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Melissa's
Multiple Birth Story
And so I was right that late
Friday night. My water had broken. I actually waited about an hour and a half
before making everyone wake up. They kept saying we should go now and I was
paranoid of being sent home. So I was nice enough to let them get an hour of
sleep. Daddy having just gotten home from a show and grandma to be just having
settled in. Heh.
We get to the hospital and up to L&D. Get the usual questions and the minute I
say my water broke get tossed into a gown and on the monitors. On a side
note...I hate those things, I will not miss them as they itch like heck. They
check me and I'm still 2cm and yes there's amnio fluid. I get a student who does
all the routine check-up and putting in the IV. Very funny guy, terrible of me I
flirted with him! LOL What can I say...there I was trussed up like a turkey and
he was cute...bad mommy..
After getting me IVd and all the bloods taken they take me to one of the labor
rooms. Nice rooms, very large and pretty with a TV and a shower. So back onto
the monitors, mom and bf settle into the chairs to wait. This was at around 4am
finally when we settled to wait.
Got frustrating after awhile. Still only was getting weak contractions and very
irregular, docs came in a few times to check and still 2cm.
At around 7am bf's mom walks in. He had forgotten to call her back after calling
her at 330 in the morning to tell her that there was no babies yet! So now all
four of us settle in. More checks, more non progress. Pleh.
At around 11:30 they finally decided that we needed something to be done. So at
12 in the afternoon they put me on pitocin. Started me at 2 ml/hr. Contractions
started to come on fairly well after that, nothing painful. I was back laboring
after awhile but still didn't hurt like I thought it would. A lot of stomach
tightening and backaches. Nurses kept reminding me I could get an epidural if I
wanted one. I didn't want to get one until the pain was enough to make me beg
for one.
This went on a couple of hours and they kept raising the amount of pitocin.
Finally at one check I was 3cm. Woo! 1 whole cm all this time. They finally
brought it up to 10 ml/hr. Now the contractions were getting a little painful.
No longer just backaches but some painful cramps all around. Yay epidural time!
Didn't hurt and I was so sure it would. But wow did it feel nice. I got all
loopy and relaxed after all that time being tense. Yucky side effect is that I
started to itch like a beast. Oh boy I'm surprised I didn't tear skin off.
So another couple of hours. Now I started to feel a lot of pressure but no
pains. I tried to ask for a top off but the anesthesiologist kept saying she
can't block the pressure but she could block pain..was it pain? I lied and tried
to look pitiful and said yes LOL. She topped the epidural off...but heck it
didn't stop the pressure pain. It really started to get unbearable.
Around 5pm I get check again, STILL 3cm. I'm still getting the pressure pain and
it's getting bad and I'm wishing for my epidural to come back and make me feel
all nice. The attending doctor for the evening comes in and checks the progress
and charts and ups the pitocin to 12 ml/hr. Ooooh then the pressure and cramping
really started. I was ready to tell everyone to leave the room because all I
kept hearing was breathe and focus and la la la la. I couldn't concentrate with
two grandmothers to be babbling at me!
Quarter to 7 and I couldn't take the pain anymore and it no longer was just
pressure I was feeling sharp cramping pains! I tell the nurse "Get the
anesthesiologist now!" So she runs off, the attending comes in and tells me she
needs to check me before they let them give me another shot on the epidural.
Nice shock for everyone, I'm 9cm! Like hey...wasn't I just 3cm only 2 hours
ago?! That was too fast, I'm not ready! Then she tells me, sorry can't give you
anymore for the epidural...you're giving birth now and it won't help. Wait wait
wait....you mean...no pain killer while I do this?!
Ok ok...pant pant, just breathe don't think about it. All I feel is pressure and
pain and they tell me not to push yet to hold on. I can't even think of pushing,
I just want it to stop! Poor bf had been sleepy until now, now it's like someone
jolted him with electricity. Run me into the OR and him into scrubs.
They break apart my bed, don't even bother with the operating table. Should say
they had me give birth in there as a precaution because of the twins. All the
while they're telling me how good I'm doing and that soon I'll have my babies.
I'm just looking around thinking what the heck am I supposed to do, I've never
done this! Finally bf comes in and stands by my head and he becomes like super
dad-to-be. We never made it to lamaze but here he is doing his job as a coach as
if we had been practicing all month!
Now it comes...time to push. Push they say when you feel contractions, rest in
between. Do it when it feels right to do it. So I start. Oh my god! It's not
something that just comes naturally I realize. How am I supposed to push, were
do I feel which way it goes?! Push down into your behind they say, no no not
with your behind into it! Finally I catch the rythm and I know how to do it. I
can't feel him moving down and the pressure is still there. I don't feel like I
can do this, I want to stop! They keep encouraging me and finally there's his
head! It's descended and staying down..push push push. Push through the burn...oooh
did that hurt. Then the most amazing feeling...his head is out and I feel his
little body slip from my body...it's...indescribable. I can't put in words how
it feels. I am so exhausted I just lay back, didn't have time to look at him as
they cut his cord and ran him off to clean. Poor bf said no thanks to cutting
the cord..too much for him to take LOL. 10-12 pushes and I have a baby boy!
They run in to check on Emma, still head down and heartbeat good. Ok time to
push mommy. What? I can't do that again, I'm too tired...I don't think I can.
They tell me to take my time. When it feels right, push. I'm lying there
thinking they'll have to take her out, there's just no way...then it hits. A
nice strong contraction...I start pushing again. I can feel her as I couldn't
with Lucas. It's terryfying and elating all at the same time. Push again, she's
coming down. One last time and Emma screams her way into the world. This time I
wasn't as scared as I was with Lucas, I look down and grab Emma's hand before
they take her away.
Daddy runs over to take pictures while I'm being cleaned and the placentas
birthed. I can see my babies but they haven't brought them to me yet. Will I get
to see them? They think Lucas might have to go to NICU and I'm scared for him.
Emma already in the incubator... A nurse is standing by my side telling me what
a wonderful job I did and how wonderful the babies look. Then she says look
mommy, look at your belly. Hey! Where'd it go?! LOL It was so weird, all
deflated and squishy...no babies in there.
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