Nady's
Multiple Birth Story
Birth
Story
I am feeling quite nostalgic preparing for the girls b-day and I thought of
their birth story.
I'd love it if everyone who wants to post one will and we can make a sticky!
Here's ours:
I started to have some contractions on September 16th, although I didn’t realize
they were contractions until later. I told Jay that I felt “squeezy”. I had a
Dr’s appt at 2 p.m. and I had quite a few questions ready for Dr. Hoskins as I
had been so uncomfortable, and was worried about the babies.
Jay and I watched “A baby Story” at lunch that day and it showed a Mom who went
to see her Dr. and had such high blood pressure that he told her to go directly
to the hospital to have her baby. Jay looked at me and said “Imagine if that
happens to us today at the Dr’s appt?” We laughed. Little did we know…
I went in to see the Dr. and he was running very late. I finally saw him after
approx. 1 hour’s wait. The nurse took my blood pressure before the Dr. came in,
and it was very high. She joked and said “there’s a way to get your babies
today!” Dr. Hoskins came in and said, “well, we’ll either have you go to the
hospital later tonight or tomorrow for the c-section”. Jay and I were so happy
and excited, and scared. In retrospect, it was the greatest way it could have
happened as we did not have time to plan and worry. He told us to get our bags
and go to the hospital tonight. I cried on the way home because I was scared and
overwhelmed.
We went back to the hospital, where they hooked me up on the heart monitors and
tried to put my IV in. After 2 unsuccessful and painful attempts, they finally
got it in. This was approx. 7 p.m. They were talking about my c/s being approx.
10:30 p.m. We called my parents and my sister and they arrived approx. an hour
later. I was very nervous, and started to shake. Before I knew it, they were
wheeling me towards the OR.
They had Jay wait outside the OR until they had me prepped. This took the
longest to get everyone together…as it was not a “scheduled” c/s. Jay overheard
a nurse say “this is ridiculous…it’s like herding cats.” It took my
anesthesiologist a half hour to get over to do my spinal, so they had me sit on
the operating table and wait. This was the hardest part. I was surprised the bed
was so thin and skinny and the anticipation was killing me. Finally he came in
and was the sweetest man. He gave me the needle for the spinal, and it honestly
did not hurt. The IV experience hurt more. It was the strangest sensation of
being instantly numb. They then laid me back on the table.
The anesthesiologist was awesome. He kept talking to me while they put in my
catheter (which of course I did not feel due to being completely numb). They
asked me if I could feel anything, which I could not at all. I was scared that I
would feel like I couldn’t breathe, but I didn’t have that sensation.
They called Jay into the room, and I did not even know they had started. I heard
my Dr’s voice and I said “oh, Dr. Hoskins, I didn’t even realize you were here
yet”. He laughed and said “that’s because you’re so busy talking”. The funny
thing was I wasn’t scared…I was so excited to see my babies. I then felt a bit
of tugging and pulling…but it did not feel like it was happening to my body.
They took out Baby A (Emily) and they did not say “It’s a girl”. In retrospect,
I now know why. They took her out and she was completely blue. They rushed her
over and started working on her on the side. She had her first Apgar score of 1!
She later scored 9, but we didn’t realize she was in such distress after being
born. I then heard that she was a girl and I started to laugh and cry. Jay went
over to look at her, and he was so excited.
Then they took out Baby B (Samantha) who they had taken over to the side and Dr.
Hoskins held up for Jay to take a picture of. Another girl. I was so excited,
they brought the babies over for me to see, and then they all went away to get
them cleaned up.
I was getting stitched up, and still did not feel anything but joy. They then
wheeled me into a recovery room, where I felt pretty sleepy, and they put the
babies beside me in their isolettes.
I was feeling fine, and they brought me to my hospital room, and they brought
the babies to the nursery for me to sleep and recover. I remember looking at the
time, which was approx. 3 a.m.
My recovery was a mixture of hard and not so hard days. I did not feel the
extreme pain I had anticipated, although I had a few surprises along the way. I
didn’t expect to bleed as much as I did. This resulted in me feeling quite dizzy
(probably because I hate the sight of blood). I didn’t expect to not be able to
take care of my babies while I was in the hospital. Jay was amazing. The first
time I saw him carefully diaper Samantha, I fell even more deeply in love with
him. He’s had to play “Mr. Mom” so I could recover, and he has been fabulous. I
didn’t expect breast feeding to be so hard. I am b/fing Samantha exclusively,
but Emily I am still having problems with. She pushes me away, and her mouth is
too small.
I went today to get help from the Breast feeding clinic and they taught me to
feed Emily with a breast shield, which they will later wean her from. I hope it
works. Right now, I am pumping away, so she is still getting my breast milk.
I love these girls like I never thought I would. The lack of sleep is totally
worth it. They are my angels…my sweet girls. I wish you all the very best of
birth experiences…and I hope they are all as positive as mine.
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