The C-Section

For some, it is the best decision they ever made. Get up, do your make up and hair, head to the hospital and the scheduled time, and meet your little one in just a few hours. No labor, no pushing, no hours of waiting. Well, for me, this was not my ideal way to have my babies. When I found out I was pregnant with twins I knew it was a possibility. As we got closer, it was pretty evident that I would have one. Baby A (Garron) was breech, and had no interest in turning. So I had to prepare for a c-section. I went to the doctor on Tuesday. My OB said I should be ready within the week things seemed to be progressing quickly. I was being checked twice a week at this point (35 weeks), and so I would be back on Thursday to be checked again. Wednesday is library day- so Anders and I headed to story time as we always did on Wednesday. I was having contractions pretty consistently, but wasn't ready to go to the hospital yet. I laid done for a nap after the library, and woke up to much stronger and more intense contractions. We decided we should head to the hospital. That night happened to be Trunk or Treat at church and Anders was too excited to miss. My mom left work and came to get Anders and get him ready for church. He was a pirate! Sad I missed it! Garrett and I headed to the hospital. They got me set up on the monitors, determined I was in active labor, and got me upstairs to get ready for my c-section. I was keeping in touch with my mom and Garretts mom while they Trunk or Treated. A few people were at the hospital with me. We got all the information and paperwork squared away and headed down for the c-section. They took me into a small OR room and Garrett waited in the hall. We started with the spinal which made me numb from the neck down immediately. That was crazy! I wasn't prepared for it to take effect that fast. They laid me down, gave me oxygen, put the screen up, and brought Garrett in. The two doctors who administered the spinal stood at my head and chatted through surgery. One had 8 week old twin boys! My OB came in and got started. All I really remember is a lot of pressure on my ribs. It felt like he was pushing and pulling on my rib cage. I also remember a horrible smell, Garrett said that is what open flesh smells like-yuck! It took about 10 minutes to get both babies out. They came out crying and went straight to their cribs to be checked out and cleaned. There was NICU staff and regular nurses in the OR just be cautious since they were early. I got to hold him them just for a minute, and they took them to the nursery. I got cleaned up and was taken back to recovery. I had horrible shakes afterward which I did with my vaginal too. Just stress and the epidural I guess. My friends and family got to see the babies down at the nursery. It was forever until they came to my room. I hated that about the surgery. I wanted to hold them right away. I felt like I had been cheated out of the chance to have a baby, and I had just had surgery. The days to follow were the worst! It hurt to to do everything. It felt like I had done the most intense ab workout all day! So, a c-section is not for me! I guess the quickness of the process was a plus, but that is it! But, to each their own. Whatever it takes to get a healthy baby, I'm all for.

Next blog- the NICU