Son of a....../Edit to add a little something

That really sucks Julie... I live away from my family too and although I am not pregnant, I can understand how you are feeling.
I am not sure if this is an option but is there anyway you can talk to your doctor and tell them the cir****tances to see if they can induce you on a certain day? I know an induction isn't what everyone wants but it would guarantee your parents be there for the twins.

Nah, I think we will just roll the dice.  LOL    I'm sure it will all work out because generally things always do.  

Ugh Julie that so stinks! I would be so sad if my kids were not allowed to come to the hospital to meet their new sibiling. I would think people over 18 carry the H1N1 as much as people under 18....just my thoughts. And you are right it is just the flu. In fact more people have died from the regular flu than this H1N1.
I will be thinking and praying for you when you near your delivery date. I understand the worries of weather issues. I live right by Lake Superior and we get all that nasty snow here too! Do you have any good friends near by that you could trust until the Grandparents arrive??

Jackie

They all live by my parents.  LOL     We never really made friends when we moved up here.   We suck. 

I never make friends with my neighbors either. I don't want to have to be bothered with "polite" hellos when I see them out, or them asking me to watch thier bratty kids, or trying to borrow something from me. I prefer to keep to myself..........LOL

I think I send out a ***** vibe, because none of my neighbors have even tried to meet and greet with me. Hmmmm, maybe that's something I should think about........or not.

My neighbors are aholes.   We have one one little sweet old couple that lives next door, but our others neighbors can eat it! 

Reason number 43245678 why we are moving.   Prime example.  My neighbors 7 year old likes to scream up and down the streets every nasty foul mouth word that you can think of.   His dad happened to be outside one day when he did it and now I know where he gets it from.  Not the kids I want around my kids.  

LOL!  I also send out the '*****' neighbor vibe.  :o)  Our current neighbors won't even look me in the eye, but they greet my husband!!  Too funny, but I don't care.  I would rather not fake smile at people.

that sucks... i hope they dont put that policy in place here.. it will all work out one way or another

I drove by our hospital and saw huge ass signs that ban under 18 vistors also.  I would be freaking, too.  Even though I had scheduled c-sections there is always 'that ' chance that I would go into labor first, ya know?  I don't have any local friends or family either. 

I do think it's stupid that siblings can't see the babies.  ANYONE can carry the H1N1 virus, and like you said IT'S JUST THE FLU. 

I do hope your new baby cooperates with you on when you go into labor.  :o)

I'm not going to get involved in the drama, but I do have to say something. I work in a Level III neonatal ICU, and I can tell you from experience, that there is no such thing as "JUST THE FLU" when it comes to infants and preemies. Last year, a sibling of one of our 34 week gestation babies came in to meet him. He was coughing and sneezing, and had what the parents thought were allergies. Three days later, all four babies in that pod were sick, and they all tested positive for the flu (as did the brother who visited). Their baby went home okay, but two of the others (who were former tiny preemies) became seriously ill, on the ventilator for an extended period of time. One of them, who was the result of fertility treatments, died.

I understand that visiting a new sibling is a different story. Our unit is not yet so prohibitive, but every visitor gets screened for fever and symptoms every single time they enter the unit. It bites that it's come to this, but hospitals have a responsibility to protect all of their patients from hospital aquired illness.

It all boils down to liability. If a patient catches the flu and dies while hospitalized for something else, who gets the blame? The little boy who "had allergies", or the hospital???