My twins have arrived!

Well, I am finally back home and have a moment, so I thought I would let everyone know that my twins have arrived. Here is my birth story:

They were born in the early morning of January 29th. On Monday, January 28th, I had been having a lot of pain in my hips/pelvis. I had this pain for most of my third trimester, but it seemed a lot worse that day. I was having a hard time even moving without pain. I didn't feel any pressure, though, so I didn't think a whole lot of it. Around 5 in the evening, I had starting having my usual BH contractions. They were a little closer together than usual, though, but not more painful or more intense. For 2 hours straight they were 5 minutes apart, so I finally called my doctor and talked to him about it. He said I should probably head up to L:&D and they would just check.

When I got to L&D not much had changed. My doctor came in to check to see if I had dilated more (I had been around 2 cm for quite some time). I was up to 5 cm! I couldn't believe it. Because I was on heparin and my doctor felt that I needed a c-section because my second twin was breech, he wanted to stop the contractions and see if we could get the heparin to wear off so I wouldn't bleed as much (and to maybe get a spinal for the c-section instead of going under general anesthesia).

I got one dose of terbutaline and the contractions stopped. My doctor wanted to watch me a little while though since I was so dilated to make sure I didn't dilate more and also to see if they could check my blood work and see how thin the heparin was making my blood at the time. A few hours later, they checked me again, and without any more regular contractions, I was 8 cm! At that time, the doctor felt I should probably get prepped for surgery before I had the babies on my own which he felt would be more dangerous.

Unfortunately, though, my blood was too thin, so I had to have general anesthesia for the c-section. I thought this would spare me from having to feel the catheter etc (thought they could do this when i was asleep), but they didn't. I guess they wanted to have as little to do as possible under the anesthesia so the babies wouldn't be exposed too long.

Anyway, I went to sleep, and I woke up with two beautiful children!! Claire Elizabeth was born at 4:09 am and Jackson Thomas was born at 4:10 am. Claire was 4 pounds 10 ounces and Jackson was 5 pounds 15 ounces. Both healthy. No lung issues. They got to come straight back to the room with us that night and start breastfeeding.

I developed a hematoma in my wound about 2 days later, so I had to be re-opened and ended up staying for a total of 5 days. Claire also developed some jaundice and temperature regulation issues, so she did end up in the NICU for 2 nights to watch that, but now we are all back home together.

Here are some pictures (I hope I do this right)
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beautiful babies!

 

Congrats on your sweet bubs. Thomas is a good middle name, huh

 

Congrats!!!! They are beautiful


Dianna

 

Congrats on your new bundles of joy! They are beautiful. :wub:

 

Sooooo exciting!!!! Congrats!!! :banana:

 

What sweet babies.

Glad you are fine and back home!

Congrats!!

 

Congrats!! They are so beautiful!!

 

Congratulations! Glad to hear all ended up okay. Your babies are beautiful. Enjoy!!!

 

What beautiful precious babies! God bless you and your family, and may you heal up quickly! Congratulations!

 

Congratulations. You have 2 beautiful babies. I hope you heal quickly.

 

Congratulations, they are beautiful babies…

 

Congratulations, it sounds like a smooth delivery. You're babies are beautiful and they look so healthy. Good job. Enjoy. :drinks:

 

Oh they are so precious. Congratulations!!

 

Congratulations and thanks for posting your adorable pictures!!

Angela

 

Congratulations on two beautiful babies. Glad to hear you're all home and hope you have a speedy recovery.

 

beautiful! Congrats!

 

They are adorable! thanks for sharing!

 

So precious! Congrats!

 

Congratulations on your beautiful babies!

 

Congratulations- your babies are beautiful- thanks for sharing!

 

Congratulations! They are adorable!

 

Congratulations!! They are gorgeous x

 

Congratulations, they are gorgeous babies! Enjoy this sweet new baby time.

 

Congratulations!

 

Congratulations! Beautiful babies!

 

Beautiful babies. Glad everyone is here healthy!!!

CONGRATS!

 

congrats!!!!!!

 

Congratulations!

 

Congrats on the little ones.