We finally got to the hospital and walked in the doctor told us to get admitted through the front and they will then tell us where to go. The guest service desk was busy helping another person and we were just standing there waiting to be helped. The person then stopped talking to the individual ahead of us and asked if we were in labor, to which we replied "no". Then he asked, are we here for a c-section? Again we replied no, and said that we need to be admitted to the hospital my doctor told me that I needed to be admitted. The guest services then called someone on the phone, I think it was labor and delivery and was telling them what I told him. Somehow there was a miscommunication, and we ended up in labor and delivery telling them the same thing as the guest service people downstairs. Basically when guest services sees a pregnant lady, they get all panicky and don't think or even listen because we weren't supposed to go to labor and delivery! We finally got to where we needed to go which was the antipartum wing. The nurses at antipartum were waiting for us, and was asking us information when they couldn't find me in the system...wonder why?!?! They then told Tyler that he has to run back down and go admit me downstairs! Basically what we were trying to do in the first place! But, whatever...we finally got through that issue. Now, basically the waiting game, we waited until the next day when the doctors do their rounds. The doctor basically said that we are not going to leave until we have the babies. My body was basically getting tired of the pregnancy and that it was safer for me to be in the hospital than for me to be released and have something horrible happen outside the hospital. So there we sat, waiting for a few days in antipartum on bed rest. We (meaning me and the twins) got a few steroid shots to have the boys lungs develop I was only able to leave my room twice that week! Once when I was able to take a shower and the other when I was allowed to walk to labor and delivery. IT WAS THE BEST WALK I HAVE EVER DONE!!! Now that we were in labor and delivery, they got the ball rolling. We ended up calling both sets of parents to have them come because we didn't know when delivery day would be but we knew that it was soon!
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| Us walking from antepartum to labor and delivery! |
For the next five days it was nothing but tinkering with my body, to push it into labor. All of which ranged from something simple to major complex and painful! (I'll save you the details, but if you really want to know...just ask) Finally on the fifth day the doctors decided to push my body and give me a time deadline. If I was not in "active labor" by 4pm then they were going to have to give me a C-section. And that is around the time they put me on pitocin. As time went on they increased the dosage, they pushed the dosage every few hours. I went to the highest dosage and was asked if I felt any contractions that the monitor was showing, To which I replied no, and was holding up conversations while supposedly having those "really bad contractions". The doctors decided to give my body a break and take me off of Pit for a few hours and in the meantime decided to puncture holes into the sac to get my water to break. So, every movement that I made, I was leaking water. Those few hours passed quickly and they again started me on Pit. The second time around was when I started to really feel the contractions! I really didn't feel the contractions in my belly though, I felt them more in my back, and for some strange reason I felt pain in my shoulder. The only time that I have that pain on my shoulder is if I'm running and cramping...which was weird. One of the nurses suggested I take fetanyl to help with the pain, because I didn't want to take the epidural yet. Man was fetanyl a good drug! haha! It knocked me out and I had good sleep while these contractions were going!
I was slowly dilating and was only able to take fetanyl one more time. I think I lasted a few hours when it came to me calling for a epidural. Cause man, I have a high tolerance with pain but those contractions were not giving me a break! They came in with vengeance! Tyler, my mom, and in-laws were all there in the room. All I remember was telling Tyler "epidural" in the middle of a contraction. He left the room to get a nurse and came back in. I swear the anesthesiologist was a genie because he just flowed right in with his equipment. I don't remember what he was saying, because I could not stop shaking! I was so nervous because, ummm...WHO WOULDN'T BE NERVOUS ABOUT A NEEDLE GOING IN THEIR BACK?!!! The only thing that I could remember him talking about was something about his family and twins, I tuned him out. So there I was on the foot of the bed bending over. He told me the things that I would feel, all the while this nurse told me to breathe and relax. I let out one breath and relaxed to which the anesthesiologist was telling me that what ever I did to relax, to keep it there and all the sudden I heard this "pop"! After that, he taped me up and the drugs kicked in. From here it was really just a waiting game. In which we only waited a few more hours and few checks from the nurses and doctors later, I had this urge to push...like I needed to go to the bathroom type push! I didn't say anything to anyone because I wasn't 100% sure what kind of push it was. All while I was trying to figure it out my mom was looking at me and asked me what was going on. I said I think I need to push! To which my mom told Tyler (or someone) to go get the Dr/nurse. They came in and told me to push a few times in which after that the Dr. said "lets go!" This was when chaos ensued, nurses came in, I started to shake again, parents were crying, Tyler got thrown scrubs and I was being wheeled out. While trying to be wheeled out, my IV got caught on the curtain or something, I'm not sure. But, that led to me being yelled at by the doctor to "Use your words"! We then went straight for the operating room. (This is because twin births can get complicated and they wanted to play it safe in case something happened) The doctor broke my water and with a few pushes, Os was born! They quickly put him on my belly and then he was gone. I told Tyler that he should go see Os and make sure he was okay. He did not scream at all like when babies were born. In the meantime the doctors and nurses were getting ready for Wywys. They told me whenever I started to feel the contractions and when I was ready to go ahead and tell them I wanted to start pushing. Well I really didn't feel any contractions and I was talking to the doctors about me graduating with my Bachelors degree and what I wanted to do with it (haha! jokes on me!) So, I asked the nurse that was next to me if it was okay to push. She told the doctors, there was a big splash everywhere when his water broke, and 45 minutes later Wywys was born! Tyler came back in time to support me with Wywys birth. He was such a trooper in the OR.
