My birth story Finally!
Well I suppose its time that I write my birth story. It all went pretty quick so it won’t be to long.
I was scheduled for an induction on Wednesday July 7th. I was to be there at 6am. I didn’t sleep a wink that night I was a big ball of nerves. I don’t know why since I had done this before but I guess since it was so long ago (10years) I just had a melt down! LOL J and M had come in to town on Monday, they took me and my husband out for dinner at the Olive Garden. We had a really nice time. We all got along very well. We talked about our nerves, and what to expect, names for the babies etc.. We sat there and talked for a long while.
Well I had to call the hospital at 5:00 to see if they had room for us or not. And they did, so I called J and M and let them know we were still on for 6 am. So me and the crew, my husband, mom, best friend Kari and Melissa all took off for the hospital. We arrived just as J and M got there. (they stayed at a hotel) So off we were to check in at the admin office. They wheeled me down to the Labor and Delivery wing of the hospital with my crew in toe. We went in and all the nurses were a bit shocked to see us all. But what could I do they all wanted to be there and I wanted them there with me. I wasn’t sure how things were going to go once things got started and I wanted someone there to support me. And I wasn’t to sure how my husband would do. LOL
Well anyway we were given a room across from my labor and delivery room for everyone to hang out in when not in the room with me. Well the nurse came in and checked me all in and started my IV and checked me and I was at a 3 (same as I was at the OB the week before) and the doctor came in and broke my water. I was hoping that this would get the little girl to come right on out with out having to use pitocin. But after an hour and a half and no cotractions they started pitocin. And within just a little bit my contractions started. And oh boy was that no fun. They were lasting about a minute to a minute and a half and they were about a minute to a minute and a half apart. Thanks to all my great support Kari and my mom and Melissa were there helping me breathe and telling me when they were going. J was in the room most of the time though I’m not sure he knew what to do. He just kinda paced back and forth. Poor guy was so nervous! M never came in while I was having contractions she stayed in the other room across the hall. Kari and Melissa weren’t to happy about that, they thought she should have been in there to watch me go through all this, but I was in pain to much to care at that point, as long as I had the people that loved and cared for me that’s all I needed ad cared for at the time.
After awhile of hard contractions I was able to get my epidural! THANK HEAVENS!!!
It seemed like it took FOREVER to get that done and in place. I guess it was just so uncomfortable the way I had to sit and having contractions it seemed like it took forever. Well once that was in place I was in heaven. Not one once of pain! YEAH!!!
After that it didn’t take to long I was a 4 I think when they checked me the last time and then I felt like I had to have a BM and so we called the nurse in to check and I was a 10!! So everyone cleared the room and someone went to get M to come in. (she was in the other room) . My Husband was allowed to stay in there along with J and M. J was SOOOOO wonderful through all of it. My husband was doing the video tape so J stood by my side and held my hand through everything. He got a wet rag and wiped my forehead and talked me through everything. He’s such a good guy! The doctor came in and I only had to push twice I think and I got the little girl out at 1:21 pm. The little boy was a bit of a stinker he didn’t want to cooperate with us. He was still up pretty high and had his hand in front of his face and was presenting face first instead of face down or up. My water back was bulging and the doctor was afraid to deliver him like that as he was afraid if his water broke his chord would come down first and that would be very dangerous. By 2:05 he called for an U/S machine, 2:06 he called for an emergency C-Section cart. When he said C-Section I was so upset. I didn’t want to recover from a vaginal and and a C-Section birth, I had a contraction and all of a sudden my water broke and water went everywhere. The doctor jumped back and then again a big gush of water. He asked if I had to push and I had one small push and the little boy was out. He just flew out it was amazing. So within 50 seconds from the time he said C-Section he was born.
They both came out with brusing from the speed of their deliveries and the little boy came out face first so he had a lot of brusing. It went away after a day or so or at least most of it did.
They were both identical weights and lengths at 6.15 oz and 19 ½ inches long. They were beautiful and just perfect.
The hospital stay went really well. I was able to see the babies each day. I was able to hold and coo over them as much as I wanted. Which of course I did!
Once when they were here for an OB visit we were all talking about names and they said they were going to come up with a few names and then decide once they babies were born on what they would name them. Well my son was giving them a few names he liked and said that they should put them all in a hat and pick once they were born. J and M thought that was a great idea. Well Kristopher took it seriously (we were all kinda joking about it) so I told them about it the night we went out to eat before the delivery and they thought it was a good idea and they would just decide what the names would be and then just write those down on a few pieces of paper over and over and let him pick. So the night that they were born we all went to J and M’s room (we had separate rooms) and Kristopher picked out each name and was just so tickled that HE got to name them J! It was cute! That was very kind of them to go along with that.
