MOMOFSEVEN
07-07-2003, 12:34 PM
I WENT IN ON 6/23/03 AT 11:00 FOR MY 36 WEEK CHECK UP. MY DOCTOR CAME IN AND SAID HE WAS JUST GOING TO CHECK ME AND BEGAN THE CHECK RATHER QUICKLY. HE PROCEEDED TO STRIP MY MEMBRANES, WITHOUT MY PERMISSION, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE VERY PAINFUL!! HE TOLD ME I WAS DILATED 3 MAYBE 3-4 AND THAT I HAD A COUPLE OPTIONS. HE FINALLY CONCLUDED THAT I SHOULD GO WALK FOR AN HOUR AND COME BACK. I DID THIS, AS PAINFUL AS IT WAS, AND WHEN I CAME BACK THEY HOOKED ME UP TO THE MONITORS, ETC. IN LABOR AND DELIVERY. i WAS HAVING REGULAR CONTRACTIONS, WHICH I COULD BARELY FEEL. I ENDED UP BEING UP THERE FOR A COUPLE HOURS BECAUSE HE BUSY WITH A C-SECTION. WHEN HE FINALLY CAME IN TO CHECK ME, I WAS DILATED TO 4 AND HE SAID I COULD BE ADMITTED. I OPTED TO GO HOME AND GET MY BAGS AND WALK AROUND A BIT AND COME BACK AT 7:00. AT THIS TIME, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BREAK MY WATER AND GET THINGS MOVING. WELL, ALL EVENING, HE WAS TIED UP WITH C-SECTIONS. AT ABOUT 10:30-11:00, HE FINALLY CAME IN AND SAID I SHOULD GET THE EPIDURAL GOING SO HE COULD BREAK MY WATER . HE WANTED TO DO THIS FIRST IN CASE I STARTED POUNDING OUT CONTRACTIONS AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR THE EPIDURAL. I THINK I WAS A 4-5 AT THIS POINT. HE CAME BACK IN AROUND 11:30- 12:00 AND BROKE MY WATER. I CONTINUED HAVING CONTRACTIONS REGULARLY, 2-3 MINUTES APART, BUT THEY WEREN'T VERY STRONG. HE PUT AN INSIDE MONITOR ON TO WATCH THE STRENGTH OF THEM AROUND 2:00 AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO START PITOCIN.i REMAINED A 5 ALL NIGHT. WELL, AROUND 6:30-7., BABY A'S HEART RATE HAD DROPPED A COUPLE TIMES AND THE NURSE SAID THEY WERE GOING TO WAIT ON THE PITOCIN. ABOUT 7:50 -8:00, THE DR. CHECKED ME AGAIN AND SAID I WAS 7-8. WITHIN ABOUT 2 MINUTES, I FELT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE IN MY REAR END AREA, A LOT OF PRESSURE AND TOLD THE NURSE I WAS GOING TO NEED TO PUSH SOON. IT TOOK 5-10 MINUTES FOR MY DOC TO COME BACK AND RECHECK ME, AND WHEN HE DID, I WAS FULLY DILATED. I HAD TO STIILL BE WHEELED DOWN TO THE OR. THEY WEREN'T QUITE READY FOR ME. IT FELT LIKE FOREVER AND BABY A'S HEAD WAS RIGHT THERE. HAD I NOT HAD THE EPIDURAL, I THINK SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN BORN IN THE ROOM. HANNAH CAME OUT WITH 2 PUSHES AND THEN THEY LOST BABY B'S HEART RATE. THEY WERE SEARCHING ALL OVER FOR HER. THEY FOUND HER AND SHE HAD TURNED TO COME OUT HEAD FIRST, BUT THEN AT THE LAST SECOND, SHE FLIPPED TO BE BREECH AGAIN. THE DOC HAD TO REACH IN AND PULL HER OUT, WHILE TWO PEOPLE WERE PUSHING DOWN ON MY STOMACH! SHE WAS KICKING ALL THE WAY! THAT WAS THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE WEIRD FEELING! SHE WAS ONLY BORN 3 MINUTES LATER, BUT IT FELT LIKE ETERNITY! HANNAH ELIZABETH(5#5 19 IN.) WAS BORN AT 8:22 AND REBEKAH ELIZABETH (5#13 19 IN.) WAS BORN AT 8:25. IN THE NURSERY REBEKAH HAD TO HAVE A BAG OF FLUIDS. SHE WAS VERY PALE AND ALSO BRUISED FROMT HE DOCTOR PULLING HER OUT. SHE WAS A LEVEL 2 BABY THAT DAY AND PART OF THE NEXT. HER BLOOD PRESSURE DROPPED A FEW TIMES. THEY BOTH HAD LOW BLOOD SUGAR AS WELL. WE WERE ALL ABLE TO COME HOME TOGETHER AFTER 2 NIGHTS AND ARE DOING VERY WELL!! I NEVER THOUGHT THERE WAS ANYTHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN A NEWBORN BABY, UNTIL NOW! TWO BABIES AT ONCE FAR EXCEEDS ONE! THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL AND DOING WELL. NURSING IS GOING PRETTY GOOD. JUST TRYING TO GET THEM ON A SCHEDULE AT NIGHT IS TOUGH. I AM SO TIRED WHEN THEY WAKE THAT I JUST WANT TO PUT THEM IN BED AND NURSE THEM AND THEN I FALL ASLEEP WAKING UP AN HOIUR OR TWO LATER REALIZING I NEVER WOKE THE OTHER ONE TO FEED AT THE SAME TIME OR RIGHT AFTERWORDS. I GUESS WE WILL GET THE HANG OF IT SOON.
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN POST YOUR TWINS PICTURES?
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN POST YOUR TWINS PICTURES?