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Cecilia's-herd
True BYH Addict
To my beautiful twins:
I have maybe an hour to write this before hormones kick in and I can only remember pieces of it.
A complete birth story:
Cramping started on Sunday. It was light and infrequent. I was just concerned, so I went in.
By Sunday afternoon I was on an iv fluid electrolyte and Terbutaline for the night. 3 centimeters dilated.
Cramps stopped for all of Sunday night. I thought we were out of the woods.
Monday I had a strong feeling I needed to push, but very little contractions and I was feeling better. All I could think about was pushing though.
Tuesday took a turn for the worst. Here is what I wrote; (Today is December 21st. I’m currently in the hospital for some cramping that I had on the 19th. It is 5:45 AM and I woke up in searing pain. It feels like contractions that are trying to kill me. They are administering a good amount of steroids into my IV in an attempt to help the babies lungs grow.)
By 10:09 Tuesday i could feel someone's head sitting on my pelvis. Not quite in my canal or near my cervix, but definitely sitting on the pelvis. It did not feel good.
By 3:15 my OB said it was hormones (the urge to push) and to just “ignore” it. The meds weren’t working. I could feel a baby pressed against my cervix. I think if the meds we’re working that wouldn’t happen. 6 cm.
My water broke at 3:45.
They had given me antibiotics to prevent infection. They still wanted the pregnancy to continue.
6:15 still nothing. Just the worst contractions of my life.
7:30 Baby boy was causing a LOT of pressure. It was not super painful just extremely uncomfortable.
7:45 has been just a lot of rocking back and forth. There is a lot of pain. I tried my very best to sleep. With little success.
I labored in the darkness of night for another 6 hours (1:45)
At about 11 pm, all of a sudden there was lots of vomiting. Fierce for about 5 minutes.
At 6:00 all the sudden baby boy wasn’t comfortable outside my cervix anymore. I NEEDED to push this baby out.
I got on the bed in a squat position while Gianna furiously ran around looking for a doctor. I really sent her into a tizzy!
6:17 at 3 pounds 8 ounces Francisco was born. Life was wonderful. Nothing else mattered for about 2 hours. Just me and him. My little Francisco. He was rushed into his little incubator and got oxygen attached and hosed up.
8:15 Then the pain came flooding back. I got on all fours and pressed my head into the pillow. 27 pushes and many minutes later we had a little baby girl. Valentine. 3 pounds 12 ounces. Her cord was also cut and she was rushed away for the same treatment as her brother.
I don’t remember much after that for about an hour. I do remember thinking “Dana will be so proud.”
(and I hope you are @Baymule )
Placentas were delivered at some point. That was more painful than the birth. Let me tell ya. prayers were said. Lots of thanks to the lord today. I started hemorrhaging soon after the placenta was delivered. I passed out from the blood loss I’m not sure what happened after. I know there was an IV drip and apple juice.
I am currently wearing a frozen diaper.
Next hurtle; breastfeeding. I’d been leaking for hours so milk wasn’t the problem. Pumping is hard you guys! Felt good to get some of the pressure off.
Oof I wrote a book. Anyway, YAY! My babies are here. I need a nap, I just had to get this written down first. It’s 12:25ish here. I should probably pump again. Thank you all for reading. I love them more than life itself. I’m going to go back to sleep now. Y’all have a good day.
I have maybe an hour to write this before hormones kick in and I can only remember pieces of it.
A complete birth story:
Cramping started on Sunday. It was light and infrequent. I was just concerned, so I went in.
By Sunday afternoon I was on an iv fluid electrolyte and Terbutaline for the night. 3 centimeters dilated.
Cramps stopped for all of Sunday night. I thought we were out of the woods.
Monday I had a strong feeling I needed to push, but very little contractions and I was feeling better. All I could think about was pushing though.
Tuesday took a turn for the worst. Here is what I wrote; (Today is December 21st. I’m currently in the hospital for some cramping that I had on the 19th. It is 5:45 AM and I woke up in searing pain. It feels like contractions that are trying to kill me. They are administering a good amount of steroids into my IV in an attempt to help the babies lungs grow.)
By 10:09 Tuesday i could feel someone's head sitting on my pelvis. Not quite in my canal or near my cervix, but definitely sitting on the pelvis. It did not feel good.
By 3:15 my OB said it was hormones (the urge to push) and to just “ignore” it. The meds weren’t working. I could feel a baby pressed against my cervix. I think if the meds we’re working that wouldn’t happen. 6 cm.
My water broke at 3:45.
They had given me antibiotics to prevent infection. They still wanted the pregnancy to continue.
6:15 still nothing. Just the worst contractions of my life.
7:30 Baby boy was causing a LOT of pressure. It was not super painful just extremely uncomfortable.
7:45 has been just a lot of rocking back and forth. There is a lot of pain. I tried my very best to sleep. With little success.
I labored in the darkness of night for another 6 hours (1:45)
At about 11 pm, all of a sudden there was lots of vomiting. Fierce for about 5 minutes.
At 6:00 all the sudden baby boy wasn’t comfortable outside my cervix anymore. I NEEDED to push this baby out.
I got on the bed in a squat position while Gianna furiously ran around looking for a doctor. I really sent her into a tizzy!
6:17 at 3 pounds 8 ounces Francisco was born. Life was wonderful. Nothing else mattered for about 2 hours. Just me and him. My little Francisco. He was rushed into his little incubator and got oxygen attached and hosed up.
8:15 Then the pain came flooding back. I got on all fours and pressed my head into the pillow. 27 pushes and many minutes later we had a little baby girl. Valentine. 3 pounds 12 ounces. Her cord was also cut and she was rushed away for the same treatment as her brother.
I don’t remember much after that for about an hour. I do remember thinking “Dana will be so proud.”
(and I hope you are @Baymule )Placentas were delivered at some point. That was more painful than the birth. Let me tell ya. prayers were said. Lots of thanks to the lord today. I started hemorrhaging soon after the placenta was delivered. I passed out from the blood loss I’m not sure what happened after. I know there was an IV drip and apple juice.
I am currently wearing a frozen diaper
. Next hurtle; breastfeeding. I’d been leaking for hours so milk wasn’t the problem. Pumping is hard you guys! Felt good to get some of the pressure off.
Oof I wrote a book. Anyway, YAY! My babies are here. I need a nap, I just had to get this written down first. It’s 12:25ish here. I should probably pump again. Thank you all for reading. I love them more than life itself. I’m going to go back to sleep now. Y’all have a good day.
