The Girls are Here!

Well, It has been FOREVER since I've updated this. Partly due to 9 weeks of bedrest (couldn't even really sit at the computer for long) and partly due to the fact that we have 2 week olds.



Here's my story. April 30 we went to the dr. for a routine visit (36week appt). I was measuring 44 weeks prego (if it were one) and I was 48 inches around. He was going to strip my membranes, but he didn't think it would work seeing as how I have scar tissue on my cervix from a LEEP procedure 6 years ago. So, he did his thing. We decided to go to Crabtree mall (my dr. is at Rex, so we didn't have to go far) and get some dinner. We went to Kanki, to get the early bird special, but my contractions were getting pretty painful. So, we went to Panera Bread. Yumm! We decided to eat outdoors, because the weather was so beautiful. Well, after dinner (around 6pm), my contractions were 3 minutes apart and coming strong. (I had been dilated 4cm for about 2 weeks and 100% effaced for 6 weeks). So, the dr. had told me to come to the hospital as soon as my contractions were steady. So, I called the dr. and she told me to come to the hospital and they would check me out. Got to the hospital and I was 5cm and completely effaced. They decided to keep me since I was at a 5 (I planned on having a vaginal delivery because both babies were head down). This was about 7:30 when we got to the hospital and settled in. They hooked me up on the contraction monitor and sure enough I was in labor having contractions lasting 45 seconds and 3 minutes apart. The dr. broke my water around 10:30pm and boy did the pain really start then. They told me I could have an epidural whenever I was ready. I was going to try to go drug free, but I figured w/ twins, I should opt for the painkiller. My epidural was awesome. I got it around 11:30 and we actually SLEPT from 12am -2am. At 2am the nurse came in to check on me, and I told her I needed to go to the bathroom. She decided to check me and I was fully dilated and the baby's head was very close. So, they wheeled me to the OR (that's where they do all twin deliveries just in case a c-section has to be preformed) around 2:30. I started pushing and at 3:03am Meredith Leah was born weighing 6lb 8oz 19in long. After I had her, they took her off to the nursery to clean her up and all that good stuff. My contractions were getting stronger. Wow, they really were bad (they had turned off my epidural so that I could feel to push). After 2-3 contracitons, the dr. checked on "baby b" and she had her hand around her head, and that would not have made a safe delivery. Plus, she was not descending like she should've. So, I had a "crash" c-section for her. Bethany Grace was born at 3:27am weighing 7lb 3oz and 19 1/4 in. long. They sewed me up and by 4:30 I was in PACU recovering from the c-section. I had the full experience that night at the hospital. It's kinda neat to say that 3 of my kids were born vaginally and 1 was a c-section. I've done it all now. :) The c-section was not fun recovering from. It felt like they had taken an axe to my abdomen. But, I have this beautiful little girl from it, and they said that it was a good thing we did the "c" because my placenta was starting to tear, and that could have been deadly for me and Bethany.



They are doing so well. They will be 2 weeks old tomorrow. The first few days were really rough with not sleeping at night and having to entertain the boys during the day. But I really feel like we've gotten on a routine now and everyone is thriving. Here's a picture of the girls!