Aww, the babies royal and truely are so cute and they look so great. Grace is doing so great with her pigeons and she does so much around the house to help. I'm sure things will become less hectic without all the traveling, once the babies are home.
So happy it’s going so well. They both are gorgeous.
I used to bottle feed and nurse my babies each day. Mostly nurse. Your pigeons are looking good. Great job.
I‘m so glad you were able to have an influence on which formula those beautiful babies‘ bottles are fortified with. As a 40+ year old german, i grew up on Hipp myself and both my babies were fortified with Hipp. My MIL sent it to me regularly when we were stationed in the US, so I never ran out. This was 15 years ago. Glad to hear that it is now available in the US also. You are doing right by those babies - never be afraid to advocate for your babies! You are doing a great job Momma!
All of your kiddos are lucky to have you both. Keeping my fingers crossed you‘ll all be together soon - at home! 🙂