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Kathy's
Multiple Birth Story
Friday, March 7 I
went in for a scheduled c-sect. I was 37 weeks 5 days with the twins. They had
me just about ready to go to the OR when they had to do an emergency c-sect on
someone else, so I got to sit around for a couple of hours until the OB was
ready.
Finally, they came to take me to the OR. They administered the spinal, checked
that it was working and put in the catheter. Everything seemed OK, but as she
started to make the incision, I about jumped out of my skin! It was NOT working!
They rushed Jeff out of the OR and let him stand just outside so he could see
the babies after they were brought out. Put me under general anesthesia, and
completed the c-sect.
At 4:29 PM, Delaney Grace was born weighing 6 lbs, 1 oz and 19.25 inches long.
At 4:31 PM, Courtney Marie was born weighing 6 lbs, 10 oz and 20 inches long.
Both had a full head of black hair. Both were pulled out breech. Delaney scored
6 and 9 on her APGARS, Courtney scored 7 and 9 on hers.
Both are doing well. The ped is a little concerned about jaundice, so they have
been tested for that on day 2 and day 3 and day 4, we have another appointment
tomorrow, hopefully they have already spiked and will be lower tomorrow.. But it
appears just to be precautionary, nothing that is out of hand at this point.
They are nursing pretty well. The ped wants to worry about their weight loss,
again I think he is being a little over cautious, but I guess that is better
than not paying attention to anything! They are right at the 10% mark from their
birth weights. At the appointment today, they had started gaining weight back,
so I think we are fine there.
Overall, my recovery hasn’t been too bad. I seem to be healing OK. Just really
painful to get in and out of bed. Chairs I can do OK with. Madison doesn’t
totally understand what is going on, and is acting out a bit more than normal,
but I think we can get her through it, it’ll just be a bit of a rough road for a
few weeks.
Jeff was able to take of 2 weeks of vacation to be home with us and then my Mom
will be in for a week. Hopefully, by then, I’ll be feeling a bit better to deal
with Madison a little more gracefully!
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