We were so excited and nervous the next morning when our alarm went off to wake us up! We packed up the last few items in our hospital bag (toothbrush, hairbrush, etc.) and once we were dressed we were on our way!
The morning of our induction!
When we first arrived at around 645 am they were all ready for us. They knew we were having twins and our nurse immediately lead us to our room. It was her last day as she was retiring and she was so excited that she was assigned to us! This is where things began to go wrong! She helped us get situated and then started getting my IV line ready. She got the line in but for some reason no fluid was moving through. So she grabbed new tubing, that one also failed. She grabbed another, another fail. Finally, the next one she grabbed worked! Thankfully I was only poked once with all that! Then she started to get the sensors on my belly to monitor my contractions and my boys heart rates. We had a scare when one of the sensors wasn't picking up one of the baby's heartbeats. Thankfully, it was just a bad sensor and the first one they tried worked and they found his heartbeat! We were so relieved! Once this was done she went to get the disposable bed pads placed under me. The first one she opened up immediately tore! The next one didn't and she was able to get it placed. Once all that was done she gave us some advice. She said that she wanted us to really get an idea for what labor was like before I got the epidural. We agreed with her that that was what we wanted to do. I can't remember her reason for doing it that way but I am grateful that we did.
My doctor came in around 830 to check me. I was dilated to a 4 and was 80% effaced. At this point they broke my water and put a heart rate sensor on Baby A's head and removed the sensor from around my belly for him. This way I had fewer things wrapped around me. My doctor told me they would check back on me later. My contractions began to increase almost immediately after my water was broken.
About an hour later they got me hooked up to penicillin as a precaution as my group b strep test hadn't come back yet. At the same time my nurse started me on the lowest dose pitocin that she could since I was already contracting on my own.
At about 11 I was starting to contract every 3 minutes or so and I realized that I had to use the restroom. So we called my nurse and she unhooked me from everything she could and I went to the restroom, with Randy's help. It was a terrible experience, we'll just leave it at that. Once done we went out and my nurse hooked me all back up. I told her that I thought I was ready for the epidural and she agreed with me.
The anesthesiologist got there around 1130 and began the process of giving me my epidural. I got all situated and he began the process of numbing. Once numb he went to insert the epidural needle but couldn't get it in the area he needed it to go. He asked if I could lean forward anymore, I could not, 2 babies were blocking my way. He ended up having to numb a different section that was slightly lower and then was able to successfully place the epidural. It was amazing! I could still feel my legs to the point that they just felt like they'd fallen asleep but I was still able to move them on my own for the most part. The pain of the contractions went away but I could still feel when they occurred.
My doctor came in a few minutes later to check me. I was now at a 5.5 and 90% effaced. My dad asked my doctor what her guess was for me to give birth. She said most likely between 5 and 6 pm, if not later.
Now that the pain was gone I tried to sleep a little bit, I didn't have much success as so many things were going on around me and I was excited!
At around 130, I started to have the feeling like I needed to push. I was just about to call my nurse when she walked in with my doctor. My contractions had gotten close enough together that they wanted to check me. My doctor barely checked before saying that I was at a 10 and ready to push! Unfortunately, I couldn't, as I was required to deliver in the OR as a precaution. They were scrambling to get it ready as they had just done a c-section not long before and it wasn't finished being cleaned. We were prepped, Randy got his suit on and I got my cap and after a little while it was cleaned and we were ready to go!
We had a crowd in the OR with us. Randy was the only person allowed back with me of family. There was my doctor plus a nurse at my feet. My assigned nurse talking me through contractions and pushing. The anesthesiologist who was there just in case an emergency c-section was needed. An extra doctor for the same reason. 2 nurses per baby so 4 total. Another nurse who was ready with an ultrasound machine to check the position of Baby B once A was out if needed. Plus myself and Randy.
Nobody ever talks about how much waiting there is between contractions. It was weird, I guess Hollywood made me think it was super quick with super close contractions and almost constant pushing. I had about a minute rest in between each contraction. Don't ask me how many pushes it took to get Baby A out, I have no idea. I wasn't focused on that! All I know is that we got into the OR around 220/230. And Baby A was born at 246 pm! Randy cut the cord and the nurses assigned to him immediately took him over to clean him up and check him out. He was 5lbs 11oz, 18 inches long. The funniest thing to me that I remember was that as soon as he was out I literally watched my belly roll as Baby B changed position and as it flattened slightly with the extra space and now loose skin. To help you picture it, think of someone doing a belly dance where they roll from side to side and top to bottom all at the same time! LOL!
My doctor immediately put her arm in (thank you epidural!) to see where Baby B was and told the nurse with the ultrasound that it wasn't needed as he had moved so he was head down. She had me push very lightly as she guided him carefully into the birth canal. As this was going on they let me meet Baby A for a short time. He was so handsome! Then took him back over to the bed they had for him once the doctor needed me to do the light pushing.
Then it was time to push again! The doctor had to call Randy back over for the second baby to be delivered as he was still with Baby A. Baby B was a much quicker delivery I think I only pushed once or twice with him before he was born. He was born at 252 pm! Randy cut his cord as well and his nurses immediately took him over to be checked out. He was 4lbs 4oz, 18 inches long.
I still wasn't finished yet as I needed to deliver the placentas. Thankfully this was super easy as I didn't even need to push as they delivered by themselves. As soon as Baby B's placenta was out my doctor said that it was the reason for my preeclampsia. It was smaller than it should have been and was failing. Knowing this we were even more grateful for our doctor's decision and ours to induce instead of wait. We can only imagine what would have happened if we hadn't.
They then let Randy hold both boys at the same time! They actually let him carry them both back to our delivery room. They handed me Baby A so I could try to nurse him. Randy left to follow the nurses who had Baby B as he needed a little extra help and so he was taken to the NICU/Nursery. It was a little bit later that Randy came back to the room and updated us on Baby B. I'll go into all of that in the next blog post! It was during this time that we discussed what their names were going to be. I said what I thought their names should be and Randy thought the opposite. It wasn't until he held them both again that he ended up agreeing with me!
Meet Roger Wade (top) and Evan Frank (bottom)!
Til next time!
Becca
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