Warning: lots of delivery and pregnancy details that you may not want to read. TMI for some of you.
The date-Monday, June 20, 2011.
It was a day that I thought I would never see. It was a day I thought I would spend in the NICU (after several before). It was a day that for so long seemed SO far away. If you would have asked me the likely-hood of me being pregnant on June 20, I would have said 0%. Good thing there were no bets to place because I would have bet the farm that I would not make it to my June 20th scheduled C-Section.
I was however, SO very thankful to see that day come and still be pregnant, miserable as I was.
We arrived at the hospital at 5 a.m. after a sleepless night. It was more like 5:20 because I said, "we are just going to be sitting around waiting." When we got there, the nurses acted totally bugged and said, "we have been waiting for you"!
They quickly put me in a room and prepped me for surgery. It took a long time and I wasn't wheeled into surgery until after 7. Waiting on the doctor I am sure. The nurse who prepped me was named Rae. I asked her if that was short for Rachel since my sister-in-law is named Rachel and she said, "nope-my parents had a sick sense of humor." She wouldn't tell me what it was short for. She ended up being really nice and I have to say that overall, we had some pretty great nurses during our stay.
Before the surgery I was SO very nervous. Wondering if the babies were okay. Wondering how or if it would be different from last time. (If you don't know, last time was a TRAUMATIC experience for me.) As soon as they gave me the spinal block I couldn't stop crying. I was so scared that my babies wouldn't be okay. It wasn't long after the doctor told me he was starting to cut that I heard the most beautiful sound in the world-my baby girl screaming her head off! It truly was one of the biggest reliefs I have ever had. (When Madi and Saige were born, neither of them cried and they whisked them away without telling me if they were even alive.)
Then, one minute later, a sound equally exciting. My baby boy screaming just as loud. The nurses even let me see them and hold them right there in the surgery room. I couldn't stop crying and thanking my Heavenly Father for not one, but TWO healthy babies. My heart has never been so full of gratitude.
Everything was going well so Brett went with the babies to the nursery. Then, all of the sudden, I felt VERY sleepy and the next thing I know I was waking up. It felt like I had just dozed off for a few seconds but it was much longer than that. Brett said that he couldn't figure out why I wasn't out of surgery yet. We later found out why. When the doctors made the first cut into my abdomen, the babies were just right there. There was no uterus to cut. My uterus had split open at some point during the pregnancy and had attached itself to my abdomen. This explains why I was so lop-sided! They had to peel it away from the abdominal wall and reconstruct it. Needless to say, my recovery was very long and painful but we are SO very thankful that everything turned out the way it did. Things could have gone horribly wrong. I am also thankful that I didn't listen to the physicians assistant who told me that it 'was a shame' that I wasn't going to do a VBAC and who treated me like crap. :)
Here are some pictures from the hospital:
LOVE these! One very proud dad.
Also, I have already had a few people ask me if they are identical. REALLY? Can people really be that dumb? Do I have to take off their diapers to prove that a boy and girl can't be identical?
Check out Sydney's hair! That was a surprise! Madi and Saige didn't have hair til they were over 2 years old so we weren't expecting that. By the way...it looks like they are both going to have red hair-CRAZY!
These are my FAVORITES.
TWINS HOLDING TWINS
Madi and Saige were SO excited to meet their new baby brother and sister. They got all dressed up to come to the hospital and did not want to leave.
They are awesome big sisters.
We decided on Wednesday that we had had enough of the hospital so at about 9 p.m. I told Brett to tell the nurses that we were leaving. We loaded everything up and headed for home. It was very exciting to get to take the babies home and not have to leave them in the NICU.
Dalton didn't look too excited about coming home. Maybe he knew just how crazy it was going to be!
If you think Dalton looks scared, you should have seen me!
6 comments:
What an amazing experience! Two babies that are healthy is so amazing. I loved all the pictures. They are so cute! I can't wait to see them in person. When I read your whole story I just couldn't help but think of how close to Heavenly Father those little spirits must be. So happy for your family. I think of you guys all the time and hope that you are managing ok. Hope to see you soon! Love ya!
Oh Nat, loved hearing all the details. You are a very courageous woman. Thanks for bringing those babies into our family. We are so excited to be a part of their lives. Loved seeing all the pictures.
LOLLLL That picture of Dalton crying. Poor boy. This made me cry reading it. I loved seeing the pictures and how little they are in the car seats. I seriously can't wait to meet them! I'm glad I got to read your story. Good job on the posts. Keep it up!!!!! I love reading your blog
Loved the details Nat. I'm so glad they are doing so well. I'm totally against VBAC.....glad you did the right thing!
holy wow! so glad these twins came in a much easier fashion...albeit not without drama! i didn't even know a utereus could do such a thing, makes sense, but really? who has that happen?!?! beautiful, beautiful pictures of all 4 twins! so happy for all you that you are all doing "well" {insanity but well right?!}
Holy cow! What a scary story! Good thing you were close to the spirit and knew you shouldn't do a vbac. I have never heard of a uterus doing such a thing. Glad to hear you're okay now. Hope things are going well. I don't know how you do it with twins. I can barely handle one. :) Hopefully you're getting some sleep!
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