VBAC twins! I did it!

Gemelli · March 2011

I went for a non-stress test at the hospital on Saturday on an empty stomach just in case. I had my last twins via c-section nearly three years ago so another section was a possibility. My doctor let me choose. Baby B was having heart rate drops during contractions that didn't hurt so I checked in and got started on pitocin. After four hours, somebody's water broke in there and things started to hurt. I asked for an epidural right after the doctor checked and found me at 7cm.Because it was a twin VBAC I had to deliver in the OR, so we rolled in there when I hit 10cm. At that point I was okay but as soon as I was arranged on the table in the OR, the epidural just stopped working. I tried pushing about an hour but the doctor said it could take a long time and wanted to go back to my other room for labor, so we did. At that point pain was incredible and I asked them to try and fix it. I think they were all secretly plotting making me feel contractions so I would push more efficiently and they did not fix it but I had a lot of odd thoughts that day.I began pushing in the labor room and did so for nearly four hours. I slept for thirty seconds between contractions. I had an oxygen mask on almost all day, which seemed to help. I also watched in a mirror. Towards the end I thought I couldn't do it and started regretting my VBAC decision and asked if he thought we could do a c-section then, thinking about the time between that and the spinal. He said it was too late.Baby B's heart rate got very low so he got out the vacuum. I pushed really hard as he vacuumed and A came out. It was such an incredible feeling. They went right back in for B and snapped him out too. Both boys, just like their older brothers!!!I tore everything, at all angles. It took the doctor more than an hour to sew things up. I tried to focus on the babies during this.I also had a gigantic surprise fused placenta. The fusion caused twin B to be much smaller as he did not get much nutrition the last 6 weeks. So B ended up in the nursery a little early. A stayed with me awhile. B later moved to the NICU and has been there since. He has hypoglycemia and can't regulate sugars. They've been pumping it into him through his umbilical vein and slowly tapering it off so he can try on his own. A and I went home on Monday. It's hard having one there and one at home. Also, I am still in a great deal of pain. I guess two sets of twins really leave a lot of stomach skin and uterus weight. It feels like it's pulling me over when I am not in a binder. Things in the southern hemisphere are not so good either. I am sure it will get better with time.Anyway, Owen Stefano and Massimo Daniel, 7lbs and 5.8lbs. Seven minutes apart, second set of twins VBAC. It makes me proud but it sure was something...