Leaving the hospital was a lot harder than what I thought it would be. We went to J and M’s room to say our good byes as I was the first to leave that day. (they went home shortly after I did that day) I was able to hold them both and just stare at them for the longest time with tears streaming down my face. How could I say goodbye to these two precious little babies after having them with me for so long I felt like I was leaving a piece of me at the hospital. I was really surprised at my feelings, I never felt a close bond when I was carrying them, but once they were born I realized how much I loved them. I of course didn’t have feelings like I wanted to keep them or anything crazy like that, I just didn’t realize how much I would miss them and how much I loved them. I stared at them each in my arms for a long while, with tears coming down not knowing exactly how I could just put them each in their beds and walk out of that room not knowing if I would ever see them again. But after awhile I kissed them both and told them I loved them and set them down in their beds, and hugged J and M goodbye and left. I tried so hard not to cry when going by the nurses station but I don’t think I hid it very well, they were ALL staring at me as I walked back to my room. My nurse wheeled me to my car and we were gone.
I had a really rough few weeks. I was very surprised at the sadness I felt. I missed the babies and their parents very much. After having contact with someone for a year almost everyday and after carrying the twins for 9 months and then to come home with nothing it was so weird. And you can ask anyone I was the last person on earth to think that I would have all these strange emotions, but I guess all the hormones going through me made me cry all the time.
One week to the day after I had the babies I ended up back in the hospital with severe hymroging (ms) I went in on Wednesday night while passing clots bigger than a grapefruit and they did a D & C about 3:30 am. My BP went really high so I was kept in the hosptial for the high BP and because I lost so much blood. They thought they were going to have to do a blood transfusion. But luckily they got it stopped soon enough. I didn’t go home till Friday afternoon.
I am much better now! My feet are still giving me pain, though. But other than that I am back to normal and back to work!
Thank you all so much for you love and support through out this last year! It has meant the world to me to know I have had you all beside me through everything!
This will be the end of my journal as my journey is now over! Thank you for reading and May God Bless!
I was scheduled for an induction on Wednesday July 7th. I was to be there at 6am. I didn’t sleep a wink that night I was a big ball of nerves. I don’t know why since I had done this before but I guess since it was so long ago (10years) I just had a melt down! LOL J and M had come in to town on Monday, they took me and my husband out for dinner at the Olive Garden. We had a really nice time. We all got along very well. We talked about our nerves, and what to expect, names for the babies etc.. We sat there and talked for a long while.
Well I had to call the hospital at 5:00 to see if they had room for us or not. And they did, so I called J and M and let them know we were still on for 6 am. So me and the crew, my husband, mom, best friend Kari and Melissa all took off for the hospital. We arrived just as J and M got there. (they stayed at a hotel) So off we were to check in at the admin office. They wheeled me down to the Labor and Delivery wing of the hospital with my crew in toe. We went in and all the nurses were a bit shocked to see us all. But what could I do they all wanted to be there and I wanted them there with me. I wasn’t sure how things were going to go once things got started and I wanted someone there to support me. And I wasn’t to sure how my husband would do. LOL
Well anyway we were given a room across from my labor and delivery room for everyone to hang out in when not in the room with me. Well the nurse came in and checked me all in and started my IV and checked me and I was at a 3 (same as I was at the OB the week before) and the doctor came in and broke my water. I was hoping that this would get the little girl to come right on out with out having to use pitocin. But after an hour and a half and no cotractions they started pitocin. And within just a little bit my contractions started. And oh boy was that no fun. They were lasting about a minute to a minute and a half and they were about a minute to a minute and a half apart. Thanks to all my great support Kari and my mom and Melissa were there helping me breathe and telling me when they were going. J was in the room most of the time though I’m not sure he knew what to do. He just kinda paced back and forth. Poor guy was so nervous! M never came in while I was having contractions she stayed in the other room across the hall. Kari and Melissa weren’t to happy about that, they thought she should have been in there to watch me go through all this, but I was in pain to much to care at that point, as long as I had the people that loved and cared for me that’s all I needed ad cared for at the time.
After awhile of hard contractions I was able to get my epidural! THANK HEAVENS!!!
