33 weeks & 6 days

Okay... MAJOR change in plans!! I started having contractions Tues afternoon that caused baby boy's heart rate to drop. Dr. Tibiletti came to check on us & guess who was dilated to a 3?!?! Within seconds I had four different nurses in my room & we went immediately to surgery. I'm still in awe at how quickly everything happened - I was in & out of sugery within one hour!
We have 2 beautiful new babies... Casen Ray weighs 4 pounds 3 oz & is 17 inches long; Collins Elaine weighs 4 pounds 10 oz & is 17 inches long. They are both in the NICU right now but doing well. Collins' blood sugar was initially low, but stabilized quickly. Casen was grunting a bit after birth & put on O2 for a few hours, but is completely off now & breathing great on his own. They both have feeding tubes in place & are tolerating formula feeds well along with what colostrum I've been able to pump. The nursing staff at Good Shepherd has been wonderful! Dr. Chris is taking care of the twins in the NICU & estimates that they'll be there for about 2 weeks. We're hopeful that if the babies continue to do well, we may be able to bring them home sooner.

Collins Elaine McCaskill
4 pounds 10 ounces, 17 inches

Casen Ray McCaskill
4 pounds 3 ounces, 17 inches

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Platelets have come up a bit more today - now at 63K! We met with the hematologist this morning & he thinks the drop was just pregnancy-induced & not anything more serious at this time. We are basically moving into the hospital for the next 1-2 weeks to closely monitor labs. If my platelets continue to increase, the perinatologist may let us go until 35 weeks. If they drop again though, we'll be headed for surgery. We're relieved the babies are healthy & now are just waiting to hear what the plan will be. We appreciate all of the prayers - thank you!