*Update in comments* the future vets are here!

[DVMmomma]

Hey gang! We welcomed our daughters into the world today. Isabelle was 6lb, 2oz and is doing great. Madelyn was 5lb, 15oz. Both were 19 inches long. Madi is not doing quite as well with breathing. Currently in the "special care nursery" with an O2 cannula and threats of cpap. They took a chest rad and she has suspected fluid in her lungs. So far so good. Blood work came back normal so no infection. Just wishing I had both my girls with me. Izzi is an absolute champ at breast feeding and this has let me be able to hand express colostrum for Madi at least.

Their birth story is a long story that I'll type after a siesta here. Punch line is we're all good!

[Deleted]

Congrats Momma! I'll check back later for full details! Love the names...I have a Madeline too!

[lotusbee]

Congratulations! Happy to hear you're all well. Get some rest!

[mustloveerica]

Congrats! So glad everyone is doing well.

[Crisco Salad]

Congratulations! Hoping M can join you soon and continues to get stronger.

[lindy04aggie]

Congratulations!!!

[mc13]

Congratulations!! What beautiful names!

[Run20K]

No way! I'm so excited and can't wait to read the whole story! Congrats to you :-)

[requiressnacks]

Congratulations, DVMmomma! Beautiful names. I can't wait to hear the full story.

[nerdykitten]

Congratulations! They have beautiful names and I hope Madi improves quickly.

[LydiaDeetz]

Congrats lady!! I love the names and I hope M continues to get better.

[pbandj714]

Congratulations!! Such awesome weights and I'm glad you're doing well! Sending good vibes to Madi so she can join you and Izzi soon!

[schmella]

Congratulations!!! Those are great weights and hopefully Madi will catch up quickly!

[lastkiss]

Congrats!!

[happyfeet9]

Congrats!!! Wishing you all lots of rest and newborn snuggles.

[lindsay]

Congrats! Can't wait to hear more

[nic1231]

Congrats! Good size d little ladies! Hope Madi gets to be with you and izzi soon!

[dukegirlsc]

Congratulations!!

[therealbug]

Congrats!!!!

[river]

Wow, congratulations!! Not what I was expecting to see today. I hope Madelyn makes good progress over the next few days!

[starmile]

Congratulations!

[richzep]

Yay!!! Congrats!!!! So exciting!!

[callmeKD]

Congrats!! Lmk if you need anything!

[DVMmomma]

Ok! I'm finally back. Wanted to get my computer because I hate typing 'long' stories on my phone.

So, I went to work Sunday morning even though all night I had felt weird- like racing heart, pelvic pain that WOULD NOT go away and just inability to sleep in general. Got to work at 8am and still couldn't even stand without being in pain. It was awesome. Muddled my way though a mess of inpatients, discharged most of them and got things as wrapped up as I could and then told the doctor I was on with that I was leaving. Hubs more or less was freaking out because I never show pain so he really wanted me to go get checked out. Fine. I call my doctor and he's luckily the one on call this weekend so he tells me to come on in to the hospital for a NST just to see. The thought was that things would be just fine and I'd go home to just sit around and deal with the pain for the next week and a half until C section day. So I literally go to the hospital before even getting home from work because I pass the hospital and it made the most sense. Again, thinking, quick NST, off to home. Got here and did the NST- baby B (Madi) was a category 2 tracing. Ob comes in and takes away my water and starts talking about prepping me for surgery. I wasn't ready at all for this conversation so I pushed back and in the end we agreed on sitting on the NST a bit longer. Madi then settled down and gave him a normal category 1 tracing. He then asked for a BPP just to be doubly sure. Fine. So they come up and do that and she passes the BPP just fine but I have to sit there and wait for the 'official' radiologist report. While Im sitting there, I start feeling an increase in contractions. Still not at all painful, more like BH contractions and just uncomfortable. But like every 10 minutes when the had been previously like every 3 hours. So nurse decides to check my cervix...closed. So I continue to sit there waiting for this radiologist report and the contractions just seem to keep happening. I get in my own head and talk to my MD sister in law and we discuss things and decide that maybe it makes sense to do the c section after all because I don't want to labor first and then have surgery. I'm still not sure what the best choice is at this point or what my Ob even thinks because had more or less told me I was ok to go home. Do I go home and risk labor progressing and coming back at 3am (vs. the ideal just letting them cook another week and being fine) vs. just get 'er done while my Ob is on call (he was off at 10pm and this was all from 3-6pm so far). Anyway, more time goes by. My nurse comes back with her "long fingered friend" (no joke, this is what she called her) to check my cervix. I see the look on the nurses face and then hear "uhhh, she's at 4cm". So I presumably went from 0-4 in like half hour. My labor with my first was also super quick. So now the nurses go into c section mode. I finally tell my husband he should plan on coming to hospital (again, I thought this was just going to be a drive by visit and then I'd be home!) and we got childcare set up with our neighbor for DD1. Thank god that all worked out fine. I texted DH that he should come in at 6:30pm and the girls were born at 8:11 and 8:12pm. Like WTF. It all escalated so damn quick!

C section itself was fine except my spinal didn't quite take. They kept asking me if I felt the test pinches- yes, yes I do. They kept asking if I was sure- yes, yes I am. Option 1. grin and bear. Option 2. Change to general anesthesia now. Of course I wouldn't take option 2 without even trying to see what the pain was going to be like so off we went. It sucked. But I managed with a lot of screaming and swearing. In the end it was worth it. Glad I didn't change to general.

Got back to our rooms, I had both babies and they both breast fed. Then the hub ub about Madi's breathing starting. I'm still quite sure they were and are over-reacting but no way to be sure and certainly not something to risk so off she goes to the special care nursery where she's been since. She is doing really well. I breast fed her all night and she's practically off her IV nutrition right now, has one dose of antibiotic to go for potential pneumonia and has a very mild oxygen supplementation flowing through her nasal cannula. I plan to break her out of there tonight after her last antibiotic dose at 8pm. Hopefully doc agrees with me but even if he doesn't I'm being obstinate because she does SO much better with me. Like her O2 saturation goes from ~90% to 98-99% when i'm holding her. She should be with her mama.

[wannabmama]

Congrats!! That story is quite something! C section while you can feel anything sounds pretty rough, you're a trooper!
I hope Madi improves and can move out without issues. Enjoy your babies!! I love their names!!

[starmile]

Apr 4, 2017 21:45:39 GMT -5 @wineandcupcakes said:

I'm sorry but I can't get past the whole you not being completely numb part. Congrats to you and I hope you break baby girl free. I'll have more comments once I wrap my head around your lack of numbness.

Exactly this. Holy hell woman!

[lotusbee]

You are a champ! I can't even believe that happened? This is officially my newest fear. Happy you guys are doing well and that you can break out with both of them ASAP!

[requiressnacks]

Wow..that escalated quickly. And OMG to feeling anything during a Csection. DNW!!!

[Crisco Salad]

You are a serious badass for enduring that during your c-section!

[DVMmomma]

It was... interesting for sure! lotusbee, I don't think it happens often! Probably why they didn't seem to believe I felt it 😊