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Elisabeth Anne and Kathleen Elisabeth's Birth Story By Ellie |
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008 12:09 |
This is the birth story of Elisabeth Anne and Kathleen Elisabeth Pean born Aug 5, 1992.
I found out I was pregnant on New Years day 1992. I was so upset because my daughter Lillian was only 10 1/2 months old. and I had had such a rough pregancy I didnt want to do it again, and to make things worse, I had gotten pregnant on the birth control pill!
Anyway, I hadnt had any symptoms of pregnancy, I hadnt had a period since I got pregnant with my first daughter. Just for some reason, on New Years day I took that test, while at my moms. It didnt take 5 seconds to turn positive! I cried and cried.
January 17th was my first appt with my doctor, by measurements I was almost 5 months pregnant. wow, almost done!
February 17th (our second wedding anniversary) I went in for my second appt and she tried to hear the heart beat, I was measuring almost 6 months, but she couldnt find a heart beat. So she scheduled me for an ultrasound the following wednesday February 24th. My daughters 1st birthday!
I had never had an ultrasound before so I didnt know I was suppose to drink tons of water before they could do the test, so I drank and drank till I ended up throwing up, no one told me you couldn't drink that much water in that short of a time.
I finally got in the u/s room and the tech started the test, she never said anything to me, just studied the screen.
Then she told me "I am going to get the Dr. and let him review the films. I will be right back". So here I am, lying on this table, with all this goo on my tummy and having to pee sooooo bad. Finally the doctor comes in with a different tech. and they do the u/s again! and I hear her whisper, "Does she know yet?" and I about FREAKED. I was expecting them to tell me the baby had died. The doctor looked at me and said "did you know you were having twins?" I about fell on the floor, I did burst into tears, I said thats not possible! no no you must be mistaken! and he showed me the two perfect little heads. He asked why I was so upset and I told him, that that day was my daughters 1st birthday and that I had gotten pregnant while on the pill. He was great and calmed me down.
When I left the u/s room I went right to the phone and called my mom. I was crying so hard she couldn't understand me. But she was sooo excited!
When I told David (dh, he turned white as a ghost and about fell over...well i wasn't 6 months along, i was 3...with twins! wow.
My pregnancy was great! except due to the fact my first pregnancy was so rough and I was expecting twins, I couldnt visit my doctor, I had to go see the Comp Ob clinic. another draw back was that if I sat down for too long, my legs turned blue. I hadn't put on any weight during the whole pregnancy, we kept a close eye on it, with u/s every 4 weeks and weekly appt with the dr. The twins were just draining me of my stored fat, which was good, cuz i was about 20 lbs over weight.
During my 34th week, my daughter came down with the theee day measles, and i missed my appt to take her to see her doctor. I would be going to my 35 week appt so that was ok.
The night before my 35th week appt., I couldnt sleep, not for any particular reason, I just couldnt sleep. At about 4:30am I started getting diarhea and ended up taking lots of sitz baths. I gave up on the sleep at 6:00am when it was time to wake David for work. I also had to get Lillian up and dressed so i could go to my appt. I almost cancelled the appt. I was sooo tired and soo sore in some places, I just didnt want to go, but i had missed the week before's appt. so I went.
I usually got to the dr appt at 8 am so that I could get out of there quickly. It was a very crowded clinic that indigent patients could go to. At 10:00am the nurse called me in. The doctor came in, he asked how everything had been going, I didn't tell him how rough a night I had had, but I did tell him about the white mucus I had been having for about 2 weeks. He said I better check you. When he did he said, "Mrs Pean, I dont think you will be going home today, you are dialated to a 4+!" I couldnt believe it, I hadnt had any contractions!
He told me he wanted a second opinion and would be right back. I asked if I could go call David. He said yes, just dont go far.
Well the nurse wasn't cooperating so I had to walk a long way to get to a phone. and I called david, who was working in the hospital. and I called my mom. and I called my inlaws who had Lillian and asked if they could keep her a bit longer and if they could come get my car. When I got back to the room, David was there waiting, he beat me there!
The other doctor came in and I was dialated to a 5+ and they rushed me to Comp delivery.
When I got there, I told them I wanted an epidural and I wanted it right then. I got it. It was wonderful to be able to talk and joke with my family.
At 4:00pm they were ready to deliver the twins. So they moved me to the delivery room. I pushed a couple of times and out came Elisabeth Anne born at 4:32pm weighing 5lbs 8 oz and 18 inches long.
In order to deliver the second baby, they had to reach in, and pull her feet first out, she was transverse and under my ribs. At 4:37pm Kathleen Elisabeth was born, weighing 5 lbs 7 oz and 17 inches long.
Daddy carried them both off to the nursery. Both apgars for both babies were 9 and 9.
This is where the problems start.
As they were trying to get my placenta delivered, I started hemorhaging. They couldn't stop the bleeding. My anesthesiologist called for blood and was furious he couldn't get it as fast as he wanted it. By this time,I have both arms strapped to the table with huge iv's in them. One for them to push blood in and one for normal saline.
I was so scared. David had left and they wouldnt let him back in, I was totally alone in there. Thank god for my anesthesiologist! He really took care of me, talked to me, kept me from panicking, and assured me I would be ok. The doctors told me they were going to do a hysterectomy, and I begged them not to, I told them I was having a tubal ligation in the morning. They said if they couldnt get the bleeding under control, they wouldnt have a choice.
I didn't realize it at the time, but David had been sitting out side the doors of the delivery room waiting for me to come out, and no one could/would give him any information, finally, after 4 hrs. the doctor (and head of OB) that delivered the girls saw David and asked why he was still sitting there? David told him I hadn't come out yet, and the dr scrubbed back up and went to check on me. He was the only Dr. that bothered to talk to David, and I feel bad that David was as alone as I was.
Finally after 8 hrs, I was able to go back to my labor room, they didnt want me to go far, in case I started bleeding again.
I was sooo tired, sore, and weak, I couldn't hold up my own head. They had given me some demerol while they tried to stop the bleeding, and I was so out of it. When the nurse asked about the girls, I told her I hadn't got to see them, and she brought them back up to me. I think she didn't expect me to make it through the night and was doing me a favor. and i very much appreciated it. Some time that night, they moved me to the post partum floor, I dont remember that.
The next day, I got my tubal, and was surprised to see that my anesthesiologist had come in JUST to be there with me for the minor surgery! I told you he was great!
On Friday I got to room in with the girls, to get to know them, but when I was released on Saturday, they couldn't go with me, they had lost a few oz of weight and they wanted to keep an eye on them, I hated going home with out them, but I knew it was for the best. I called the hospital early sunday morning to check on the girls, and the nurse told me, "Girl I was just about to call you, come get your girls!" I was soo happy! We were able to bring them home when they were 3 days old! and they finally got to meet their big sister!
So this is our story, sorry its so long, but its one of the best...and worse....moments in my life!
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