10/05/17 Day 79 of Life
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“You need to forget everything that you thought this would be. This is your new normal.”
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In an instant all of my visions of newborn twins went out the window. There would be no first hold right after birth, no newborn twin pictures and no idealistic first breastfeed. I didn’t even get to hold my babies for days.
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My boys’ first bath was also different than I could have imagined. It took over two months for my twins to even be stable enough to bathe. I made my husband do it because I was too scared.
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Their first bath required monitors and a heater. It took two nurses, two parents, a respiratory respiratory therapist and we had to move quickly and carefully.
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This is Lochlan’s first bath. It was a milestone to say the least. It was symbolic, it meant so much more than if it had been at home in my kitchen sink.
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It represented the fact that he was beating the odds and overcoming unbelievable challenges. He was winning his fight, he was earning a chance at life...
