Going From The Delivery Room to the Operating Room...ready to PUSH! :)
I am going to post a few seperate posts so you dont get bored to tears reading one really LONG one.
I havent had a chance to blog these memories and I want to do so, so that later on I can look back and remember it all.
Im going to start with my Labor.
If you look back at my posts the Wednesday before I delivered I talked about how I felt i was in labor but the doctors werent convinced because there was no "cervical change"
Well I slept absolutley NONE wednesday night, and come thursday it was the same thing. Same pain, same discomfort, same restlessness and same results...no cervical change.
Well they did an ultra sound on thursday and Molly's fluids jumped up to 15cm..the most it had ever been and Emma was still around 1.9cm if i remember correctly.
This of course concerned me but because Emma still had some fluid there was no rush I guess for them to do an amnio??
Their weights however seemed fine. Emma was at 3lbs 15oz and Molly at 4lbs 6oz.
The pain and discomfort went on throughout the night and I could not sleep for more than 15 min at a time. Eventually it got to where I couldnt even sleep for 5 min. I would lay down and be so exhausted my eyes would shut on their own but then the pain would quickly snap me out of my drowsiness. Because I couldnt sleep, Rick couldnt either. He was constantly rubbing my back, holding me, rubbing my ever so swollen legs and feet, he really tried it all to help me get some relief. Nothing worked.
Friday morning around 5 am I told rick to call my mom. If there is anything she is good at it is being heard. And I wanted my doctors to HEAR Me. I was in LABOR and they wouldnt listen!
Well didnt get my mom so tried again later that afternoon and we got her.
She came to the hospital and with in 30 minutes of being there the Doctor came and saw me to discuss my options.
I kept having the words"deliver" come to my mind. I have been so scared my entire pregnancy of having preemie babies but this time it came over me and I just knew that preemie babies were going to much safer and healthier than babies who stayed inside me.
I knew my body was up to no good, I just couldnt pin point it.
Turns out when Dr G came in the room he informed that my tests results came back and I did infact have pre-eclampsia.
This is dangerous for both the babies and the mom if it gets out of control and mine was pretty outrageous. My blood pressure my whole pregnancy had been 90's over 60's. But this day it was 150's over 100's.
My blood pressure was so high that it could not supply any more blood flow to the babies which is why in one day Emma lost a whole pound.
Had anymore time gone by, she would have had no more weight to lose. She would have been gone. Not to mention, because of the TTTS she was already at a disadvantage of not having enough supply from the placenta to start with.
Anyways, DR G is in the room and suggest doing an amnio. Well I havent slept in over 2 days at this point because i hurt so bad i cant stay still. No way I can lay through an amnio.
I told him I just wanted him to deliver.
He asked me if i realized what I was asking...i was asking for babies who may struggle very hard in NICU if I do this.....medically speaking at 32 weeks yes i guess you could say thats what I was asking for.
But in my mind, I was just asking for my babies to be saved and I KNEW they were declining inside of me.
Dr G asked me if i would be willing to just try an amnio if he gave me an epidural to get through it. Hesitantly I said yes.
Well he walks out of the room to go get set up in labor and delivery for my amnio and right when He walked out I asked Rick to help me stand up because I really needed some relief in my back. So rick bends down and i put my arms around his neck and he slowly helps me stand up. When i stood up, I put my head in his chest and then BAM.
I looked him dead in the eyes, as nonchalant as could be and said...
My water just broke.
He looks down and water is gushing all over his feet and my mom is standing there next to us reminding us that "its okay, its okay"
I looked at Rick and said call my dad, call your mom.
Meanwhile mom ran into the hall to get the dr and about 5 nurses came running in my room. They laid me in the bed and literally ran me while in the bed down the halls to labor and delivery. The whole time my water is still leaking everywhere, pouring off the bed.
Nurses were slip and sliding all through it the entire way to the delivery room.
I get to the room and the nurses pick me up and place me in a clean dry bed but it didnt stay dry long my water was still gushing.
It came to be about a half a gallon of fluid that broke.
I had already dialated to 3-4 cm at this point so it wasnt long after I got into my new room that they came in to give me my epidural.
Looking back, I feel like i handled the labor and the epidural very well. I am a very anxious, panicy person and when i get nervous or scared I shake uncontrollably.
But throughout the entire process, my heart was at ease. And i didnt really ever panic.
I was very fortunate that one of the nurses that I REALLY LOVE was the nurse working that night. So she got to be with me through all this. Which that alone was a God thing because I had JUST thought to myself the day before I really hope that she is the one with me when I go into labor.
During the epidural my nurse held my hands and coached me through the contractions and breathing etc while they were sticking me.
Not long after the epidural kicked in, I felt much relief.
Doctor G came in to discuss if I was going natural or c section. In my heart I wanted natural in my mind i was scared because my OB before being trasferred to Dr G had told me all along C section was safest.
I really loved that OB too. When i found out she wasnt going to be my DR anymore through out my pregnancy I was bummed because I really wanted her to be the one to deliver. Like I said, I am a very nervous anxious person when i am scared and she has always been so great at talking me through things.
Well I told DR G that I needed a few minutes to think on it and so he stepped out the room and when he did my original OB came in all smiles. I was suprised to see her. She told me that she saw DR G in the hall and he told her that I was getting ready to deliver and even though I wasnt her patient anymore she asked him if she could help with my delivery!! What a HUGE blessing! I get my favorite DR and my favorite nurse! I really truly needed that because it really helped keep me calm and focused having them there.
Well I asked her about the natural vs C section thing and she said she only recommened c section at the time because I was high risk and thats what SHE was comfortable doing since she isnt a high risk dr. But since I was having a high risk dr handle my delivery she said to totally be okay with doing it natural because he is far more experienced than she.
So talking to her helped confirm what I wanted all along...we are going natural.
About 30 minutes after the epidural I felt this really strong amount of pressure and told someone to go get the dr. Well he comes in and checks me and says I was at 7cm and it would be about 45 more min...
He walks out the room and maybe 10-15 minutes later I was rushing family out the door to go find him because I really had to push!
he comes in and sure enough...it is time.
Once my water broke my labor took off fast!
Since having twins they still wanted me to deliver in the O.R. incase i needed an emergency c-section everything would be right there. So when they saw it was time for me to push they took my bed and wheeled me into the O.R.
And the fun begins...
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