Kailyn Lowry just spoke out about her experience with her newborn twins being in the NICU. She opened up about this on the January 26th episode of her podcast Barely Famous where the guest was her boyfriend, Elijah Scott.
She has explained, on a previous episode of the same podcast, that the twins were born prematurely. They were born five weeks early and were admitted to the NICU. On this week’s episode, Kailyn went into more detail about the details of their NICU stay.
She explained that the twins went straight to the NICU after their birth. She said she and Elijah didn’t get the chance to hold the babies until more than 24 hours later. Kailyn went on to explain that the twins’ stay in the NICU wasn’t just for a couple of days; they had to stay there for several weeks.
Kailyn’s Daughter Didn’t Show Signs of Hunger
She also explained that she found some things very concerning during that time. Kailyn hasn’t announced the names of her twins yet, but she has said that one of them is a boy and one is a girl. It was her daughter in particular that she was most worried about during their NICU stay.
She explained that the twins’ behavior and symptoms at the time were significantly different from each other. Especially worrying to Kailyn was the fact that her daughter didn’t show signs of hunger.
She said that her daughter would sleep all the time and wouldn’t even wake up when it was time for feeding. Kailyn explained that this was something she had never seen before in her life. She said that she tried feeding her daughter but she just wouldn’t take the bottle.
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This was especially worrying to Kailyn because, at that same time, her son didn’t have the same problem. She said he had no problem waking up for feeding and would drink from a bottle.
What made her really concerned for her daughter was the fact that both of the twins were in the NICU for some of the same reasons. Later, when her son was released from the NICU, the situation also became logistically difficult for her and Elijah. She explained that her son was released first, while her daughter had to stay in the NICU for a while longer.
Elijah and Kailyn Spent Hours at The Hospital
That meant she and Elijah had one newborn at home that they had to take care of, along with their five older kids. At the same time, they still had another newborn at the hospital.
Kailyn and Elijah explained that this was especially difficult because the hospital was an hour’s drive away from their home. Elijah said that every day, at least one of them would travel to the hospital to be with their daughter.
Kailyn said that when she visited, she would spend hours there with her. That left Elijah to care for their other baby, as well as all the other kids by himself.
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Kailyn explained that she was also concerned about how the situation didn’t allow her daughter to bond properly with everyone. Her daughter was forced to spend time apart from her twin, and Kailyn couldn’t bond with her as well as she wanted to, either. She said that she even broke down about the situation while at the hospital one time.
Eventually, even her daughter was released from the NICU. At present, she and Elijah have both of the twins at home. Kailyn said that since her daughter came home, her bonding experience with her has been much better.
She explained that there are still worries that she hasn’t fully resolved. For example, the fact that the twins’ bond with each other was strained by having to spend so much time apart. Kailyn said that she was working to fix that, and overall, things seem to be looking up for her family.
