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sourbanana04's
Multiple Birth Story
i
have two.... one when they almost came and i had no idea and two when they did
come and i had no idea.
i was thiry weeks prego and went in for my regurlar 2week check and monthly u/s.
she had also started vaginal u/s to look out for things. well low and behold i
am 80percent efaced and 2cm dialated!! well bedrest for me!!! she was going to
send me home with me strict bedrest orders and decided to monitor me
quick........ good thing because beknownst to me....... i was contracting every
two to four min! had NO idea. from that point on things just went from one
extreme to another. it was actually a year ago yesterday (7/26) that this all
happened. they had me in maternity rather then L&D and gave me a drug (forget
the name) to see if it would stop the contax., nope. then they scooted me over
to L&D and stuck me with magnesium. for those of you that have had this
done........... it sucks! they did this to stop my uterus from being able to do
its job and give the steroids they were about to give me to be able to do their
job, which was to rapidly mature the babies's lungs. i had to be on this for 48
hours. since the hospital that i went to is only a level two and i was not yet
34 weeks i was ambulanced to a bigger hospital 45 minutes away. things were just
happening all around me and i really did not know what the heck i was suppose to
be thinking or doing, all i knew was it wasn't wait i set out that day
expecting. to make a long story short i was there for four days when i allowed
to go home on strict bedrest (BR privs. only) for what was 6 weeks. i was on
meds to keep my uterus from contracting strongly enough to do its job. it still
contracted from there on out be nothing serious. of my girls would have been
born then they would have been approx 3.5 pounds.
the SECOND time i went into labor and didn't know it was the first weekend i was
off of bedrest. 35 weeks and able to have my babies at my hospital with my doc.
only thing was is that it was labor day weekend of of course my doc was not
there!!! jared and i had gone to pizza hut. the first time we had been out in 6
weeks. while there i was thinking "hmm, i think something is going on." there
would be tightening of my belly. nothing at all close to hurting. we ate our
dinner and then went to sears for shoes, where i continued to notice this
tightening. i was trying to think if this had been going on all day and i was
just noticing it now or what. we live approx 25 min from our hospital and we
were in the town at the time. up to this point i hadn't really said much to DH,
not wanting to freak him out. before we left for home i said, i wonder if we
should stick around here. at that time i also decided to watch the clock and
time when this tightening was happening and how often about every 7-10 min.
needless to say we went home. it didn't seem like much like i said. we get home
around 9 and for two hours i continued to monitor this, still every seven to ten
sometimes every five min. so i decided i better call. of course the doc had us
come in. i grabbed my bag and we were off.... i NEVER thought i was going to be
there another three days. it was 11:30ish when we got there and after getting
all settled......... the strapped the monitors on me. "yep your definitly in
labor" was the first words i heard. i was actually contracting every 2-4 and
again had no idea. i was only feeling the every 7-10 ones. like i said my doc
was not there, so i had someone who wasn't at all familar with me. after looking
at the babies sadee (a) was head down (had been since 20wks) and hanna (b) who
at last check was also head down had moved to being across my belly. up until
now i had been planning a vaginal birth. in the operating room of course. MY doc
felt pretty comfortable with it. sadee would be right out and hanna would most
likely turn and if not she was going to try and deliver her butt first (if small
enough). i was completely prepared for this plan and NEW i could do it. i wanted
to do it! however the doc on call did not feel as comfy and really pushed toward
a c-section. i asked him " either way am i going to be having babies tonight or
early tomorrow?" he said without a doubt "yes". the whole way to the hosp. i had
been thinking i was going to get sent home. i said it over and over. i thought
contrax were suppose to hurt! i was hesitant. i REALLY wanted a vaginal
delivery. he then said.... "we will do what you want, however three ways to look
at this. one both babies are delivered fine and dandy, two one comes out fine
and your other baby isn't and we do a fast emergenct section, or three we call
in our surgeons, give them time to prepare themselves and have a nice controlled
section." i then asked him, if we do the c-section how soon are we going to be
parents?" he said " about an hour". OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i had just gotten
there!!!!!!!!!!!! just realized i was really in labor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i
hadn't even called my mother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and that was the next
thing......... " i need to call my mother, we can't do this until she is here!"
which was not a prob since he had to call in the surgeons. it was approx 12:30.
around 1:00 my mom was there. by 2:28 and 2:30 sadee riann johnson arrived via
c-section weighing 5lbs 12oz, 19in. and after her via c-section came hanna joann
at 5lbs 13oz, 19in. i bawled. jared bawled...........it was the most wonderful,
inspiring time in my life to hear those two babies cry. after all of this time,
they were here and i brought them here. jared and i created them and finally we
got to see their perfect little angelic faces. then i threw up!!!! yep, spinal
block got the best of me and right after jared and the babies left and i was
getting stiched, BLAH!!!! the cute doc cleaned off my face and table. very nice
i thought. recovery was okay. i was the only one in there and i pretty much
slept. i couldn't wait to see my girls. i had just been able to glance at them
in surgery because they needed to get them to the nursery. their temps weren't
hight enough. i was placed in my room (and BLAH!!!! again, must have been the
ride through the halls) and still waited. finally around 5:30 am i was brought
my little girls. one at a time. sadee then hanna. how the heart doubles when you
hold your babies for the first time.
my recovery went fantastic. i really didn't have much pain at all. was up the
next day walking around. slowly of course but doing it. we had tons of visitors,
so sleeping was hard to come by.......... and dummy me just couldn't bare to
leave my babies in the nursery over night. DUMB DUMB DUMB! at the time i was too
elated to realize how much i need to rest. kept them with me the whole time,
except for baths and ped. checks. it was the most wonderful time in my life
though, and everyday i look at them and still can't believe they are mine.
my husbands recovery on the other hand.......... oh boy. he had a rougher time
of it then me. lets just say prior to the c-section he was sicker then a dog,
during the section he was just perfect, after the whole thing......... in the
"john" practicaly the whole night and next day. i think he was bed ridden on the
hosp. couch worse then i was after getting cut open and two babies pulled out of
me! we still laugh about it to this day.
well thanks for taking the time to read my story................ i wonder what
the next one will be like!! 
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