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They have arrived! Long birth story too.
My boys arrived on June 2 at 8:06 and 8:07 via scheduled c-section. They are Caleb Charles and Nolan Arthur. Nolan (baby a) weighed 7 lb 11 oz. Caleb (baby b) weighed 7 lb 2 oz. I've never been happier in my entire life. I can't believe that I was blessed to have two babies. I look at them every second I can and it takes me off my feet.
The surgery was much easier than I thought - but not without it's aches and pains. I'm a huge baby and was freaked out about the IV, catheter and spinal. But to be honest, the worst part was the IV as I've always had bad veins and usually take a few tries for some one to get in. Catheter and spinal were much easier.
In all from the time I checked in the morning to the time my boys were pulled, it was 2 hours. The time went fast b/c of all the preparation, which really helped distract me from what was about to happen. I started getting emotional not about going through surgery and such, but at the fact that I was about to be a Mom - twice!!! I was pregnant for 9 months but it never hit me until the moments leading up to the big event.
Once I was on the table, the spinal was easy. There were lots of people talking to me and encouraging me, telling me that it would only be minutes away now, which it was. My DH was awesome and he came in the room. He did say that he wasn't entirely prepared for what he saw, despite seeing a C section at our prenatal class and being prepped for it. He said he walked in and the number of people surrounding my belly in this room caught him by surprise. He was also caught by surprise with all the equipment and the draping - you could only see my belly. When it was done, he was also shocked at the amount of blood on the floor and that was the only time he really started to worry (I lost 700 cc - have no idea how much that is).
THe babies were quickly wisked off to the nursery for all of their vitals and such. DH went with them and stayed by their side while I was closed up. I was rolled back into my L&D room to recover - kept checking my vitals, uterus, etc. I was pretty awake and alert b/c I wanted to see my boys right away. I will admit I actually felt sick to my stomach but knew it would pass. In no time, I had two little bundles in my arms and I didn't feel any pain at all. Later that evening, they had me sitting up in bed and standing - no walking, liquids only (I snuck in a yogurt that night). The next day, I was assisted with walking to the bathroom and took a shower. From that moment, I got up as much I could handle and showered every day. I noticed the longer I laid down, the more painful it was the next time I got up. I ended up with severe anemia and the dr wanted a blood transfusion, but I convinced her to give it one more day and she did - I ended up being ok and am now just on iron supplements.
THe next few days in the hospital were rough, even though we had the boys go to the nursery at night. We tried BF so every 2 hours the nurses came in to give it a try through the first two nights - those were the worst b/c the boys weren't really latching. By day 3, they had lost enough weight for the pedi to put them on formula and I just pump. Caleb had a very mild case of jaundice. I will admit as the pedi started telling me this in the hospital - I lost it. I started bawling that my babies were getting sick because of me. Even though everyone told me it's normal for babies to lose weight and they're really not sick, it didn't matter. I felt terrible.
So, I've been pumping like mad ever since. We got to stay in the hospital for a total of 5 days (including delivery day) and have been home now for 4 days. We've been supplementing and attempting a BF 1 -2 times a day each, the boys have gained weight. We had a LC come in this morning and help - but I'm still hesitant about the BF and contemplating just pumping and supplementing. The BF pressure is taking a toll on all of us emotionally and physically. I feel like we're on the edge of losing our sanity b/c of BF.
So, we've already been to the pedi's office for a 1 week follow up, we went to Target, and we took a field trip to my grandmother's house in the last two days. I'm feeling really good and only get some incision pain if I get up too fast or am on my feet for too long.
Sorry for the long story, but this is actually the first time I've been able to process it all and get it all out! Glad I could share it here!
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Re: They have arrived! Long birth story too.
Congrats! Great job- my boys lost weight and had to go on Enfacare right away too. One also had pretty bad jaundice for which we had to keep going to pedi for re-checks.
Target was our first outing too! Sounds like you're doing great! How's the pumping going?
Thanks for sharing and CONGRATS!
You do whatever makes you comfotable...BF is very stressful. Your a super mommy no matter what!
Congrats...it's nice to hear eveyone is doing welll and adjusting well..great story. Don't stress too much over BF. I had to supplement with my sin when he was born because of an infection I had I was unable to BF at first and he got too used to the bottle in the meantime. It was stressful...all that pumping...and taking care of him and myself in between and he was only 1 baby. I was only able to jugggle that routine for 3 months but something is better than nothing I suppose. I will probably try to supplement what I can this time around too...I think it would be too hard to tend to my toddler and exclusively BF 2 babies. I am not going to stress about it. There is a lot of pressure to BF but it's not fair to put yourself and your family through that kind of stress ; give yourself credit for what you have done and are able to do. You just carried 2 babies to full term and they are both healthy weights and sounds like they are doing well; that is a huge accomplishment in itself! Take care!