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ERINPETERSON
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I had a great vaginal delivery!
ERINPETERSON
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Hi ladies! I wanted to post a few weeks ago but as you all know it has been busy busy since our DS and DD arrived. I had them on June 18th both vaginally and I am happy to say it only took me 15 minutes to deliver! Now as far as the labor part goes that took about 13 hours for me to dilate. I waited until 7 cm to get my epi and when I stopped dilating on my own at 9 cm I was given pitocin. I am so happy my delivery went as planned.
Life has been good in regards to the twins sleeping and eating at the same time. They're exclusively breastfed for now. My biggest challenge has been what to do with my 23 month old while the twins are nursing. I find it to be extremely challenging. I have tried the activity box but he is so used to me doing the activites with him that he won't play on his own. He doesn't rely 100 percent on me interacting with him yet because my DH took 3 weeks off so he has been a HUGE help.
I am so nervous for when my husband goes back to work. I hope I can still give my son the attention he needs as well as the twins. Any advice from you experienced twin mamas would be like winning the lottery.
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Re: I had a great vaginal delivery!
Funny side note: on mobile, your post title reads "I had a great vagina..."
Awesome!! Your story gives me hope
Enjoy your new additions!
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
This exactly! I was worried it was going to be some sad story about postpartum vaginas. But, I'm so glad it's a great story about a healthy delivery and some happy NB twins!
12dp5dt: 765; 15dp5dt: 1979; 17dp5dt: 3379...TWINS!!!!!
Our perfect baby boys were born at 36w1d!!
T1 diabetes diagnosed 11/95 due to severe pancreatic injury
BFP 1 1/22/10 EDD 9/30/10 Adria b. 9/11/10 d.8/9/11, Transposition of the Great Arteries,
Pleural effusion, Kidney Failure
BFP 2 4/26/12 EDD 1/3/13 M/C 5/13/12
BFP 3 10/3/12 EDD 6/17/13 Twins! Preston and Juliet b. 5/22/13
Congrats!! How big were they? If you posted the stats before I must have missed them.
Does your older child like to color? Maybe he or she could color pictures for the new babies?
Congrats! Our twins were also born vaginally and were 7 minutes apart. Like you, I was so happy to do it this way. Our girls are 8 weeks today and our DS is 27 months. Honestly, I find the most challenging thing to do is to entertain our 2 year old right now. For the most part we watch a couple of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse shows in the morning, then we go upstairs and get ready for the day. I do try to engage him in whatever I'm doing...whether it's doing the kids laundry or cleaning. I just talk to him as I go and he has develped his language skills dramatically in the 3 months I've been home now. We also color and TRY to make basic art projects, read a couple of stories, but I would be lying if I said it wasn't hard. It's sooo hard. I just worry that he'll feel less important, but I try to compensate with it by telling him I love him all the time throughout the day and lots of hugs & kisses.
We also were bringing him to daycare still 2 half days a week, so that was a help. However, this week is his last week and our nanny will be starting to come in a few hours a week, to get adjusted before I head back to work in late Aug.
Good Luck! It's definitely trial and error. I would just suggest talking to him a lot so he knows your paying attention to him even during feeding times etc.