Post by Becca on Oct 26, 2016 15:19:15 GMT -5
Hi ladies, I've been reading away over the past few days. Thank you for all of the well wishes. Needless to say these past few days have been kind of crazy.
I'll start the story with last week. On Monday afternoon last week I received a call from my OB that my platelets had reached a dangerous low level. I was told I was no longer eligible for an epidural or spinal. My only option was going to be a c section under general anesthesia, which meant not only would I be asleep during delivery, but DH wouldn't be allowed in the room. My OB didn't want to discuss natural as it looked like Abigail might turn breech. As the few times I've had general I've had bad allergic reactions it made it not an ideal option. We were told to start having health care proxy discussions in case something went wrong if DH needed to make life altering decisions (i.e. did I want a DNR if something went wrong, whose life to save in case of an emergency, etc...) We also spent all of last week scheduleding appointments with hematology and anesthesia to try to come up with a better game plan. We decided this current week would be my last week of work. Needless to say last week was full of crying and not an easy one.
Now, on Monday this week I spent the day teaching and making a list with my department head of everything they would need by the end of the week. The last bell rang at 1:43. A few minutes later I sneezed and my water broke, luckily I was alone in my classroom. I quickly called the OB who told me to head for L&D to be checked. I found a friend to drive me while I called DH to meet us there. By 2:30 I was checked into triage where they discovered I was already 8cm dilated- I hadn't felt a single contraction all day long! They were having trouble finding Benjamin's heartbeat so I was quickly rushed to the OR and an hour and a half of pushing later we had both twins without any anesthesia. I was too far along for them to start unless it turned life threatening. I completely lucked out that my OB hadn't left for his conference yet and was able to deliver them himself.
Post deliver has been hard for me. I had a lot of clotting and lost a lot of blood. My BP has been high, so I'm on meds for that and still in the hospital. Sleep has been limited as I am being closely monitored. We are hoping I can go home tomorrow. DH has been a rockstar through all of this and I would be lost without him.
Benjamin is doing super well. He is eating like a champ and likes to sleep. Abigail was on oxygen for the first 48 hours, she still has a feeding tube. They will likely remain in the NICU for a few weeks. Luckily our hospital has boarding rooms for NICU parents once I get released. We also only live just under three miles away so we should be able to go back and forth easier than most parents. (The hospital also has a heavily discounted parking rate for NICU, thank goodness!) The hardest part is watching them in the incubators with all the wires and not being able to hold them as we wish. We also haven't been able to get a family photo of the four of us yet which is hard. Overall we keep getting told they are right where they are expected to be for their age. We're greatful there are no complications and that they are healthy.
Sorry this was so long! I'll post photos later once I get tap talk installed.
I'll start the story with last week. On Monday afternoon last week I received a call from my OB that my platelets had reached a dangerous low level. I was told I was no longer eligible for an epidural or spinal. My only option was going to be a c section under general anesthesia, which meant not only would I be asleep during delivery, but DH wouldn't be allowed in the room. My OB didn't want to discuss natural as it looked like Abigail might turn breech. As the few times I've had general I've had bad allergic reactions it made it not an ideal option. We were told to start having health care proxy discussions in case something went wrong if DH needed to make life altering decisions (i.e. did I want a DNR if something went wrong, whose life to save in case of an emergency, etc...) We also spent all of last week scheduleding appointments with hematology and anesthesia to try to come up with a better game plan. We decided this current week would be my last week of work. Needless to say last week was full of crying and not an easy one.
Now, on Monday this week I spent the day teaching and making a list with my department head of everything they would need by the end of the week. The last bell rang at 1:43. A few minutes later I sneezed and my water broke, luckily I was alone in my classroom. I quickly called the OB who told me to head for L&D to be checked. I found a friend to drive me while I called DH to meet us there. By 2:30 I was checked into triage where they discovered I was already 8cm dilated- I hadn't felt a single contraction all day long! They were having trouble finding Benjamin's heartbeat so I was quickly rushed to the OR and an hour and a half of pushing later we had both twins without any anesthesia. I was too far along for them to start unless it turned life threatening. I completely lucked out that my OB hadn't left for his conference yet and was able to deliver them himself.
Post deliver has been hard for me. I had a lot of clotting and lost a lot of blood. My BP has been high, so I'm on meds for that and still in the hospital. Sleep has been limited as I am being closely monitored. We are hoping I can go home tomorrow. DH has been a rockstar through all of this and I would be lost without him.
Benjamin is doing super well. He is eating like a champ and likes to sleep. Abigail was on oxygen for the first 48 hours, she still has a feeding tube. They will likely remain in the NICU for a few weeks. Luckily our hospital has boarding rooms for NICU parents once I get released. We also only live just under three miles away so we should be able to go back and forth easier than most parents. (The hospital also has a heavily discounted parking rate for NICU, thank goodness!) The hardest part is watching them in the incubators with all the wires and not being able to hold them as we wish. We also haven't been able to get a family photo of the four of us yet which is hard. Overall we keep getting told they are right where they are expected to be for their age. We're greatful there are no complications and that they are healthy.
Sorry this was so long! I'll post photos later once I get tap talk installed.
