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My Birth Story
so Ill try and be "brief" and start off by saying how amazing all of this is and how happy we are.
so i delivered at 1:20am on friday. 5lbs9oz and 4lbs10oz. the signs id been having the entire week prior was (so since 34 weeks): continuing loss of plug, belly had noticeably "dropped", i was going #2 more (like twice a day, this was a big sign to me actually) a few more strong BH contractions but nothing crazy. thursday all day i felt extra tired and nauseaous which i noticed was "different"
so thursday i was having some BH 10 minutes apart but that happened a week prior and they went away. these did too. i went upstairs about 10PM to read and felt a "contraction" i guess that felt like a baby was going to fall out...then i moved and my water broke. and it broke hard. so we went to the hospital and my contractions were starting to hurt, they were about 6-8 min. apart. we had to have a c-section bc the babies switched positions...so the smaller, breech baby became the presenting baby. i had the head of the department give me the spinal....which didnt work. he dug around in my spine for 20 minutes and it hurt like hell. then i could still feel everything, even my legs, so they put me to sleep. id never gone under before and was really scared. when i woke up i had these two nurses who were bumping in to me, just not be careful, tugging me around and it really hurt. one of them practically threw my butt up in the air bc she was obsessed with getting a pad under me....i had to smack her hand away and told her she was really hurting me and she goes "fine bleed all over the bed.". it was awful bc i was stuck there with them for like 45 minutes in recovery and they kept forgetting the room number i was going to and they were just taking their sweet old time. i was crying the whole time bc i was scared to be with them, that's how bad they were.
i didnt get to see the babies until the next day around 3 bc i couldnt get up. i was out of it and i started having spinal headaches. the nicu was nice enough to bring them up to me. i felt better around sunday so was able to get up and start walking. the headaches seemed to have dissipated by tuesday.
the (dreaded) : ) NICU: has been great. the babies havent had any issues....breathed fine right from the start, eating well, and actually no jaundice. their temps have been okay too. i called last night and one of them has started to gain weight back which is great, and the other seems to have plateaued with the initial post birth weight loss. the smaller one had one instance where she didnt digest all of her food, but it was just one time and she's been fine ever since. they both breastfeed really well which is awesome. the experience has been great, the staff, great. it was the same thing basically has having a baby and choosing not to room in with them. ...we went down there whenever, when they needed to eat, when we wanted to hang out and hold them, etc. they are just in regular beds, and no tubes or anything. just little heart monitors. but it was actually fun bc for once, the nurses were freaking awesome so we would just hang out and chat and hang with the babies. im starting to get a tad bit annoyed, only bc they arent having issues and are "exceeding expectations" for 35w5day twins. even our little 4lb 10ouncer. so im kind of like wondering why they arent being disharged. this nicu is super strict with super strict release requirements, but still. the doctor said today, tomorrow or friday if everything "continues to go as planned". but i just feel like im walking on eggshells with it...like if they spit up or something they'll be like "okay, another couple days"
anyways, super happy LOVE them. going to go see them right now : )
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Re: My Birth Story
Congratulations on your bundles of pure love and joy!!!
My c-section was an emergency, so they knocked me out, too. I came, too, while they were cleaning me afterwards and OMG the PAIN. They knocked me out again when they realized I was awake or I passed out again from the pain. After that, I remember voices again when I was in my room. The nurses were wonderful once I got to my room (except one aide who told me I should have already gone home). The NICU was wonderful, too, but very difficult. I'm so glad to finally have them home. They are both healthy and growing well. I'm sure yours will be, too, and you will be so glad to get them home.
HUGS
Boy/girl twins born at 37w1d and 37w2d
I'm SO sorry you had a couple of @$$hats as nurses. I can understand they were trying to "help" but they shouldn't have been so rough and should be a little kinder - especially to someone coming out of anesthesia.
I'm glad to hear the babies are doing well and I hope they're home with you soon!
Me: 32 - Stage II Endo / DH: 36 - Low count and morphology (1%)
IUIs 1-3 BFN, lap Dec. 2010, IUIs 4-6 BFN
IVF w/ICSI #1 - ER 2/8: 24R 19M 9F ET 2/13 2-5 day blasts (no frosties) = BFP - b/g twins!
E & C Born 10/19/2012
awww, congrats on your treasures!! I hope they continue to thrive and everyone is home very soon!
I, too, had a "less than stellar" c-section experience and I've never posted my birth story because it still makes me choke up and get upset.
I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that ordeal. I don't understand how uncaring some people can be when the career is supposedly what they want to do, instead of treating you like you are an inconvenience or much less like you aren't even there in earshot of their ugly attitudes. ugh, sorry for that little rant ((hugs))
congratulations!! i am pretty sure i would have killed those nurses though. or at least file a complaint. one thing i liked about my hospital was that we got a comment card at the end of our stay where we could say this nurse was awesome, or this one really sucked, blahblahblah.
ANYWAY. hopefully the babies get to come home soon!
it's impossible to be brief when describing two (or more) babies coming into the world! (I felt just as weird posting my long story yesterday).
Congratulations on your babies! I hope they do get to go home soon.
I had a crappy nurse when they put my cerclage in so I have been dreading my c section! I am sorry you had such awful nurses. =(
Congrat's on the babies though!
I am glad that you sound like your spirits are up from your very first post. Mama-let them stay in that NICU as long as they will let them and get the sleep you need. Once their home you won't get a full nights sleep for several months.
Congrats mama!!!! Yay!!!!!