It seemed like it took FOREVER to get that done and in place. I guess it was just so uncomfortable the way I had to sit and having contractions it seemed like it took forever. Well once that was in place I was in heaven. Not one once of pain! YEAH!!!
After that it didn’t take to long I was a 4 I think when they checked me the last time and then I felt like I had to have a BM and so we called the nurse in to check and I was a 10!! So everyone cleared the room and someone went to get M to come in. (she was in the other room) . My Husband was allowed to stay in there along with J and M. J was SOOOOO wonderful through all of it. My husband was doing the video tape so J stood by my side and held my hand through everything. He got a wet rag and wiped my forehead and talked me through everything. He’s such a good guy! The doctor came in and I only had to push twice I think and I got the little girl out at 1:21 pm. The little boy was a bit of a stinker he didn’t want to cooperate with us. He was still up pretty high and had his hand in front of his face and was presenting face first instead of face down or up. My water back was bulging and the doctor was afraid to deliver him like that as he was afraid if his water broke his chord would come down first and that would be very dangerous. By 2:05 he called for an U/S machine, 2:06 he called for an emergency C-Section cart. When he said C-Section I was so upset. I didn’t want to recover from a vaginal and and a C-Section birth, I had a contraction and all of a sudden my water broke and water went everywhere. The doctor jumped back and then again a big gush of water. He asked if I had to push and I had one small push and the little boy was out. He just flew out it was amazing. So within 50 seconds from the time he said C-Section he was born.
They both came out with brusing from the speed of their deliveries and the little boy came out face first so he had a lot of brusing. It went away after a day or so or at least most of it did.
They were both identical weights and lengths at 6.15 oz and 19 ½ inches long. They were beautiful and just perfect.
The hospital stay went really well. I was able to see the babies each day. I was able to hold and coo over them as much as I wanted. Which of course I did!
Once when they were here for an OB visit we were all talking about names and they said they were going to come up with a few names and then decide once they babies were born on what they would name them. Well my son was giving them a few names he liked and said that they should put them all in a hat and pick once they were born. J and M thought that was a great idea. Well Kristopher took it seriously (we were all kinda joking about it) so I told them about it the night we went out to eat before the delivery and they thought it was a good idea and they would just decide what the names would be and then just write those down on a few pieces of paper over and over and let him pick. So the night that they were born we all went to J and M’s room (we had separate rooms) and Kristopher picked out each name and was just so tickled that HE got to name them J! It was cute! That was very kind of them to go along with that.
Leaving the hospital was a lot harder than what I thought it would be. We went to J and M’s room to say our good byes as I was the first to leave that day. (they went home shortly after I did that day) I was able to hold them both and just stare at them for the longest time with tears streaming down my face. How could I say goodbye to these two precious little babies after having them with me for so long I felt like I was leaving a piece of me at the hospital. I was really surprised at my feelings, I never felt a close bond when I was carrying them, but once they were born I realized how much I loved them. I of course didn’t have feelings like I wanted to keep them or anything crazy like that, I just didn’t realize how much I would miss them and how much I loved them. I stared at them each in my arms for a long while, with tears coming down not knowing exactly how I could just put them each in their beds and walk out of that room not knowing if I would ever see them again. But after awhile I kissed them both and told them I loved them and set them down in their beds, and hugged J and M goodbye and left. I tried so hard not to cry when going by the nurses station but I don’t think I hid it very well, they were ALL staring at me as I walked back to my room. My nurse wheeled me to my car and we were gone.
I had a really rough few weeks. I was very surprised at the sadness I felt. I missed the babies and their parents very much. After having contact with someone for a year almost everyday and after carrying the twins for 9 months and then to come home with nothing it was so weird. And you can ask anyone I was the last person on earth to think that I would have all these strange emotions, but I guess all the hormones going through me made me cry all the time.
One week to the day after I had the babies I ended up back in the hospital with severe hymroging (ms) I went in on Wednesday night while passing clots bigger than a grapefruit and they did a D & C about 3:30 am. My BP went really high so I was kept in the hosptial for the high BP and because I lost so much blood. They thought they were going to have to do a blood transfusion. But luckily they got it stopped soon enough. I didn’t go home till Friday afternoon.
I am much better now! My feet are still giving me pain, though. But other than that I am back to normal and back to work!
Thank you all so much for you love and support through out this last year! It has meant the world to me to know I have had you all beside me through everything!
This will be the end of my journal as my journey is now over! Thank you for reading and May God Bless!
