Ellpeng
04-02-2007, 09:07 AM
At 29 weeks I started having contractions and started to dialate. I was admitted into the hospital and was terrified that I was going to have them. Even after medication my contractions continued. Well finally they stopped and I was ordered on bed rest and sent home 3 days later. Over the next 6 weeks I remained on bedrest during the hardest part of my life. 3 weeks after being put on bedrest my 49 year old mother died. Somehow thru all that stress I managed to hold on. At exactly 35 weeks along I went into labor.
Now just for a bit of history, I had a C Section with my older daughter. But due to a bad experience with it I was determined to have a Vaginal Birth with the twins. There were 6 doctors in the practice and only 3 said they would attempt it, the others wanted me to have a scheduled C Section.
I woke up around 5:30 to find bright red blood. I was so scared that something bad had happened. I called the doctor and they wanted me at the hospital ASAP. So we packed up our daughter and dropped her off with my grandma, who would take her to my cousins a few hours later.. After being examined they said that I was dialate 3 cm. They admitted (around 7am) me and decided to start Pitocin to help things along. They broke my water around 10:30 am and the pain became really intense. I asked for an epidural, and, long story shorty, it didnt work! I was so mad, I just assumed if you asked for one it would work and help with the pain.
After a few hours I felt like I had to poop (sorry TMI). I kept telling my grandma (who came to be with me and my husband) that I had to go to the bathroom. Well they did another exam and I was fully dialated and ready to push. This is when I panicked and said that I change my mind, I wanted a C Section.. LOL... ITs also when I started getting really sad that my mom wasnt there. We were extremely close and she was supposed to be with me for it. She fought so hard to be there. It was a lot of emotions.
Pushing was a lot hard than I expected. They kept saying I wasnt doing it right, but how do you know how to push? They moved me to an OR to deliver because of the rish of needing a C Section for both or just one baby. After about 45 minutes of pushing, Jackson was born at 5:31pm. He was quickly taken by the doctors and I heard him crying. I was able to see him. My grandma went over to see him and assured me he looked great.
They did 2 ultrasounds to make sure that Audrey had moved head down, they broke my water again and I pushed 2 times and AUdrey was born. THey doctor was expecting it to happen so soon and kind of scrambled a bit. She was born 11 minutes after Jackson at 5:42pm.
They were a little worried about Audrey, it seemed like she was having a hard time adjusting, but wanted to give her time so they let us take her back to the Labor and Delivery room with us.
After about 20 minutes and Audrey still wasnt adjusting like they had hoped, they decided to take her to the NICU. I remember being sad and scared, but basically I was Numb. I couldnt even cry. I just held her and kissed her. ANd they took her. We didnt see her again until around 11pm. She had a "hood" on to help her breathe and was given antibiotics. Becasue of the antibiotics she would be in the NICU for at least 48 hours from when it was given. By the next day she was of the "hood" and the day after then she was off the heat (not sure exactly what it was called, bt it was for her body temperature).
Jackson never had a problem. He was with me the whole time in the hospital and came home with me 2 days later. AUdrey was released the next morning.
Jackson Robert 5/3/06 at 5:31pm weighing 5lbs5oz
Audrey Bellina 5/3/06 at 5:42 pm weighing 5lbs 15oz
Now just for a bit of history, I had a C Section with my older daughter. But due to a bad experience with it I was determined to have a Vaginal Birth with the twins. There were 6 doctors in the practice and only 3 said they would attempt it, the others wanted me to have a scheduled C Section.
I woke up around 5:30 to find bright red blood. I was so scared that something bad had happened. I called the doctor and they wanted me at the hospital ASAP. So we packed up our daughter and dropped her off with my grandma, who would take her to my cousins a few hours later.. After being examined they said that I was dialate 3 cm. They admitted (around 7am) me and decided to start Pitocin to help things along. They broke my water around 10:30 am and the pain became really intense. I asked for an epidural, and, long story shorty, it didnt work! I was so mad, I just assumed if you asked for one it would work and help with the pain.
After a few hours I felt like I had to poop (sorry TMI). I kept telling my grandma (who came to be with me and my husband) that I had to go to the bathroom. Well they did another exam and I was fully dialated and ready to push. This is when I panicked and said that I change my mind, I wanted a C Section.. LOL... ITs also when I started getting really sad that my mom wasnt there. We were extremely close and she was supposed to be with me for it. She fought so hard to be there. It was a lot of emotions.
Pushing was a lot hard than I expected. They kept saying I wasnt doing it right, but how do you know how to push? They moved me to an OR to deliver because of the rish of needing a C Section for both or just one baby. After about 45 minutes of pushing, Jackson was born at 5:31pm. He was quickly taken by the doctors and I heard him crying. I was able to see him. My grandma went over to see him and assured me he looked great.
They did 2 ultrasounds to make sure that Audrey had moved head down, they broke my water again and I pushed 2 times and AUdrey was born. THey doctor was expecting it to happen so soon and kind of scrambled a bit. She was born 11 minutes after Jackson at 5:42pm.
They were a little worried about Audrey, it seemed like she was having a hard time adjusting, but wanted to give her time so they let us take her back to the Labor and Delivery room with us.
After about 20 minutes and Audrey still wasnt adjusting like they had hoped, they decided to take her to the NICU. I remember being sad and scared, but basically I was Numb. I couldnt even cry. I just held her and kissed her. ANd they took her. We didnt see her again until around 11pm. She had a "hood" on to help her breathe and was given antibiotics. Becasue of the antibiotics she would be in the NICU for at least 48 hours from when it was given. By the next day she was of the "hood" and the day after then she was off the heat (not sure exactly what it was called, bt it was for her body temperature).
Jackson never had a problem. He was with me the whole time in the hospital and came home with me 2 days later. AUdrey was released the next morning.
Jackson Robert 5/3/06 at 5:31pm weighing 5lbs5oz
Audrey Bellina 5/3/06 at 5:42 pm weighing 5lbs 15oz