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| First family picture with Wywys! |
Side note: I am so glad that I gave birth at Good Sam! With the doctors and nurses that were there all the time, I truly believe that they were rooting us all on. At one time one of the nurses said she had to fight other nurses off in order for me to be on her shift! It was kinda fun to know their schedules, and to build that kind of relationship with them. When we found out we were pregnant with twins we went to a specialist that deals with high risk pregnancies. Those doctors were awesome as well! They knew their stuff and was very honest with us and answered all of our questions if we had any. Now we didn't see one of those specialist doctors until we were in the OR! We saw the doctors that were doing their rotations in labor and delivery. I think we saw all of them and I quickly hated one of them! She was not gentle at all and was very blunt and straightforward. Which was funny because I was hoping and praying that she would not deliver the boys! Aaaannndd SHE DID! hahaha how ironic! She delivered the boys and the next day she came into the room and told us that she told the specialist to basically back off because he was ready to cut me open! We were really grateful when we found out that she stood up to him. Because normally the hospital doctor answers to the specialist doctor! (a little blessing in disguise there)
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| Os in the NICU |
If you all follow me on FB, you know that the boys were in the NICU for a week. Which was the best and worst thing ever! It was literally baby boot camp! We stayed up late looking at the boys in their little incubators after I gave birth, when the doctors gave me the okay that I could. We told the nurses that we will be there for the feeding in the morning (being determined parents that we are). We ended up sleeping in! Tyler wheeled me into the NICU, and this one nurse turns around and was like "where were you?!" Saying that to a hormonal new mom was the best thing ever...NOT! This nurse and I pretty much did not have a good relationship after that. I ended up avoiding her and her shifts almost the whole time the boys were in the NICU. While I was battling that, Tyler (bless his heart) was the most amazing dad! Seeing him be so tender and loving and determined to get those boys healthy enough to take them home was just an amazing thing to watch and witness. I remember coming into the NICU one time and Tyler had both boys on him at the same time! I cried like a baby because that was the first time that all three of the boys were together outside of me!
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| Wywys under the bili-light with his eye protection |
After five days, (it felt like months) we were finally told that we could take the boys home! It felt like a dream! Like any minute the nurses would say, "just kidding, they are not ready". In order for us to take them home we had to sign so much paperwork and it literally felt like we were trying to break them out of jail or something!
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| Grammy meeting Os the next morning |
Later I found out what happened to the boys. The reason why Os was whisked off so fast and why Wywys was as well. While Tyler was walking to the room where Os was, he found out that he had the cord wrapped around his neck twice. Which was the reason why he did not cry. We did not know that Os had the cord wrapped around his neck, the ultrasounds did not show this at all. Os didn't show any signs of distress either! Wywys we were able to delay cord clamping. One of the nurses mentioned that he had a true knot on his cord. He was in the NICU for other purposes. I also learned that I gave birth medicated and unmedicated . Os was medicated and by the time Wywys came the medication ran out. I did not know this until WAAAAYY later!
I know some of you might not be religious but we know that god had his hand in this pregnancy. It was truly a miracle that both boys are here and are so healthy!
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| Os on the left, Wywys on the right |
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